ambitransitive
20-02-13, 15:36
I'm a new user and don't have access to chat, which is a shame because I could REALLY use someone to talk to.
I'm 28 and have struggled with anxiety since I was about 13. I was doing OK for a while, and then at the end of October I had an extremely severe panic attack while smoking medicinal marijuana. I genuinely thought I was going to die.
I quit smoking the next day, and ever since then I've been on a rollercoaster of anxiety, mostly health-related. The Lexapro I've been taking for a few years seemed to just stop working around that time. I've had days where I've felt somewhat fine, but more often than not I'm anxious all the time.
Things got REALLY bad a week ago. I thought I had a urinary tract infection and went to see my doctor. He put me on Cipro, which I've taken in the past without incident. Within a few hours of the first dose, I started having severe stomach problems, and then horrendous anxiety. I stopped taking it after three or four pills, and found out I'd never had a UTI to begin with.
Since then, I've been in hell. I've had constant nausea, horrible anxiety, and weird physical symptoms. My legs and feet feel like they're wrapped in ice, my skin feels like it's tingling and burning, and I get cold sweats all the time. I feel constantly overwhelmed and can't stop crying. I had a bad experience with the therapist I was seeing and stopped going to her, and the new one can't see me until Monday, which seems like a really long time right now (to say nothing of the fact that I know one session isn't going to solve this). Logically, I don't think there's anything wrong with me, as the symptoms tend to subside when my anxiety does.
I've started taking Klonopin again, but it makes me extremely tired, and I'm already feeling foggy from the anxiety. I can't take any more of it until this evening. I work from home (thank goodness), but I'm not getting anything done because I can't concentrate. All I've done today is panic and cry. Even taking a shower seems like too much to handle. Does anyone have any advice at all? I really, really feel like I'm not going to make it through this.
I'm 28 and have struggled with anxiety since I was about 13. I was doing OK for a while, and then at the end of October I had an extremely severe panic attack while smoking medicinal marijuana. I genuinely thought I was going to die.
I quit smoking the next day, and ever since then I've been on a rollercoaster of anxiety, mostly health-related. The Lexapro I've been taking for a few years seemed to just stop working around that time. I've had days where I've felt somewhat fine, but more often than not I'm anxious all the time.
Things got REALLY bad a week ago. I thought I had a urinary tract infection and went to see my doctor. He put me on Cipro, which I've taken in the past without incident. Within a few hours of the first dose, I started having severe stomach problems, and then horrendous anxiety. I stopped taking it after three or four pills, and found out I'd never had a UTI to begin with.
Since then, I've been in hell. I've had constant nausea, horrible anxiety, and weird physical symptoms. My legs and feet feel like they're wrapped in ice, my skin feels like it's tingling and burning, and I get cold sweats all the time. I feel constantly overwhelmed and can't stop crying. I had a bad experience with the therapist I was seeing and stopped going to her, and the new one can't see me until Monday, which seems like a really long time right now (to say nothing of the fact that I know one session isn't going to solve this). Logically, I don't think there's anything wrong with me, as the symptoms tend to subside when my anxiety does.
I've started taking Klonopin again, but it makes me extremely tired, and I'm already feeling foggy from the anxiety. I can't take any more of it until this evening. I work from home (thank goodness), but I'm not getting anything done because I can't concentrate. All I've done today is panic and cry. Even taking a shower seems like too much to handle. Does anyone have any advice at all? I really, really feel like I'm not going to make it through this.