kutuup
19-03-13, 02:06
Hi all,
Last September I had a sudden and pretty nasty spate of bizarre symptoms. I felt a sense of unreality, had heart palpitations, sweating, constant nausea, no appetite, shaking and trembling, vertigo and intense anxiety. I was like this for about a month, and then developed the worst depression I've ever experienced in my life. That lasted until about January this year when I was put on Citalopram, I initially didn't get on with the Citalopram as I became suicidal one day, but I stuck with it and the depression has largely gone away now, it comes back every so often but it's hugely improved. However, the anxiety symptoms have improved but not enough for me to function properly.
My doctor switched me to Fluoxetine and I was diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder as well as Clinical Depression. I was on Fluoxetine for a while but the anxiety didn't relent, the depression got better. I talked to my doctor about this and he has now switched me to Venlafaxine. This seems to have made the anxiety even worse though and the last couple of days I've felt very weird, been trembling constantly and stammering, feeling sick and weak. I'm hoping these are just side effects that will wear off.
So what I wanted to ask is does anyone else get the symptoms I have from anxiety, I've been told it's common to have a sensation like nobody else feels how you do so I thought the best thing was to just ask. I would describe my symptoms as follows:
A feeling of unreality, almost like you are dreaming or watching your life as a movie. Heavy sweating, especially on palms and underarms. Nausea although I haven't ever vomited because of anxiety. Little to no appetite. Feeling like I'm about to pass out. Constant fatigue and yawning. Difficulty concentrating. Trembling and shaking, especially hands and legs. Squinting (this one is hard to describe, it's like my eyelids are trembling, forcing them into a squint). Sensitivity to bright light. Almost complete social withdrawal and little to no desire to socialise (for some reason only with other men, I still enjoy socialising with women but I still get very anxious about it nonetheless). Shortness of breath. Heart palpitations and elevated heart rate. Sensation of being very "heavy" and feeling like the ground is moving up and down. Disorientation and vertigo. Panic attacks.
Those are the most prominent symptoms, does anyone else get those symptoms from anxiety? I have this constant fear that there's something terribly wrong with me and I'm gonna die or something. It's completely crippling. I'm a 24 year old guy, I should be out socialising and having a career and enjoying life and being young, but these symptoms have pretty much disabled me. I'm still in the process of finding a solution, but I wish they would just go away and stop ruining my life :(
Last September I had a sudden and pretty nasty spate of bizarre symptoms. I felt a sense of unreality, had heart palpitations, sweating, constant nausea, no appetite, shaking and trembling, vertigo and intense anxiety. I was like this for about a month, and then developed the worst depression I've ever experienced in my life. That lasted until about January this year when I was put on Citalopram, I initially didn't get on with the Citalopram as I became suicidal one day, but I stuck with it and the depression has largely gone away now, it comes back every so often but it's hugely improved. However, the anxiety symptoms have improved but not enough for me to function properly.
My doctor switched me to Fluoxetine and I was diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder as well as Clinical Depression. I was on Fluoxetine for a while but the anxiety didn't relent, the depression got better. I talked to my doctor about this and he has now switched me to Venlafaxine. This seems to have made the anxiety even worse though and the last couple of days I've felt very weird, been trembling constantly and stammering, feeling sick and weak. I'm hoping these are just side effects that will wear off.
So what I wanted to ask is does anyone else get the symptoms I have from anxiety, I've been told it's common to have a sensation like nobody else feels how you do so I thought the best thing was to just ask. I would describe my symptoms as follows:
A feeling of unreality, almost like you are dreaming or watching your life as a movie. Heavy sweating, especially on palms and underarms. Nausea although I haven't ever vomited because of anxiety. Little to no appetite. Feeling like I'm about to pass out. Constant fatigue and yawning. Difficulty concentrating. Trembling and shaking, especially hands and legs. Squinting (this one is hard to describe, it's like my eyelids are trembling, forcing them into a squint). Sensitivity to bright light. Almost complete social withdrawal and little to no desire to socialise (for some reason only with other men, I still enjoy socialising with women but I still get very anxious about it nonetheless). Shortness of breath. Heart palpitations and elevated heart rate. Sensation of being very "heavy" and feeling like the ground is moving up and down. Disorientation and vertigo. Panic attacks.
Those are the most prominent symptoms, does anyone else get those symptoms from anxiety? I have this constant fear that there's something terribly wrong with me and I'm gonna die or something. It's completely crippling. I'm a 24 year old guy, I should be out socialising and having a career and enjoying life and being young, but these symptoms have pretty much disabled me. I'm still in the process of finding a solution, but I wish they would just go away and stop ruining my life :(