jadedreams
08-06-15, 21:02
Hey everyone, new here. Going through a rough time and looking for any/all help I can.
A little background is that I've fought health anxiety for 9-10 years now. Usually a steady lower level with an intense flare up every couple years. And you guessed it I'm in the middle of a major flare-up! This time feels worse that ever before.
Here is a brief history of this current run. Leg/knee injury first of April started me worrying about blod clots, H.A was through the roof - doc did bunch of tests and all came back ok. A few weeks after this started began to get tingling/pins & needles sensations in legs/feet. Totally new sensation for me, then my arm started with it too, at this point I'm in panic mode and asked doc to put me on Lexapro (beg of May) which I had taken before with success.
A day or 2 after Lexapro started I began to get nausea and IBS symptoms. Feeling worse, doc also put me on neurontin for the nerve pain with a referral to neuro. After a few days on neurontin got extremely agitated and lack of coorrdination, went off it. Still daily nausea with Lexapro so doc switched me to effexor, nausea and more side effects.
In the midst of this started getting OCD type intrusive thoughts that I never had before, totally freaked me out. Called hotlines and got into counseling. Have spoken couple times with counselor and really like him, but too early to see much effect yet.
Fast forward to now, still fighting physical symptoms (tingling, fatigue, stomach issues) all day and anxiety every day about, them. Still have intrusive thoughts and dealing with those, even have some derealization going on which is also new. Very scared, tired due to lack of sleep and wondering how to fix this.
At this point I'm not sure whether anxiety, real physical issues or med side effects are causing my issues. Or if it's a combination of all 3, I admit I've googled symptoms and med side effects a lot and just managed to scare myself more. Not sure what to do to help myself, any ideas would be very appreciated!
I don't even feel like me anymore and I want me back!
A little background is that I've fought health anxiety for 9-10 years now. Usually a steady lower level with an intense flare up every couple years. And you guessed it I'm in the middle of a major flare-up! This time feels worse that ever before.
Here is a brief history of this current run. Leg/knee injury first of April started me worrying about blod clots, H.A was through the roof - doc did bunch of tests and all came back ok. A few weeks after this started began to get tingling/pins & needles sensations in legs/feet. Totally new sensation for me, then my arm started with it too, at this point I'm in panic mode and asked doc to put me on Lexapro (beg of May) which I had taken before with success.
A day or 2 after Lexapro started I began to get nausea and IBS symptoms. Feeling worse, doc also put me on neurontin for the nerve pain with a referral to neuro. After a few days on neurontin got extremely agitated and lack of coorrdination, went off it. Still daily nausea with Lexapro so doc switched me to effexor, nausea and more side effects.
In the midst of this started getting OCD type intrusive thoughts that I never had before, totally freaked me out. Called hotlines and got into counseling. Have spoken couple times with counselor and really like him, but too early to see much effect yet.
Fast forward to now, still fighting physical symptoms (tingling, fatigue, stomach issues) all day and anxiety every day about, them. Still have intrusive thoughts and dealing with those, even have some derealization going on which is also new. Very scared, tired due to lack of sleep and wondering how to fix this.
At this point I'm not sure whether anxiety, real physical issues or med side effects are causing my issues. Or if it's a combination of all 3, I admit I've googled symptoms and med side effects a lot and just managed to scare myself more. Not sure what to do to help myself, any ideas would be very appreciated!
I don't even feel like me anymore and I want me back!