its1111
30-07-15, 14:40
Hi everyone,
I am fairly new to this site and some of you may have seen or replied to my previous posts in the past (Thank you!), but I just need some guidance...or reassurance today. I am being referred for CBT, so that suggestion is already taken:) Sorry for the lengthy post....I guess I need to vent, and appreciate your advice.
I feel like I have hit my "breaking point", so to speak. Lately I have had one medical problem after another, and more and more anxiety build up in return. I was put on prozac, only to make my anxiety WORSE (especially during the taper!) and now take a benzo, which isn't helping too much. I don't have quite as many panic attacks, but I'm just in a CONSTANT state of worry.
Right now, I am experiencing:
-Massive shortness of breath- like an elephant sitting on my chest, can't take in enough air, etc. Made a trip to the ER last week- all tests came back clear, of course.
-Terrible sharp, shooting pain under left breast in ribcage (what is this??)
-Swelling and vein inflammation behind right knee and up thigh (been scanned, no DVT or cyst...can't figure it out)
-Some palpations (Have had these my whole life due to a sternum deformity and pectus excavatum surgery)
-Fatigue and weight loss
Yes, all of these can be attributed to anxiety, except perhaps my knee pain (Which is really getting to me). Anyway, all of these "issues" just make my anxiety worse and question if there is something really wrong. I am hoping CBT will help with this, but until then I'm not sure what to do. My poor family is getting frustrated (understandably, but also makes me feel bad).
I am getting ready to go out of town for the weekend tomorrow morning, and it's to the point that I am almost scared to go incase something happens. Gosh, this is the last place I thought I'd be in my life. I am generally very happy, wanting to go everywhere and do anything. It's almost put me in a depressive state. I just want to feel "normal" again....knowing that there is nothing physically wrong.
If anyone else has experienced this, I'd appreciate your stories, advice, what has worked for you, etc. I am trying everything I can to get better...but anxiety seems to be winning.
I am fairly new to this site and some of you may have seen or replied to my previous posts in the past (Thank you!), but I just need some guidance...or reassurance today. I am being referred for CBT, so that suggestion is already taken:) Sorry for the lengthy post....I guess I need to vent, and appreciate your advice.
I feel like I have hit my "breaking point", so to speak. Lately I have had one medical problem after another, and more and more anxiety build up in return. I was put on prozac, only to make my anxiety WORSE (especially during the taper!) and now take a benzo, which isn't helping too much. I don't have quite as many panic attacks, but I'm just in a CONSTANT state of worry.
Right now, I am experiencing:
-Massive shortness of breath- like an elephant sitting on my chest, can't take in enough air, etc. Made a trip to the ER last week- all tests came back clear, of course.
-Terrible sharp, shooting pain under left breast in ribcage (what is this??)
-Swelling and vein inflammation behind right knee and up thigh (been scanned, no DVT or cyst...can't figure it out)
-Some palpations (Have had these my whole life due to a sternum deformity and pectus excavatum surgery)
-Fatigue and weight loss
Yes, all of these can be attributed to anxiety, except perhaps my knee pain (Which is really getting to me). Anyway, all of these "issues" just make my anxiety worse and question if there is something really wrong. I am hoping CBT will help with this, but until then I'm not sure what to do. My poor family is getting frustrated (understandably, but also makes me feel bad).
I am getting ready to go out of town for the weekend tomorrow morning, and it's to the point that I am almost scared to go incase something happens. Gosh, this is the last place I thought I'd be in my life. I am generally very happy, wanting to go everywhere and do anything. It's almost put me in a depressive state. I just want to feel "normal" again....knowing that there is nothing physically wrong.
If anyone else has experienced this, I'd appreciate your stories, advice, what has worked for you, etc. I am trying everything I can to get better...but anxiety seems to be winning.