Bexmumto3
21-04-10, 16:19
Hi everyone
I'm Becca, I found this site today when I was googling to find out about side effects of medication & I can't believe that it has been here all this time whilst I have been suffering & I never knew.
A little about me - I'm mum to 3 & my first anxiety episode was in 2005 after my middle child was rushed to hospital after an allergic reaction, I found myself very nervous & constantly worrying that it would happen again.
My family encouraged me to go to the doctors to get some help, so I did.
He prescribed Paroxetine for me which I started taking straight away a few days passed & I had just felt tired & a bit 'spaced out' but one evening I began to feel really unwell & my heart felt like it was constantly flipping over & was beating so fast. The doctors advised an ambulance & I was rushed off to hospital where I was hooked to every monitor possible & was told I would probably be admitted as they couldn't control my heart rate. Eventually I was let out with no further advise or tests but was issued Diazepam to take when feeling anxious & was told to stop the Paroxetine as they thought it was a reaction to them. So I tried a Diazepam which really knocked me out, I couldn't even stand without holding onto things as I felt as if I was really drunk.
I saw the GP again & they tried me on Citalopram but yet again I had the same thing happen.
I had got used to the idea that I would basically have to struggle alone, things got tough at home & my husband was having to take more & more time off work to be with me,the GP then advised me to take Fluoxetine 20mg which I did & I was fine and continued on these until Dec 2008 when I found out I was expecting my 3rd child & was advised by my GP to stop them, when the Midwife found out she was very un-happy as she said it would have been best to monitor me on the tabs instead of running the risk of making the previous symtpoms worse.
Anyway I managed fine even with a very tough pregnancy & birth.
No signs of post natal depression as I was told I might have so all was looking good.
A few months later & I started to develop really bad pains in my side, I found out I had gallstones which I needed surgery for, fortunately all went well although I had a reaction to something that I was given in theatre as yet again my heart rate & BP were extremely high.
Nine months later I started to have very bad dizzy spells & these got worse & worse and my legs would feel very weak & it would feel like I was trembling inside amongst many other symptoms I googled loads & got mixed results from anxiety to MS.
I saw my GP & they thought it might be my ears or eyes but that it could be anxiety so to start back on the Fluoxetine 20mg, which I did.
I had my eyes tested & all was fine. Had bloods done & all fine, I'm now awaiting results from an ECG & for my referral to see someone in ENT to rule everything out just to make sure.
They increased my Fluoxetine to 40mg as I feel no different on 20mg & the symptoms are still the same (this is day 2 at this dose) I'm hoping that this will be the miracle I need as at the moment I am no use to anyone and my husband is having to do everything & I can't go anywhere that I would normally (shops,etc) even the school run is really hard & I don't do often. Have been feeling a bit strange today, not sure if it is the increased meds or not,didn't know if I would have any side effects by increasing them ?
Whoa that went from being a little about me to quite a lot, well done & thank you if you got this far, it's much appreciated.
Looking forward to chatting to people in the same position as myself.
I'm Becca, I found this site today when I was googling to find out about side effects of medication & I can't believe that it has been here all this time whilst I have been suffering & I never knew.
A little about me - I'm mum to 3 & my first anxiety episode was in 2005 after my middle child was rushed to hospital after an allergic reaction, I found myself very nervous & constantly worrying that it would happen again.
My family encouraged me to go to the doctors to get some help, so I did.
He prescribed Paroxetine for me which I started taking straight away a few days passed & I had just felt tired & a bit 'spaced out' but one evening I began to feel really unwell & my heart felt like it was constantly flipping over & was beating so fast. The doctors advised an ambulance & I was rushed off to hospital where I was hooked to every monitor possible & was told I would probably be admitted as they couldn't control my heart rate. Eventually I was let out with no further advise or tests but was issued Diazepam to take when feeling anxious & was told to stop the Paroxetine as they thought it was a reaction to them. So I tried a Diazepam which really knocked me out, I couldn't even stand without holding onto things as I felt as if I was really drunk.
I saw the GP again & they tried me on Citalopram but yet again I had the same thing happen.
I had got used to the idea that I would basically have to struggle alone, things got tough at home & my husband was having to take more & more time off work to be with me,the GP then advised me to take Fluoxetine 20mg which I did & I was fine and continued on these until Dec 2008 when I found out I was expecting my 3rd child & was advised by my GP to stop them, when the Midwife found out she was very un-happy as she said it would have been best to monitor me on the tabs instead of running the risk of making the previous symtpoms worse.
Anyway I managed fine even with a very tough pregnancy & birth.
No signs of post natal depression as I was told I might have so all was looking good.
A few months later & I started to develop really bad pains in my side, I found out I had gallstones which I needed surgery for, fortunately all went well although I had a reaction to something that I was given in theatre as yet again my heart rate & BP were extremely high.
Nine months later I started to have very bad dizzy spells & these got worse & worse and my legs would feel very weak & it would feel like I was trembling inside amongst many other symptoms I googled loads & got mixed results from anxiety to MS.
I saw my GP & they thought it might be my ears or eyes but that it could be anxiety so to start back on the Fluoxetine 20mg, which I did.
I had my eyes tested & all was fine. Had bloods done & all fine, I'm now awaiting results from an ECG & for my referral to see someone in ENT to rule everything out just to make sure.
They increased my Fluoxetine to 40mg as I feel no different on 20mg & the symptoms are still the same (this is day 2 at this dose) I'm hoping that this will be the miracle I need as at the moment I am no use to anyone and my husband is having to do everything & I can't go anywhere that I would normally (shops,etc) even the school run is really hard & I don't do often. Have been feeling a bit strange today, not sure if it is the increased meds or not,didn't know if I would have any side effects by increasing them ?
Whoa that went from being a little about me to quite a lot, well done & thank you if you got this far, it's much appreciated.
Looking forward to chatting to people in the same position as myself.