Greenman50
16-01-11, 17:01
Hi all
Hope you have had a good day .
Quick backround , had a few health issues and worried , and worried , and slowly (without knowing) got myself into a state about . Doctor says i,m fine so i don,t want to post details as it will cause more stress .
Doctor google didn,t help , i,m sure this didn,t help .
I was put on 2 mg of valium to take when i needed it in the middle of November (due to a hospital appointment which was fine)and was haveing one at night and i was sleeping ok and doing ok although i didn,t want to do anything over xmas and kept bursting into tears for no reason . Looking back i wasn,t ok mid November really as my skin , neck and shoulders were always burning and i had sleepless nights on the couch but did get over this.
It was in October when my health issues first cropped up but as one thing led to another i guess it all got on top of me by around the end of November and i couldn,t face work in December , as i work outside i blamed the weather as not going to work , but looking back it was more of an excuse .
I spent December sleeping quite alot although i had neck , arm pains , red hot skin , pains in my chest and hyperacidity, the valium let me sleep through the night .
On Thursday i went the docs as i,d been haveing an acidic stomach , more worry , but thankfully on the mend with meds .
When i was in the docs i broke down and told her how i was starting to dred each day and wake up burning and sweating within minutes of wakeing up and start crying , and i felt another health sympton , which comes and goes , and basically burst into tears ,i felt i right tit .
Again looking back i,d cryed at home for no apparant reason several times over xmas as i couldn,t face things . Anyway the doc said she was sure i,m fine health wise but thought after 3 months of one illness or another things had got on top of me and the valium would become addictive , so suggested i used citalopram 20 mg .
First one was on friday 11 am and i felt worse by 7 pm , anxious and couldn,t sleep , bad thoughts kept creeping into my head just as i was falling asleep , and my whole body was burning .
Reluctantly took one Saturday , had to take valium 2 mg at the night as i was so anxoius (over what i don,t know) went to bed at 12.00 and woke up at 1 pm and felt really shakey and faint , it wore off after 5 minutes and i went back to sleep on and off every 1/2 hour in between bursting into tears . Cryed about 5 times today (had another cit tab today now 3 ) and just had another funny do when i knew my wife was going out for 1/2 an hour , i felt faint and in a real panick which wore off after five minutes .
Can,t sleep anymore as bad thoughts come into my head about something happening to me or my family just as i drop off .THIS NEVER USED TO HAPPEN. I,m now exhausted and anxious but can,t sleep .
The thing is , ok i wasn,t right before takeing the three days meds but i wasn,t as bad as i,ve been the last three days , i don,t know wether to come off them or not ? I think the idea was to have these and to stop the 2 mg of valium per night , which the doc still gave me .
Do you think i was going to get worse anyway so i,ve got the new meds just in time ?, or should i pack them in , i,m sure i was better with just the 2 mg of valium per night . The cito was perscribed for anxiety not for depression .
Any comments appreciated . I,m new to all this and i,m confused and want some peace of mind back .
Hope you have had a good day .
Quick backround , had a few health issues and worried , and worried , and slowly (without knowing) got myself into a state about . Doctor says i,m fine so i don,t want to post details as it will cause more stress .
Doctor google didn,t help , i,m sure this didn,t help .
I was put on 2 mg of valium to take when i needed it in the middle of November (due to a hospital appointment which was fine)and was haveing one at night and i was sleeping ok and doing ok although i didn,t want to do anything over xmas and kept bursting into tears for no reason . Looking back i wasn,t ok mid November really as my skin , neck and shoulders were always burning and i had sleepless nights on the couch but did get over this.
It was in October when my health issues first cropped up but as one thing led to another i guess it all got on top of me by around the end of November and i couldn,t face work in December , as i work outside i blamed the weather as not going to work , but looking back it was more of an excuse .
I spent December sleeping quite alot although i had neck , arm pains , red hot skin , pains in my chest and hyperacidity, the valium let me sleep through the night .
On Thursday i went the docs as i,d been haveing an acidic stomach , more worry , but thankfully on the mend with meds .
When i was in the docs i broke down and told her how i was starting to dred each day and wake up burning and sweating within minutes of wakeing up and start crying , and i felt another health sympton , which comes and goes , and basically burst into tears ,i felt i right tit .
Again looking back i,d cryed at home for no apparant reason several times over xmas as i couldn,t face things . Anyway the doc said she was sure i,m fine health wise but thought after 3 months of one illness or another things had got on top of me and the valium would become addictive , so suggested i used citalopram 20 mg .
First one was on friday 11 am and i felt worse by 7 pm , anxious and couldn,t sleep , bad thoughts kept creeping into my head just as i was falling asleep , and my whole body was burning .
Reluctantly took one Saturday , had to take valium 2 mg at the night as i was so anxoius (over what i don,t know) went to bed at 12.00 and woke up at 1 pm and felt really shakey and faint , it wore off after 5 minutes and i went back to sleep on and off every 1/2 hour in between bursting into tears . Cryed about 5 times today (had another cit tab today now 3 ) and just had another funny do when i knew my wife was going out for 1/2 an hour , i felt faint and in a real panick which wore off after five minutes .
Can,t sleep anymore as bad thoughts come into my head about something happening to me or my family just as i drop off .THIS NEVER USED TO HAPPEN. I,m now exhausted and anxious but can,t sleep .
The thing is , ok i wasn,t right before takeing the three days meds but i wasn,t as bad as i,ve been the last three days , i don,t know wether to come off them or not ? I think the idea was to have these and to stop the 2 mg of valium per night , which the doc still gave me .
Do you think i was going to get worse anyway so i,ve got the new meds just in time ?, or should i pack them in , i,m sure i was better with just the 2 mg of valium per night . The cito was perscribed for anxiety not for depression .
Any comments appreciated . I,m new to all this and i,m confused and want some peace of mind back .