Angelai
20-01-11, 20:45
Apologies first, this may turn out to be a long post...
Ok. I have had depression/anxiety/panic for YEARS - on and off meds many times. Since January last year I have been on Setraline 50mg (for panic and anxiety disorder, not really depression right now. Well, probably is depression as well now...). I have felt myself getting worse and worse over the last couple of months, this is the point I'm at now:
Getting exhausted because I'm not able to stay asleep, only managing about an hour or two then tossing and turning, getting up - never been like this before;
Anxiety worse than ever, finding it hard to leave the house but once I'm out it's hard to come back???
Keep getting 'spacey' out of the blue - as I got to the front of the queue in the petrol station the other day, walking around shops, walking outside, driving... like I have no breath to speak, no muscles to keep me up, feels like I'm not there and I forget for a minute why I am;
Vertigo, which started a couple of weeks ago when I was about to step on to a down escalator and caused a panic attack. Now I have to hold on to things to get up stairs and it also happens when I'm on the flat;
Headaches and nausea;
Crying out of nowhere;
Last week I had incredible pain in my back (kidney area) which I can still feel on and off - completely disappeared when I took diazepam (not for the pain, for a train journey - and a happy discovery!);
A general feeling of heaviness and weakness, just not well;
Pain in wrists/elbows/arms - was told last year I have tennis elbow in both arms and it's all referred pain, but I haven't been doing ANYTHING to aggravate it;
IBS playing me up a lot more;
Face/sinus pain - started years ago and has returned recently;
Crazy, right up and down blood sugar levels making me feel sick and giving me major shakes;
And a couple for the ladies :huh: sore breasts, cramps, mood swings, sciatica and upset stomach all probably hormone related - I had a hysterectomy last September but did keep my ovaries and pms is worse than it's ever been;
Right, IBS diagnosed over 10 years ago, hysterectomy 4 months ago, panic, anxiety and depression for YEARS... but right now I feel sooooo ill. I don't know how else to explain it. Just like there is something really wrong. Pain, upset, anxiety and panic and feeling like I can't go on, which gets much much worse at night. I don't know what to do. I'm seeing my doc next week, I guess I just wanted some input from people who know where I'm coming from?
Again, sorry for the long post! If you got this far, THANK YOU :yesyes:
Ok. I have had depression/anxiety/panic for YEARS - on and off meds many times. Since January last year I have been on Setraline 50mg (for panic and anxiety disorder, not really depression right now. Well, probably is depression as well now...). I have felt myself getting worse and worse over the last couple of months, this is the point I'm at now:
Getting exhausted because I'm not able to stay asleep, only managing about an hour or two then tossing and turning, getting up - never been like this before;
Anxiety worse than ever, finding it hard to leave the house but once I'm out it's hard to come back???
Keep getting 'spacey' out of the blue - as I got to the front of the queue in the petrol station the other day, walking around shops, walking outside, driving... like I have no breath to speak, no muscles to keep me up, feels like I'm not there and I forget for a minute why I am;
Vertigo, which started a couple of weeks ago when I was about to step on to a down escalator and caused a panic attack. Now I have to hold on to things to get up stairs and it also happens when I'm on the flat;
Headaches and nausea;
Crying out of nowhere;
Last week I had incredible pain in my back (kidney area) which I can still feel on and off - completely disappeared when I took diazepam (not for the pain, for a train journey - and a happy discovery!);
A general feeling of heaviness and weakness, just not well;
Pain in wrists/elbows/arms - was told last year I have tennis elbow in both arms and it's all referred pain, but I haven't been doing ANYTHING to aggravate it;
IBS playing me up a lot more;
Face/sinus pain - started years ago and has returned recently;
Crazy, right up and down blood sugar levels making me feel sick and giving me major shakes;
And a couple for the ladies :huh: sore breasts, cramps, mood swings, sciatica and upset stomach all probably hormone related - I had a hysterectomy last September but did keep my ovaries and pms is worse than it's ever been;
Right, IBS diagnosed over 10 years ago, hysterectomy 4 months ago, panic, anxiety and depression for YEARS... but right now I feel sooooo ill. I don't know how else to explain it. Just like there is something really wrong. Pain, upset, anxiety and panic and feeling like I can't go on, which gets much much worse at night. I don't know what to do. I'm seeing my doc next week, I guess I just wanted some input from people who know where I'm coming from?
Again, sorry for the long post! If you got this far, THANK YOU :yesyes: