dtaber
20-01-11, 22:04
Hi all,
I'm new and have been having some weird symptoms for me anyway. First I suffer from anxiety and do have panic attacks. I am currently on prozac. I started with 10 mg, went to 20mg and now I am on 30 mg as of today. All within the span of 1 month. So I have been on prozac for a month. I also have atavan for when I have a panic attack. And I only use it when necessary and usually under the recommended dose of .5 mg.
With my dosage being upped, it feels like I am getting brain zaps. I've heard of them when you go off certain meds. But not when the dosage is upped. Anyone else get those? And do they go away?
Also for the last week, I have been getting weird feelings in my arms and legs. The legs feel almost like they want to charlie horse-but never do and then I get spasms in them.
The arms feel heavy and sometimes I get a weird pain in my right arm about elbow area and some cramping in my wrist.
I've had many tests done 2 ekgs, 2 chest xrays, and much blood work and there's nothing wrong supposedly.
My doctor recommended taking a calcium supplement-which I am taking but I still feel the weirdness in my limbs.
So could this be a symptom of my anxiety/panic? I'm assuming much tension in my body is causing the limb weirdness.
Then chest pains- they are so frustrating. Even when I am not having a panic attack- i get chest pains daily. I can take 1/4 of .5mg tablet of atavan and they go away. Again is that a symptom too?
Just looking for reassurance, unfortunately I am one of those that are hyper-aware of every little symptom in my body. But I am also trying to do alot of self talk to reassure myself that these are all anxiety symptoms.
Deanna
I'm new and have been having some weird symptoms for me anyway. First I suffer from anxiety and do have panic attacks. I am currently on prozac. I started with 10 mg, went to 20mg and now I am on 30 mg as of today. All within the span of 1 month. So I have been on prozac for a month. I also have atavan for when I have a panic attack. And I only use it when necessary and usually under the recommended dose of .5 mg.
With my dosage being upped, it feels like I am getting brain zaps. I've heard of them when you go off certain meds. But not when the dosage is upped. Anyone else get those? And do they go away?
Also for the last week, I have been getting weird feelings in my arms and legs. The legs feel almost like they want to charlie horse-but never do and then I get spasms in them.
The arms feel heavy and sometimes I get a weird pain in my right arm about elbow area and some cramping in my wrist.
I've had many tests done 2 ekgs, 2 chest xrays, and much blood work and there's nothing wrong supposedly.
My doctor recommended taking a calcium supplement-which I am taking but I still feel the weirdness in my limbs.
So could this be a symptom of my anxiety/panic? I'm assuming much tension in my body is causing the limb weirdness.
Then chest pains- they are so frustrating. Even when I am not having a panic attack- i get chest pains daily. I can take 1/4 of .5mg tablet of atavan and they go away. Again is that a symptom too?
Just looking for reassurance, unfortunately I am one of those that are hyper-aware of every little symptom in my body. But I am also trying to do alot of self talk to reassure myself that these are all anxiety symptoms.
Deanna