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Hi, thanks for responding. Plus, I don’t think I feel anxiety. Because?
I’m just saying that the only "anxiety" I feel is worrying about what’s wrong with me. I don’t have "chronic and exaggerated worry and tension, even though nothing seems to provoke it" like someone with generalized anxiety disorder would feel. The other anxiety disorders described in the link you posted don’t really seem to fit me either. Some of the other symptoms described have more of a feeling of… derealization. THAT TOO is common for those with panic disorder, for example.
The symptoms for "derealization" do seem similar to what I call the "lightheaded" feeling. But they don’t describe the other two feelings- the really bad feeling and the feeling that makes it hard to read. If it were me, I’d search out that specialist (preferably a psychiatrist) who can best evaluate you and your symptoms (and history, as described). In fact, you may wish to print out your post so that you can show it to the doctor. That REALLY can be helpful!
I will. Thanks!
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Hi Pete: I’m assuming that the drug you had a "horrible reaction" to was the droperidol you mentioned later on in the post? Droperidol is really not used very often at all anymore, it’s really only intended to use for people who are experiencing nausea and vomiting during surgical and diagnostic procedures, and even then, only when "other drugs have shown insufficient efficacy or intolerable side-effects". Because of it’s similarity to phenothiazines and Haldol it can cause dystonia, akathisia, hyperactivity and anxiety – these are listed as "common" side effects.
They asked me if I was experiencing nausea, and I said no. Why the heck would they give me something like this?! The only thing I can think of is that it was so that I didn’t vomit up the other medicine they gave me. They had me drink a white liquid that I think was a mixture of Maalox and something to make my esauphagus numb. The idea was that if these things made the chest pain stop, then that means it’s acid reflux. It seems like Droperidol is a pretty extreme drug to use on something simple like acid reflux. I feel like I should sue the hospital. If it has such awful "common" side effects, why wouldn’t they tell me? Why would they even give people this medicine at all? Because Droperidol (Inapsine) can cause QT prolongation it should never be used prior to obtaining a 12-lead EKG. Hopefully you did get one of those done.
They did give me an EKG. I don’t know how many leads there were, I don’t think there were as many as 12. What’s QT prolongation? The people who make this drug do not even know what the half life is, and it’s "metabolic fate and distribution into body tissues and fluids has not been clearly established".
So do you think that after 2 months, the drug could still be affecting me? All the doctors I’ve seen seem to think this is impossible. Do you have a link to where you got that information? Do you think the effects will go away, or has my brain been permanently messed up? If you have gastric reflux, read about that for sure, and take any prescribed meds as they were prescribed. Most importantly, do not eat or drink within two hours of lying down to go to sleep for the night. Many people benefit from taking one ounce (30 mls) of Maalox on their empty stomach immediately prior to going to bed, if they suffer from reflux symptoms, however I do not dispense medical advice, and you should ask a physician what is best for you. G
I’m taking Prilosec, and haven’t had any problems with acid reflux since I started taking it. Thanks for responding!
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Hi, this is going to be a long post
GARY??? IS THAT YOU???? but please bear with me.
yer askin’ a lot. I’ve just been through the worst two months of my life,
you won’t say that in 3 months. it’ll get worse. always does. and I just want to tell someone about it and get some advice.
popahcouplahbluez. that’s always my advice. i’m consistent. I’m 26.
stop braggin’. About two months ago, I started having chest pains and decided to go to the emergency room just in case it was something serious. It turned out to just be acid reflux, but one of the medicines they gave me in the hospital gave me a horrible adverse reaction. I had restlessness, anxiety, and this awful feeling in my head that I can’t even describe.
(that was tha viagra.) Watching TV or evening thinking certain things would make it worse, and it was unbearable.
TV is evil and must be destroyed. when i go thru obsessive crap (which i SWEAR to god is a result of too many hallucinogenics when i was dumb) i tried to make myself throw up so i’d feel normal. that didn’t work, suffice it ta say. It lasted almost 24 hours
almost a whole DAY? and then stopped, and I thought it was all over.
it’ ain’t nevah ovah, hunny bunny… til they throw dirt on ya. But then, the next day when I ate lunch I became extremely lightheaded. Not a dizzy feeling, but a feeling like I was almost unconscious–
did ya wake up with a condom stuck in an unlikely area? like I was about to pass out. This lasted for one or two hours, then I felt exhausted and in a daze for the rest of the day.
G……H……B. YOU’VE BEEN DOSED ! This happened every day. At first I felt the lightheadedness when eating a big meal, but then it started happening just whenever.
maybe ya shouldn’t do that. people generally figger out that if sumthin’s motivatin’ ‘em ta feel like shit they stop doin’ that behavior pretty pronto. I rarely felt normal,
and for tha bad news? except sometimes in the morning.
yer pregnant. < I didn’t even feel like the same person. (i should be so lucky) . Also my left hand was tingly and numb all the time.
hmmmmm…. wonder is this one too easy… The doctor that I had my follow-up appointment with for the acid reflux suggested that I might have reactive hypoglycemia.
are ya left-handed? do ya smoke? Then, one night while I was trying to sleep, I felt like I had to make myself breath– I wasn’t breathing automatically like normal.
i have forgotten alotta thangs, i can honestly say i’ve never forgotten that. (i’m bettin’ 10 ta 1 you bogarted them jernts, too, my friend…. in high school) Then I started breathing in and out uncontrolably.
yes, yes, YESSSSSSSSSS, YESSSSSSSSSS !!!!!! OH GOD, OH GODDDDDDDD, SPANK ME, DADDY ! …and he pulled her… (sorry, romance novel moment.) Both my hands were very tingly, plus my forehead and nose.
wow… an orgy for one… now THAT’s a concept. And I was shaking. So I went to the hospital again and the doctor told me it was an anxiety attack.
that’s probly what he tells his wife when it happens ta him. (he ain’t no dummy !) He didn’t think I had hypoglycemia. He gave me Trazadone, which helped me sleep, but put me in a worse daze than I was already in.
OMG, that shit’ll make ya sleep for like 2 nights then ya gotta up tha dose, then ya feel like pure dog shit for tha whole day, don’t take that crap… that crap is gross and you should sell it to a dumbass that will belive it’s oxycontin. Later I saw a family doctor and told him everthing that was going on. He thought that I had hyperthyroidism and scheduled me for blood tests, took me off the Trazadone, and gave me Lunesta to help me sleep.
ya should’ah depended on yer left hand fer that’n. While I waited for the results to come back, I felt kind of relieved that I would soon know what was wrong and could finaly start feeling normal again.
did ya click yer heels twice and say "i wanna go home"? cuz yer in fantasy land.. these docs ain’t gonna letcha feel normal? how ya think they afford their ivory towers? But then one day I started feeling this new feeling in my head instead of the lightheadedness. It was horrible. It was similar to the feeling that I had with the reaction to the Droperidol.
(i’m thinkin’ that left hand is lookin’ better’n better.) It made me extremely uncomfortable in my own head,
well, take’ah load off’n sit’n mine for awhile. set a spell.. take ya shoes off. and I desperatly wanted it to stop immediately, but it would last for every second of every day almost.
some people pay big bucks fer that feelin’. Sometimes it was more intense than other times. It would feel like my mind could just sink into this feeling and never get out, if that makes sense. I felt like I was going crazy.
nah, you ain’t goin crazy, ya just are. Sometimes seeing or hearing something annoying would make the feeling worse.
i feeeeeeeel ya there, (don’t be chewin’ no gum in my presence, i’ll knock ya ass out.) i got signs on my tat shop that say "no drugs, no firearms, no gum… and NOT PARTICULARLY IN THAT ORDER"… so i can kill people that annoy me and it’ll stand up in court… try it. Then after almost about a week it started to get better. I had a follow-up appointment with my family doctor in which he discussed the results of my blood tests, which all came back normal and healthy.
crap. i hate when they say that… it means "buddy, you’s up shit creek, you ain’t gettin’ no good drugs." He said that it must have been anxiety that started with the experience with the Droperidol reaction, and that, since I was starting to feel better, it would probably gradually go away.
(and they get paid da big bucks for THAT lil piece’ah wisdom) like you couldn’t'ah figgered THAT’n out yerself. I was ecstatic.
different strokes, i’d'ah been pissed. I thought the whole experience was over with. For about a week I felt 100% normal almost all the time, although it was still hard to sleep– even with the pills.
yer worse off than me…. even pills won’t sleep with ya. But then, the bad feeling in my head started again, big time. It was non-stop suffering for two weeks.
why didn’t ole boy getcha a benzo? he can’t spell "xanax" or sumthin? I could have never in my life imagined this kind of suffering.
you obviously ain’t lived with me. but it’s never too late. I thought of suicide as a future possibility if nothing else made the feeling go away.
i highly suggest homicide as an alternative, and you can watch. But a few days ago, the feeling stopped, and now I feel a new feeling.
wowwwwwww… Also my left hand has started tingling again sometimes, and also my forehead.
i’m tellin’ ya… yer gonna go blind. and THEN how will ya tell us what’s happnin’ witcha. Anyway, thanks for reading all of my ramblings. My questions to you guys are: 1. Do you think this is an anxiety disorder?
everything’s anxietal. (except bladder infections)… well, in’ah round’ah bout way they are too, i’m sure. I only had one panic attack. From what I’ve read, many of you seem to have PA’s very often.
nah, we just like it here in this lil box and we gotta hukka pipe… Plus, I don’t think I feel anxiety. I’ve been worrying about my symptoms, but I think that would be normal. Is worrying anxiety?
no, it means yer a chick and aliens abducted you’n gave yer ass a sex change, now yer’ah sweeeeeeeeeet transvestite….. bwaaaaaaaaAAAHAHAHAHAHHA ! I thought anxiety is more like a panicky feeling.
panic is one form of anxiety, there’s 6 or 7 more. 2. Will it go away on its own,
(and are we there yet???) no, nothing goes away on it’s on, even me. or are my symptoms going to just keep changing? Will I have to start taking drugs for the rest of my life?
with any luck, yes. 3. Even though it’s hard to describe the things I felt in my head, from my descriptions could any of you recognize having similar symptoms?
yer trippin’ balls, dude… or yer horny as hell… or ya need ta move in with steve (mcs#()*&$(#&%(*&(*#$*(#$&(*)))) and KNOW yer normal by comparison. in all seriousness, i’d try a benzo, tell yer doc tanya sent’cha, you’ll get’ah better seat. you left out alotta pertinent info… are ya workin? are ya married? you got kids? how old are ya? based on these ‘feeeeeeeelings.. whooah whooooooooh feeeeeeeelings’, it’s hard ta say. ya gotta give us book, chapter’n verse, circumstances. (are ya cute? that’s important info). cimcumvention ain’t yer intention, i’m sure, but for us to prescribe tha proper treatment (cuz we all are professionals here, yanno) we need ta know everything ! boxers or briefs? ~tanya (don’t leave yer chewin’ gum on muh bedpost ovahnight)
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This post from Pete reminded me…. I have known *two* individuals who were having gastro problems…. and who were prescribed Reglan… and who had a bad reaction to the Reglan. They both becaue anxious/nervous and developped panic-like symptoms (didn’t want to stay alone, felt a sense of impending doom, etc… ) Once taken off the Reglan, things returned to normal. Ya just never know what kind of reactions you may have to drugs…. 
Isn’t that interesting. I once opted to have general anesthesia for removal of wisdom teeth. Because I had gastroesophageal refiux, they gave me IV Reglan. When the anesthesiologist came to see me before wheeling me in to the OR, I started experiencing intense fear and soon afterwards, a feeling of impending doom. I had to bail out and leave – I simply couldn’t go through with the surgery. I later asked my GP about the Reglan thing. He insisted there was no way it could have caused my symptoms of panic. I checked rxlist.com and lo, and behold, anxiety is listed as one of the potential adverse effects of Reglan. Friggin’ doctors.
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"Do you have a link to where you got that information?" I apologize for failing to answer this question earlier. Part of the information I gave you was obtained over 20 years of working at my job, and part of it was quoted from the "big red book" – it is a 3700 page book published by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. I prefer that book to all others because it has no commercial bias (unlike the PDR, which is 47.53% commercial bias). You can obtain this book, which is about the size of the Manhattan telephone directory for $ 219.00 from www.ashp.org
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Pete: I’m assuming that the drug you had a "horrible reaction" to was the droperidol you mentioned later on in the post? Droperidol is really not used very often at all anymore, it’s really only intended to use for people who are experiencing nausea and vomiting during surgical and diagnostic procedures, and even then, only when "other drugs have shown insufficient efficacy or intolerable side-effects". Because of it’s similarity to phenothiazines and Haldol it can cause dystonia, akathisia, hyperactivity and anxiety – these are listed as "common" side effects. They asked me if I was experiencing nausea, and I said no. Why the heck would they give me something like this?! The only thing I can think of is that it was so that I didn’t vomit up the other medicine they gave me. They had me drink a white liquid that I think was a mixture of Maalox and something to make my esauphagus numb. The idea was that if these things made the chest pain stop, then that means it’s acid reflux. It seems like Droperidol is a pretty extreme drug to use on something simple like acid reflux. I feel like I should sue the hospital. If it has such awful "common" side effects, why wouldn’t they tell me? Why would they even give people this medicine at all? Because Droperidol (Inapsine) can cause QT prolongation it should never be used prior to obtaining a 12-lead EKG. Hopefully you did get one of those done. They did give me an EKG. I don’t know how many leads there were, I don’t think there were as many as 12. What’s QT prolongation? The people who make this drug do not even know what the half life is, and it’s "metabolic fate and distribution into body tissues and fluids has not been clearly established". So do you think that after 2 months, the drug could still be affecting me? All the doctors I’ve seen seem to think this is impossible. Do you have a link to where you got that information? Do you think the effects will go away, or has my brain been permanently messed up? If you have gastric reflux, read about that for sure, and take any prescribed meds as they were prescribed. Most importantly, do not eat or drink within two hours of lying down to go to sleep for the night. Many people benefit from taking one ounce (30 mls) of Maalox on their empty stomach immediately prior to going to bed, if they suffer from reflux symptoms, however I do not dispense medical advice, and you should ask a physician what is best for you. G I’m taking Prilosec, and haven’t had any problems with acid reflux since I started taking it. Thanks for responding!
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"So do you think that after 2 months, the drug could still be affecting me?" No. I do think, however, that you are anxious, and should make evaluation and treatment of that a priority, as has been said. I’m saying it again only for emphasis. If they put a machine next to your bed, hooked up some wires on your chest, shoulders, and either legs or lower abdomen, and then ran a piece of paper out, about 8 1/2" x 11", you got a 12 lead EKG. An EKG is only what it is, and does not predict everything. Without talking to the physician, knowing you a little better, reading your entire medical file, and collaborating with a shrink and a neurologist, I can’t really say much more that would not fall into the realm of *conjecture*. Read about neuroleptic drugs and extrapyramidal side-effects. Gary
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Pete: I’m assuming that the drug you had a "horrible reaction" to was the droperidol you mentioned later on in the post? Droperidol is really not used very often at all anymore, it’s really only intended to use for people who are experiencing nausea and vomiting during surgical and diagnostic procedures, and even then, only when "other drugs have shown insufficient efficacy or intolerable side-effects". Because of it’s similarity to phenothiazines and Haldol it can cause dystonia, akathisia, hyperactivity and anxiety – these are listed as "common" side effects. They asked me if I was experiencing nausea, and I said no. Why the heck would they give me something like this?! The only thing I can think of is that it was so that I didn’t vomit up the other medicine they gave me. They had me drink a white liquid that I think was a mixture of Maalox and something to make my esauphagus numb. The idea was that if these things made the chest pain stop, then that means it’s acid reflux. It seems like Droperidol is a pretty extreme drug to use on something simple like acid reflux. I feel like I should sue the hospital. If it has such awful "common" side effects, why wouldn’t they tell me? Why would they even give people this medicine at all? Because Droperidol (Inapsine) can cause QT prolongation it should never be used prior to obtaining a 12-lead EKG. Hopefully you did get one of those done. They did give me an EKG. I don’t know how many leads there were, I don’t think there were as many as 12. What’s QT prolongation? The people who make this drug do not even know what the half life is, and it’s "metabolic fate and distribution into body tissues and fluids has not been clearly established". So do you think that after 2 months, the drug could still be affecting me? All the doctors I’ve seen seem to think this is impossible. Do you have a link to where you got that information? Do you think the effects will go away, or has my brain been permanently messed up? If you have gastric reflux, read about that for sure, and take any prescribed meds as they were prescribed. Most importantly, do not eat or drink within two hours of lying down to go to sleep for the night. Many people benefit from taking one ounce (30 mls) of Maalox on their empty stomach immediately prior to going to bed, if they suffer from reflux symptoms, however I do not dispense medical advice, and you should ask a physician what is best for you. G I’m taking Prilosec, and haven’t had any problems with acid reflux since I started taking it. Thanks for responding!
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This post from Pete reminded me…. I have known *two* individuals who were having gastro problems…. and who were prescribed Reglan… and who had a bad reaction to the Reglan. They both becaue anxious/nervous and developped panic-like symptoms (didn’t want to stay alone, felt a sense of impending doom, etc… ) Once taken off the Reglan, things returned to normal. Ya just never know what kind of reactions you may have to drugs….
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi Pete: I’m assuming that the drug you had a "horrible reaction" to was the droperidol you mentioned later on in the post? Droperidol is really not used very often at all anymore, it’s really only intended to use for people who are experiencing nausea and vomiting during surgical and diagnostic procedures, and even then, only when "other drugs have shown insufficient efficacy or intolerable side-effects". Because of it’s similarity to phenothiazines and Haldol it can cause dystonia, akathisia, hyperactivity and anxiety – these are listed as "common" side effects. Because Droperidol (Inapsine) can cause QT prolongation it should never be used prior to obtaining a 12-lead EKG. Hopefully you did get one of those done. The people who make this drug do not even know what the half life is, and it’s "metabolic fate and distribution into body tissues and fluids has not been clearly established". I don’t personally want any of this medicine, and that’s all I will say. Elliotts post covered everything else I could think to say, and the obtaining of a proper diagnosis is obviously a priority for you. If you have gastric reflux, read about that for sure, and take any prescribed meds as they were prescribed. Most importantly, do not eat or drink within two hours of lying down to go to sleep for the night. Many people benefit from taking one ounce (30 mls) of Maalox on their empty stomach immediately prior to going to bed, if they suffer from reflux symptoms, however I do not dispense medical advice, and you should ask a physician what is best for you.
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Hi Pete: I’m assuming that the drug you had a "horrible reaction" to was the droperidol you mentioned later on in the post? Droperidol is really not used very often at all anymore, it’s really only intended to use for people who are experiencing nausea and vomiting during surgical and diagnostic procedures, and even then, only when "other drugs have shown insufficient efficacy or intolerable side-effects". Because of it’s similarity to phenothiazines and Haldol it can cause dystonia, akathisia, hyperactivity and anxiety – these are listed as "common" side effects. Because Droperidol (Inapsine) can cause QT prolongation it should never be used prior to obtaining a 12-lead EKG. Hopefully you did get one of those done. The people who make this drug do not even know what the half life is, and it’s "metabolic fate and distribution into body tissues and fluids has not been clearly established". I don’t personally want any of this medicine, and that’s all I will say. Elliotts post covered everything else I could think to say, and the obtaining of a proper diagnosis is obviously a priority for you. If you have gastric reflux, read about that for sure, and take any prescribed meds as they were prescribed. Most importantly, do not eat or drink within two hours of lying down to go to sleep for the night. Many people benefit from taking one ounce (30 mls) of Maalox on their empty stomach immediately prior to going to bed, if they suffer from reflux symptoms, however I do not dispense medical advice, and you should ask a physician what is best for you. G
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hi, this is going to be a long post, but please bear with me. I’ve just been through the worst two months of my life, and I just want to tell someone about it and get some advice. I’m 26. About two months ago, I started having chest pains and decided to go to the emergency room just in case it was something serious. It turned out to just be acid reflux, but one of the medicines they gave me in the hospital gave me a horrible adverse reaction. I had restlessness, anxiety, and this awful feeling in my head that I can’t even describe. Watching TV or evening thinking certain things would make it worse, and it was unbearable. It lasted almost 24 hours and then stopped, and I thought it was all over. But then, the next day when I ate lunch I became extremely lightheaded. Not a dizzy feeling, but a feeling like I was almost unconscious– like I was about to pass out. This lasted for one or two hours, then I felt exhausted and in a daze for the rest of the day. This happened every day. At first I felt the lightheadedness when eating a big meal, but then it started happening just whenever. I rarely felt normal, except sometimes in the morning. I didn’t even feel like the same person. Also, I could rarely sleep at night no matter how tired I got. I would get so tired I could barely move and still not fall asleep. Also my left hand was tingly and numb all the time. The doctor that I had my follow-up appointment with for the acid reflux suggested that I might have reactive hypoglycemia. Then, one night while I was trying to sleep, I felt like I had to make myself breath– I wasn’t breathing automatically like normal. Then I started breathing in and out uncontrolably. Both my hands were very tingly, plus my forehead and nose. And I was shaking. So I went to the hospital again and the doctor told me it was an anxiety attack. He didn’t think I had hypoglycemia. He gave me Trazadone, which helped me sleep, but put me in a worse daze than I was already in. Later I saw a family doctor and told him everthing that was going on. He thought that I had hyperthyroidism and scheduled me for blood tests, took me off the Trazadone, and gave me Lunesta to help me sleep. While I waited for the results to come back, I felt kind of relieved that I would soon know what was wrong and could finaly start feeling normal again. But then one day I started feeling this new feeling in my head instead of the lightheadedness. It was horrible. It was similar to the feeling that I had with the reaction to the Droperidol. It made me extremely uncomfortable in my own head, and I desperatly wanted it to stop immediately, but it would last for every second of every day almost. Sometimes it was more intense than other times. It would feel like my mind could just sink into this feeling and never get out, if that makes sense. I felt like I was going crazy. Sometimes seeing or hearing something annoying would make the feeling worse. Then after almost about a week it started to get better. I had a follow-up appointment with my family doctor in which he discussed the results of my blood tests, which all came back normal and healthy. He said that it must have been anxiety that started with the experience with the Droperidol reaction, and that, since I was starting to feel better, it would probably gradually go away. I was ecstatic. I thought the whole experience was over with. For about a week I felt 100% normal almost all the time, although it was still hard to sleep– even with the pills. But then, the bad feeling in my head started again, big time. It was non-stop suffering for two weeks. I could have never in my life imagined this kind of suffering. I thought of suicide as a future possibility if nothing else made the feeling go away. But a few days ago, the feeling stopped, and now I feel a new feeling. It’s relatively not so bad, and I don’t feel it all the time. I feel it when I’m trying to read or concentrate on something. Lying down and relaxing makes it go away, but it comes back if I start reading again. It makes it hard to concentrate. Also my left hand has started tingling again sometimes, and also my forehead. Anyway, thanks for reading all of my ramblings. My questions to you guys are: 1. Do you think this is an anxiety disorder? I only had one panic attack. From what I’ve read, many of you seem to have PA’s very often. Plus, I don’t think I feel anxiety. I’ve been worrying about my symptoms, but I think that would be normal. Is worrying anxiety? I thought anxiety is more like a panicky feeling. 2. Will it go away on its own, or are my symptoms going to just keep changing? Will I have to start taking drugs for the rest of my life? 3. Even though it’s hard to describe the things I felt in my head, from my descriptions could any of you recognize having similar symptoms?
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Hi, this is going to be a long post, but please bear with me. I’ve just been through the worst two months of my life, and I just want to tell someone about it and get some advice. I’m 26. About two months ago, I started having chest pains and decided to go to the emergency room just in case it was something serious. It turned out to just be acid reflux, but one of the medicines they gave me in the hospital gave me a horrible adverse reaction. I had restlessness, anxiety, and this awful feeling in my head that I can’t even describe. Watching TV or evening thinking certain things would make it worse, and it was unbearable. It lasted almost 24 hours and then stopped, and I thought it was all over. But then, the next day when I ate lunch I became extremely lightheaded. Not a dizzy feeling, but a feeling like I was almost unconscious– like I was about to pass out. This lasted for one or two hours, then I felt exhausted and in a daze for the rest of the day. This happened every day. At first I felt the lightheadedness when eating a big meal, but then it started happening just whenever. I rarely felt normal, except sometimes in the morning. I didn’t even feel like the same person. Also, I could rarely sleep at night no matter how tired I got. I would get so tired I could barely move and still not fall asleep. Also my left hand was tingly and numb all the time. The doctor that I had my follow-up appointment with for the acid reflux suggested that I might have reactive hypoglycemia. Then, one night while I was trying to sleep, I felt like I had to make myself breath– I wasn’t breathing automatically like normal. Then I started breathing in and out uncontrolably. Both my hands were very tingly, plus my forehead and nose. And I was shaking. So I went to the hospital again and the doctor told me it was an anxiety attack. He didn’t think I had hypoglycemia. He gave me Trazadone, which helped me sleep, but put me in a worse daze than I was already in. Later I saw a family doctor and told him everthing that was going on. He thought that I had hyperthyroidism and scheduled me for blood tests, took me off the Trazadone, and gave me Lunesta to help me sleep. While I waited for the results to come back, I felt kind of relieved that I would soon know what was wrong and could finaly start feeling normal again. But then one day I started feeling this new feeling in my head instead of the lightheadedness. It was horrible. It was similar to the feeling that I had with the reaction to the Droperidol. It made me extremely uncomfortable in my own head, and I desperatly wanted it to stop immediately, but it would last for every second of every day almost. Sometimes it was more intense than other times. It would feel like my mind could just sink into this feeling and never get out, if that makes sense. I felt like I was going crazy. Sometimes seeing or hearing something annoying would make the feeling worse. Then after almost about a week it started to get better. I had a follow-up appointment with my family doctor in which he discussed the results of my blood tests, which all came back normal and healthy. He said that it must have been anxiety that started with the experience with the Droperidol reaction, and that, since I was starting to feel better, it would probably gradually go away. I was ecstatic. I thought the whole experience was over with. For about a week I felt 100% normal almost all the time, although it was still hard to sleep– even with the pills. But then, the bad feeling in my head started again, big time. It was non-stop suffering for two weeks. I could have never in my life imagined this kind of suffering. I thought of suicide as a future possibility if nothing else made the feeling go away. But a few days ago, the feeling stopped, and now I feel a new feeling. It’s relatively not so bad, and I don’t feel it all the time. I feel it when I’m trying to read or concentrate on something. Lying down and relaxing makes it go away, but it comes back if I start reading again. It makes it hard to concentrate. Also my left hand has started tingling again sometimes, and also my forehead. Anyway, thanks for reading all of my ramblings. My questions to you guys are: 1. Do you think this is an anxiety disorder? I only had one panic attack. From what I’ve read, many of you seem to have PA’s very often. Plus, I don’t think I feel anxiety. I’ve been worrying about my symptoms, but I think that would be normal. Is worrying anxiety? I thought anxiety is more like a panicky feeling. 2. Will it go away on its own, or are my symptoms going to just keep changing? Will I have to start taking drugs for the rest of my life? 3. Even though it’s hard to describe the things I felt in my head, from my descriptions could any of you recognize having similar symptoms?
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Jackie ~*~I’ve seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives~*~ ~~Tracy Chapman — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm 
) It’s so nice to know that there are others out there that I can share this whole thing with. I’m so "new" to it still, that I’m still trying to get a grip on it all. See you on the board! I would also urge you not to rest on your laurels regarding the Xanax. You are bound to feel over the moon that you’ve found relief from the major part of your anxiety, but please look to the long term. If you can learn techniques from a psychiatrist/psychologist to reduce your anxiety levels naturally, these will serve you all your life. You might even find that you have no need of the Xanax, or can live with a reduced dose. Knowing you have techniques at your disposal when you have an attack also builds confidence in yourself and reduces the fear factor that such attacks induce. Your doctor should be able to refer you to a suitably trained person. Have an anxiety-free day.