beetlelady1234
04-07-2012, 05:28 PM
Hi - I'm happy to know you all are here. I've had very mild anxiety attacks for no apparent reasons for years but they were always brief and I could get outside, breathe fresh air, make contact with someone either by phone or a neighbor and overcome the feeling of wanting to faint or panic within 30 minutes and return to life. On Tuesday of this week I was overwhelmed for no reason - this was the worst ever - pins and needles all over from head to toe, feeling faint, of course feeling like I must be dying or something. And all I was doing was fixing breakfast for the dogs. I fought the feelings until I made it to my doctor at 8:00 - walked in unannounced. They got me on Xanax and I went back home and dozed. But the second the .25 Xanax wore off, it came back, not as bad. Took another one but by 7:00 p.m. had my sister take me to the ER. They gave me yet another Xanax .25 and I headed home fairly calm.
The next morning a little of the anxiety returned and after one .25 Xanax, I felt okay the rest of the day and night. But same thing happened again Thursday morning. Friday I made it until probably noon before taking the one Xanax.
But today, Saturday, I have been fighting the anxiety for hours now. I was doing fine, got outside to do yardwork in the sun, was actually feeling really good. Then out of the blue for no reason, here comes the anxiety. Took .50 Xanax at 2:00 and went to bed.
What is different this time is that the first bouts, my blood pressure was over the top but my heart rate remained low. Today my blood pressure is normal but my heart rate is 100. So I have no idea what is going on. I will be seeing my regular doctor next week.
But I'm just so scared right now. I'm not under any more or less stress and pressure than ever before. Nothing horrible is happening in my life. I work the same job I have (and love) for the last 18 years, work at home, have great animals I care for. But this just came on out of the blue. The only thing I had done differently was I had started on Zoloft about five days before the initial big anxiety attack. I had lost several friends this year and was crying a lot, so got on Zoloft. Hadn't been on for 3 years and have been fine so just wanted a "tune up." And then this anxiety attack shows up.
The ER doctor listened to my story and immediately knew what it was. For the heck of it they tested my blood for diabetes/blood sugar and it was fine.
So of course now I'm convinced I'm going nuts, that I will feel this awful for the rest of my life. All the "what if" stuff is going through my head. And I have nothing to point to that set this off except getting up one morning and starting my normal day.
I am happy to read that people have overcome much worse anxiety and panic than I seem to be describing so I can hope that there is hope. It just feel awful to be this out of control. The pin prickly feeling, the running hot and cold, and now the racing heart. I hate not being able to control this. And at least before the Xanax brought me down a bit but right now, two hours after taking .50, I'm still anxious. I wish I could go see my doctor sooner than later but of course it's a weekend.
Thanks for listening - if anyone else out there has had their anxiety/panic show up like this, I'd love to hear about it. Thank you again.
The next morning a little of the anxiety returned and after one .25 Xanax, I felt okay the rest of the day and night. But same thing happened again Thursday morning. Friday I made it until probably noon before taking the one Xanax.
But today, Saturday, I have been fighting the anxiety for hours now. I was doing fine, got outside to do yardwork in the sun, was actually feeling really good. Then out of the blue for no reason, here comes the anxiety. Took .50 Xanax at 2:00 and went to bed.
What is different this time is that the first bouts, my blood pressure was over the top but my heart rate remained low. Today my blood pressure is normal but my heart rate is 100. So I have no idea what is going on. I will be seeing my regular doctor next week.
But I'm just so scared right now. I'm not under any more or less stress and pressure than ever before. Nothing horrible is happening in my life. I work the same job I have (and love) for the last 18 years, work at home, have great animals I care for. But this just came on out of the blue. The only thing I had done differently was I had started on Zoloft about five days before the initial big anxiety attack. I had lost several friends this year and was crying a lot, so got on Zoloft. Hadn't been on for 3 years and have been fine so just wanted a "tune up." And then this anxiety attack shows up.
The ER doctor listened to my story and immediately knew what it was. For the heck of it they tested my blood for diabetes/blood sugar and it was fine.
So of course now I'm convinced I'm going nuts, that I will feel this awful for the rest of my life. All the "what if" stuff is going through my head. And I have nothing to point to that set this off except getting up one morning and starting my normal day.
I am happy to read that people have overcome much worse anxiety and panic than I seem to be describing so I can hope that there is hope. It just feel awful to be this out of control. The pin prickly feeling, the running hot and cold, and now the racing heart. I hate not being able to control this. And at least before the Xanax brought me down a bit but right now, two hours after taking .50, I'm still anxious. I wish I could go see my doctor sooner than later but of course it's a weekend.
Thanks for listening - if anyone else out there has had their anxiety/panic show up like this, I'd love to hear about it. Thank you again.