New to all of this! And feeling lost.

[meggs]

Looking for others that may be going through the same, maybe doing so i will feel more sane.

A month ago I started feeling faint and sick to my stomach walked into a store collapsed started convulsing, hyperventilating, buzzing in my hands I felt paralyzed for awhile after. I was pretty sure I was dying and I Kept telling them that. They mentioned it being panick attack- I said no way!
Well since then same thing has been happening thought it was seizures after reading on anxiety and panic it sounds more of what may be going on. I fear I'm dying all the time now. I haven't been working, wont get out of the house. Afraid I won't wake up. Yatta Yatta I feel like I'm going crazy and my brain is going to go dead.
Please anyone else relate?

[star1234]

Could be anxiety but it could be something else. Don't second guess and go get yourself checked.

[meggs]

I have. EEG, heart ultra sound, MRI, CT, and EKG were all normal. That's when I started looking into panick and thought well heck here I am. Wonder if the stress of it all can trigger seizures. I'm on Ativan now and I don't know what's best. But something has to give! I took myself off the seizure med keppra and already feel better out the panic and anxiety is still here and my mind knows exactly when the Ativan has worn off!
Thanks for your reply. Just trying to reach out. I'm tired of being scared and feeling all crazy!

[SunnieDebris]

Meggs,

I commented on another thread suggesting a psych screening. It sounds like you have access to good medical care, so I would recommend that.

Other than that, I am new here, too. My main psychological problem is Bordeline Personality Disorder, but I also have anxiety and depression. I am attending dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) as well as individual therapy and my psychiatrist. I thought I was doing well, but then I realized that most people don't peel the skin off of their lips. That's how I'm coping right now. I have to tell my psychiatrist tomorrow, and see what he says. I used to be stressed about work stuff, but now that I'm not working, I'm stressed out about being disabled. There's always something. And as for that cloudy-headed feeling goes, I have fibromyalgia, and one of the symptoms is "fibro-fog", which makes my head cloudy about 85% of the time, so I feel ya.

Sunnie

[meggs]

Thank you for your reply Sunnie! I have an appointment to see a psychiatrist. Not looking forward to it. Makes me feel like I'm crazy or something or I'm scared they are gonna put me in the crazy house. So nerve racking!

[SunnieDebris]

Meggs,

The doctor is there to be your ally. I hope you can form a good relationship with him or her. Good luck and let us know how it goes.

Sunnie

[meggs]

Thank you!