JennySteal08
08-08-2009, 09:41 PM
I have been struggling with anxiety for several years now and I have finally decided to try and find people that are in the same boat as I am. So here goes.
About 3 years ago I had an anxiety attack that at the time we thought was a seizure. Thus my battle began. I had several more "seizures" and would have to leave school. I usually could feel them coming and go to the nurses office and lay down and let them come over me then call my dad and he would come get me. I missed a lot of school because of them. Meanwhile we were trying to figure out what was wrong. I had several EEG's and several MRI's. All came back with nothing wrong. I was going to a Neologist who kept giving me anti-seizure meds and would change them every week because they all gave me side effects that were worse then the panic attacks/seizures. I finally found a better Neurologist and he deduced that I had anxiety issues. I found this a little discouraging, but at least I had a step in a different direction. I am now on Xanax and Paxil. They help, but I still fight to keep from having anxiety attacks.
I have realized that it is not just social stress but physical stress that causes them. I am sexual active and I have found that I start to feel them coming on in the middle of intercourse (which really sucks). I have decided that I can't take this alone any more. My family and friends are always there for me, but don't understand what it is like to have an axiety attack that feels like a seizure. They don't know what it is like to have friends hold your arms and legs down because you might hurt yourself otherwise. They don't know how tough it is to have shaky hands day end and day out. I just want to talk to people who understand. Is there anyone on here that has either seizure like anxiety attacks or has hands that shake all the time? If so I would love to get to know you and what you do to cope. I am in need of some support. Thanks
About 3 years ago I had an anxiety attack that at the time we thought was a seizure. Thus my battle began. I had several more "seizures" and would have to leave school. I usually could feel them coming and go to the nurses office and lay down and let them come over me then call my dad and he would come get me. I missed a lot of school because of them. Meanwhile we were trying to figure out what was wrong. I had several EEG's and several MRI's. All came back with nothing wrong. I was going to a Neologist who kept giving me anti-seizure meds and would change them every week because they all gave me side effects that were worse then the panic attacks/seizures. I finally found a better Neurologist and he deduced that I had anxiety issues. I found this a little discouraging, but at least I had a step in a different direction. I am now on Xanax and Paxil. They help, but I still fight to keep from having anxiety attacks.
I have realized that it is not just social stress but physical stress that causes them. I am sexual active and I have found that I start to feel them coming on in the middle of intercourse (which really sucks). I have decided that I can't take this alone any more. My family and friends are always there for me, but don't understand what it is like to have an axiety attack that feels like a seizure. They don't know what it is like to have friends hold your arms and legs down because you might hurt yourself otherwise. They don't know how tough it is to have shaky hands day end and day out. I just want to talk to people who understand. Is there anyone on here that has either seizure like anxiety attacks or has hands that shake all the time? If so I would love to get to know you and what you do to cope. I am in need of some support. Thanks