Enzo386
12-04-2011, 03:41 PM
Having read many posts on this forum over the course of the past week, I thought I'd finally post and share my experience. When I was younger, around 14 and 15, I began having panic attacks at night. Fast beating heart, dizzy, tingling throughout my body, the works. At the time I had no idea what it was, until my doctor told me it was an anxiety problem. I took Prozac 10 MG for about a year (helped me immensely), until I finally decided that I didn't need to be dependent on the drug anymore.
Flash forward to about 2 weeks ago. I had a lot of stress at work, college, death of a pet, and being sick with a nasty seasonal virus. While at work, I got a sudden dizzy sensation, or a surreal feeling, heart beating fast, numbness in my face and tingling around my body, etc. At the time, I'm thinking heart attack. At 20? Not likely, heart issues don't run in my family history. So finally I start to calm down, drink some water, and finish out my shift.
However, the general "out of it" feeling persisted. Not sure how else to describe it besides a feeling of a general fogginess. Almost like I was doped up on something in a way.
From there, everything went down hill. Started having panic attacks, trembling hands, pins and needles in my legs. When I walked I even felt weird, almost like I wasn't walking "properly". I went to the doctor and had the Prozac 10 MG dose prescribed again. Took it for two days, then thought: "I don't need to do this again, I can beat it on my own". So wrong. After stopping it on the 3rd day, I started having horrible anxiety, when I'd try and sleep my whole body would tremble on and off. I assumed this was withdrawal from starting and stopping so suddenly, so I started taking it again.
Well, general dizziness and "out of it" feeling persisted still, my hands are still shaky, the rest of my body is generally twitchy, and I noticed my arms or legs having random twitches occasionally, along with general bouts of pins and needles feelings. Being the anxiety health-nut lately, I ran to Google. I think its obvious where that lead to. The symptoms point towards all kinds of neuro diseases. Fun stuff to read when you're already a nervous wreck lol.
Anyways, doctor said to try upping my Prozac to 20 MG. Makes me even more shaky, almost like I'm shivering sometimes. Anybody have some advice they can give? Can't sleep since taking the Prozac, I get the "internal tremors" when I try and sleep since taking it, and I'm still a nervous wreck. Going to see the Doctor Tomorrow to figure out what else I can try.
Still at a loss as to how I went so many years without anxiety problems, and suddenly they're back full force.
Flash forward to about 2 weeks ago. I had a lot of stress at work, college, death of a pet, and being sick with a nasty seasonal virus. While at work, I got a sudden dizzy sensation, or a surreal feeling, heart beating fast, numbness in my face and tingling around my body, etc. At the time, I'm thinking heart attack. At 20? Not likely, heart issues don't run in my family history. So finally I start to calm down, drink some water, and finish out my shift.
However, the general "out of it" feeling persisted. Not sure how else to describe it besides a feeling of a general fogginess. Almost like I was doped up on something in a way.
From there, everything went down hill. Started having panic attacks, trembling hands, pins and needles in my legs. When I walked I even felt weird, almost like I wasn't walking "properly". I went to the doctor and had the Prozac 10 MG dose prescribed again. Took it for two days, then thought: "I don't need to do this again, I can beat it on my own". So wrong. After stopping it on the 3rd day, I started having horrible anxiety, when I'd try and sleep my whole body would tremble on and off. I assumed this was withdrawal from starting and stopping so suddenly, so I started taking it again.
Well, general dizziness and "out of it" feeling persisted still, my hands are still shaky, the rest of my body is generally twitchy, and I noticed my arms or legs having random twitches occasionally, along with general bouts of pins and needles feelings. Being the anxiety health-nut lately, I ran to Google. I think its obvious where that lead to. The symptoms point towards all kinds of neuro diseases. Fun stuff to read when you're already a nervous wreck lol.
Anyways, doctor said to try upping my Prozac to 20 MG. Makes me even more shaky, almost like I'm shivering sometimes. Anybody have some advice they can give? Can't sleep since taking the Prozac, I get the "internal tremors" when I try and sleep since taking it, and I'm still a nervous wreck. Going to see the Doctor Tomorrow to figure out what else I can try.
Still at a loss as to how I went so many years without anxiety problems, and suddenly they're back full force.