nezavi
12-23-2011, 09:04 PM
Hi all-
I have a long history with anxiety and panic. However, this is a bit of a new situation for me. I just had surgery yesterday and was sent home early because everything went so well. However, you know how they scare you half to death before they discharge you with everything you need to look out for, what could go wrong, etc. and I've been a nervous wreck literally all day. my body is just clamped up, i'm exhausted but as soon as i doze off, i lose my breath and wake up. yesterday, immediately post-op, i was given xanax to help with the post-anesthesia jitters. and it did help, but i'm wondering if what i'm experiencing now is a xanax hangover.
the scariest part is, some of the symptoms of one of the complications following my surgery is a lot like anxiety- cramping, twitching, etc, but these are honestly my most major anxiety symptoms. my nose is twitching almost non-stop, but will stop if i put on my glasses (a weird thing i noticed about my anxiety related facial twitches a long time ago).
i'm so freaked out i don't even know how much sense i'm making. i just want to be able to calm down and get some rest, because i know that being this anxious isn't helping me, and even if i were to be having symptoms of actual complications, the anxiety would probably mask them.
so basically, has anyone ever experienced anything at all similar? is this just post-anesthesia anxiety compounded by my own predilection to anxiety? i have no idea and i'm ready to yank my hair out. i just don't want to make an unnecessary ER visit because i'm worried about something that is probably nothing as i've experienced this kind of anxiety in the past, just obviously not in this situation.
wow what a first post. :(
I have a long history with anxiety and panic. However, this is a bit of a new situation for me. I just had surgery yesterday and was sent home early because everything went so well. However, you know how they scare you half to death before they discharge you with everything you need to look out for, what could go wrong, etc. and I've been a nervous wreck literally all day. my body is just clamped up, i'm exhausted but as soon as i doze off, i lose my breath and wake up. yesterday, immediately post-op, i was given xanax to help with the post-anesthesia jitters. and it did help, but i'm wondering if what i'm experiencing now is a xanax hangover.
the scariest part is, some of the symptoms of one of the complications following my surgery is a lot like anxiety- cramping, twitching, etc, but these are honestly my most major anxiety symptoms. my nose is twitching almost non-stop, but will stop if i put on my glasses (a weird thing i noticed about my anxiety related facial twitches a long time ago).
i'm so freaked out i don't even know how much sense i'm making. i just want to be able to calm down and get some rest, because i know that being this anxious isn't helping me, and even if i were to be having symptoms of actual complications, the anxiety would probably mask them.
so basically, has anyone ever experienced anything at all similar? is this just post-anesthesia anxiety compounded by my own predilection to anxiety? i have no idea and i'm ready to yank my hair out. i just don't want to make an unnecessary ER visit because i'm worried about something that is probably nothing as i've experienced this kind of anxiety in the past, just obviously not in this situation.
wow what a first post. :(