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[JayB4231981]

Hey whats up people? Im Jay. im 31 and have pretty bad Anxiety Disorder and have for over a few years now. Had my 1st attack after I got high off weed which I found weird but did research and they say marijuana can trigger pretty bad panic attacks. This has really fd my life up in so many ways it's hard to explain, and for whatever reason it's always so much worse at night like I get mini pains around my chest and my face/ears get hot and sometimes I get cold and sweaty for no reason and I start to over think "bad habit ive formed" Now im on ativan only .5 mg I think docs judge me and assume im some junkie so they just give me low doses lol. I have other issues as well but the anxiety bugs me the most, ive had more then a handful of attacks where I feared for my life thinking my heart was about to explode, it gets rather intense and im sick of it. Thanks for any input.

[SunnieDebris]

The physical symptoms you describe all sound like anxiety to me. Are you taking any other psych meds besides the Ativan? Have you ever tried progressive relaxation techniques? A lot of us can sympathize with the effects of anxiety worsening at night. It seems that the boogeyman is out to get us.

[JayB4231981]

Hey Sunnie, awesome face paint if that is indeed you ha. Yeah im on crap fro diabetes/high blood pressure and been feeling more hot in the face and cold in the hands since ive started on the bp meds. I used to take alprazolam and lexapro but went cold turkey off several months after I ran out of pills and the doc I had dropped me due to missing appointments.