Well its back ....

[weary]

Hey guys and gals it's been about a week since I have posted or been on kik messenger because I have been doing so well last week I cleared some really big hurtles so I thought the meds were working and I was finally able to start moving on, however last night and today have been really bad if I am not sleeping I am crying the chest pains are back and the lightheaded ness is horrible.... Not sure what to do last night had yet another bad panic attack to where I wanted to crawl out of my skin and actually had thoughts of physically harming myself which scared me to pieces.... So I woke my husband up and he helped me but now I am afraid again to take my meds because I have never felt like this..... Things have gotten stressful at work again. And I am extremely worried about my oldest stepson who is 21 and not making the best choices such as being in a bar every night to take the hurt away that he is feeling. I just don't know how to help him when I a, trying to help myself.

Please if anyone is out there I am in need of help to get through tonight I am so afraid to go to sleep and have another attack like last night. I am currently on 50 mg of Zoloft

[alfred24]

Hi. Try to relax. The chest pains are from the stress. It's a feeling in the chest muscles. I had them a lot and they scared me. I was prescribed a generic form of Xanax too take only as needed when I first had anxiety. I only took it about 4 times and then stopped. I didn't want to take that kind of stuff. Those drugs scare me. Last night I was feeling pretty bad also :( so I know how you must be feeling. I'm so sorry, none of us deserve this. But you must understand you CANNOT and WILL NOT die from this. Try to be patient. Try taking each day once at a time. One of these days you're going to have a good day followed by another and then another until you anxiety never shows up again. I trust you will be fine, as will the rest of us. I wish you the best.

[alankay]

Could be a temp spike in anxiety from the starting Zoloft if you started in say less than a month or so but I bet you'll calm down soon. Alankay

[weary]

Thanks guys .... I have been on Zoloft since may of 2012 and we just upped to 50 in Feb I am still feeling tired e en though last week I felt really good so now I'm panicked that the meds are not work like they should be :( which is killing me because I was doing so well last week thus has been a major set back for me

[Teddy1212]

Hi Weary, I just want to tell you that you are not alone. I started on 50mg on Zoloft 5 weeks ago. For the first 4 weeks I was great, I wasn't even checking here because 90% of my anxiety was gone and I had minimal symptoms. However, the last week it's come back, I don't know why. I have all my usual symptoms, the lightheadedness that you describe, headaches and worst of all this nervy tingly sensation in my legs that I get with my anxiety. I wish I had an answer to improve, but all I can say is I'm in your situation.

[Lin]

Just to say that you won't find any medication etc goes perfect for ever. There are always blips because of something affecting the medication or you in some way. I have been going through constant times of thinking getting there and then get knocked back, sometimes if you are really lucky you hit on the right medication and right dose and everything goes well, but still things can give you a blip. So not worry, sometimes the blood don't last long, or you just might need your doses altered.

[Malyn]

Hi Weary

I started 50 mg of Zoloft in Oct 2012 started feeling better in December then the Panic came back again last January until now. Going to work is a struggle bec of the dizzy feeling and the constant all day anxious feeling. Sometimes I thought the medicine is not working. I am thinking of increasing to 100 mg as I am currently taking 75 mg now. I am scared of the side effect of increasing though I called in sick today coz of the bad anxiety. When I feel good suddenly I feel anxious then the panicky feeling. It's been 5 mos and my social life and work been affected tremendously. But as the saying goes, there is light at the end of the tunnel. Just hang in there.

[albgirl82]

I got mine under control last night with propranalolol. Give it a try. I hope you have a better night..

[Lin]

Work is really hard with depression. It is so hard to be 'normal' all day that it takes all your energy. I have no social life - my effort purely goes into work because i don't want to lose my job just because of illness, only if I decide I don't want the job any more. So I have to hope I can control my depression and anxiety at work with tablets and distraction therapies been shown.