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Air hunger and anxiety

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I need help/advice.

last year I had a terrible Urinary tract infection and was put on meropenem infusion for a week. the uti passed but after this I had wild attacks of anxiety, air hunger, heart palpitations, nausea and insomnia. Doc put me on a mild AD called prothieden. it helped with sleeping a bit but I was clouded all the time. I also couldn't pee top well. I stopped it on her advice and moved to homeopathy which worked wonders with the anxiety. however I still have air hunger and terrible hot flushes with palpitations.

I'm almost 49. I have no sisters and my mum suffers from dementia so asking her about menopausal symptoms is out of the question.

are menopausal symptoms hereditary?

I'm trying to understand if the meropenem had anything to do with all that I went thru.

do Asians gave greater/lesser symptoms? I live im India and read somewhere that race does play a role in how bad you get.

do the symptoms ease at all? I mean am I going to get old and still have this.

I'm not on any medication now except for mild herbal vitamins...

please guide. I'm very confused, fatigued and really have no inclination to work. that makes me guilty all the time.

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  • toria_07298
    toria_07298 CINDIANA

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    mine comes and goes, i have about a 100 symptoms, i think regardless of race etc if youre going to suffer youre going to suffer! have you had all your vitamins and minerals checked? x

    • CINDIANA
      CINDIANA toria_07298

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      yes...and all fine on the vits. I do hope this goes soon. thank you. reading up here makes me feel better,

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 CINDIANA

      Posted

      im asking for a copy of bloods as vits need to be optimal x

  • beth58277
    beth58277 CINDIANA

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    I'm right there with you. I'm 45 still have normal periods and out of nowhere massive bouts of palpitations, I mean sometimes every other beat. Which causes massive anxiety, I also get air hunger from the anxiety. I'm always worried I have something terrible wrong with my heart.I sure hope this ends, I can't imagine this being it. I'll go insane.

    • beth58277
      beth58277 toria_07298

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      Oh yeah, these are just the worst. I have alot of stress in my life and I think that makes my symptoms worse. My mom isn't well, my husband has SVT, and my youngest daughter is a cancer survivor, so lots of stress. I've had palps after my youngest was born and they went away after my hormones regulated, so I'm assuming this is what's happening. It's just annoying.

    • CINDIANA
      CINDIANA toria_07298

      Posted

      I've had extreme nausea, pimples, muscle ache, tender breasts, spotting...lots of anxiety and insomnia. but its the air hunger that's most frightening.

    • CINDIANA
      CINDIANA beth58277

      Posted

      thanks Beth. when I stumbled upon this forum I was so relieved to find that I was not alone in this.

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 CINDIANA

      Posted

      bless you, i have too many symptoms to list, ribs are in agony today x

    • CINDIANA
      CINDIANA toria_07298

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      is it because you have air hunger? the more you try to take in air , the more anxious you will feel, which causes hurting ribs.

      just lie down, get a headset on and listen to some body scan meditation on utube. I found it relaxing. I'm so much better now. of course my gyno is wonder woman as well. with one med called ESTRO G 100, my troubles started to fade away slowly. I've been on it a year now. its purely herbal and has no side effects for me. speak to your doc. try to take as few meds as possible. just know that this discomfort is natural, so taking antidepressants or allopathic meds is only going to make things worse in other ways.

      I was on an antidepressant for 2 months. I had brain fog, tinnitus, urine inhibition and unnatural fatigue. In fact thinking back now, my personality was beginning to change. I stopped cold turkey and went into withdrawal. that was last year, this time.

      I'm so much better now. I do hate the air hunger that continues to haunt me, but otherwise I'm doing great. you will get there too.

    • toria_07298
      toria_07298 CINDIANA

      Posted

      ❤ i know alot about antidepressants changing your personality, infact i have my own support group about it. is that med to boost estrogen as mine is high? x

    • CINDIANA
      CINDIANA toria_07298

      Posted

      are you referring to Estro G? no. its a herbal med and has nothing to do with Estrogen. its more of a vitamin support. its on Google. just type estro g 100.

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