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So, long story short I've been dealing with anxiety and panic attacks since 2010. They come and go. I've had horrible, horrible times with it. I have taken ativan for it, and tried lexapro. The lexapro gave me extreme headaches and made it to where I couldn't eat a bite. So I've stopped everything. It all kicked back up with a bad case of what doctors think was labyrinthitis, my left ear still rings to this day. It has gotten better until just this morning. I've been sleeping but not well, my fiance and I just had a Baby girl and unfortunately I got laid off so im looking for work. We have a roof over our head and everything is done otherwise. The day we got in the hospital I couldn't sleep and had mini attacks all night waking me up. Finally got sleep but still felt off. Then this morning I wake up and I feel like I'm constantly dreaming, still do right now and it's 5pm at night. Kind of dizzy, visions off, feels like I'm not real, or that something bad will happen. Not sure exactly what. I'm pretty tired but when I try to close my eyes i get very anxious. I'm trying to talk myself into believing it's just anxiety but it's hard. It was coming and going this morning and now it just feels like my head clogged, my ears ringing bad, and I'm just not real. I've heard of Depersonalization and derealization but dang... Is this Whats going on? Anyone else feel this way before? I don't have insurance seeing as we just moved from az to mi so I can't are a doctor and my heartbeat and temp is fine.. A little help please?
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I'm no doctor, but it does sound like this is all anxiety! Please try and relax and know that you are not going crazy and it's just the anxiety.
And try and see a doctor as soon as you can to help you.
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Where ever and what ever you have dealt with concerning your panic attacks, I have been there 100 fold. I was brought up in a highly conservative, emotionally restrictive household and started having attacks when I was around 13 years old... I had multiple attacks in the same day for years. As you are experiencing, it takes over your life in some really odd and scary ways and pretty much wrecks your life.
I barely made it through High School and working jobs was always a nightmare. I had some therapy for a couple years when I was 15, but no meds. The psychiatric community hadn't even defined panic attacks back then. Eventually, I happened upon a huge newspaper article on Panic Disorder and it set me on a path if getting help, but even that was uneven and in many ways in a nightmare on its own. I live in L.A. and was one of the first trial patients given Xanax. It worked wonders, but I wasn't told it was highly addictive. The whole thing is horrible to deal with and you feel like some screwed up alien being from another planet at times. So, I have great empathy for your predicament
The best news is that you won't die from any of it. Finding the right meds can be tricky, and I recommend a combination of meds and therapy. Meds alone are only half helpful at the stage you're at with it all. People with anxiety disorders need to talk about their dilemma in order to help calm down.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
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https://patient.info/forums/discuss/depression-resources-298570
You will gradually get better, but it will take months, not days, and reinstating a small amount may be your best bet
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Are you still on Zoloft? Has it helped you?
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