Anxiety? Deficiency? Something else?

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I really need help. To sum it up, coming off the roughest year of my life (death, pregnancy out of nowhere, etc), drunk every night for a little over a year along with skoal half my life. Quit everything cold turkey a few months ago. Now ever since I've had extremely weak spells, shaking, heart racing, BP through the roof, thought I was dying. Lasted anywhere from 20 minutes to off and on all day. Been to 3 Drs. First gave depression pills. Didn't take. 2nd gave water pill for BP and buspirone for anxiety. Took the water pill only. Helped very slightly. Switched to lycinipril. BP was better but still spells. Went to 2nd Dr again. Found b12 was 190. Been on b12 shots weekly. First helped. After not so much. Seen 3rd Dr. Found low vitamin D. Been on 1 pill weekly. No difference. Started the buspirone and it's helped very much. But now it's kind of like clockwork. After I've been awake for 5-7 hours I get spells. Morning I'm fine and nighttime I'm fine. Not 100% but fine. The buspirone has helped but it's still happening. Sometimes bad sometimes not. Pins and needles in arms and legs, weakness, heart races and sweats usually. If I eat, if not, if I sleep well, if not, if I work, if I lay in bed this happens like clockwork. Trying b12, magnesium, and the D pill and today I started folic acid. Just trying to find help. I've missed a lot of work and went home because I just can't function. I go from feeling absolutely wonderful and full of energy to nothing in seconds. My sugar has been normal during 2 spells at the Dr so I don't think it's that. Ive read all about vitamin deficiency and anxiety going hand and hand. It seems to be getting better and a lot of symptoms are going away. If it is anxiety, I don't worry or dwell on bad things or anything, it just hits out of nowhere. Or is it mostly the deficiency and do I need to do more to correct it? I've read shots weekly really don't work for some. Sorry for rambling just try to be thorough and so tired of this.

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