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  • grandmaw
    grandmaw thomas23086

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    Thomas, you had a good result at the doctors today, so please take the meds she has prescribed for you, they wont do you any harm otherwise she wouldnt have given them to you by law they can only give you a certain amount. yes you may have side effects but we all get them and yes it takes about 2 weeks sometimes to get in your system so please Thomas, just take them and have a good night sleep
    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 grandmaw

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      Well the problem I have now is that without Zopiclone I can't sleep and all my other symptoms have eased off except for this vibrating feeling in my chest and backside, a warm feeling in my left arm that comes and goes, a warm feeling in the left of my chest that comes and goes (the warm feeling lasts for most of the day and then goes for a while) and the occasional pain on the left or right side of my chest that lasts for a couple of seconds. I haven't slept for two days now without Zopiclone and tonight I got a sense of panick\a feeling of adrenaline when I close my try to sleep and since I've had pain on the right side of my chest tonightt I have a feeling I'm gonna call through my bed (strange I know ), my legs felt a little shaky earlier as did I and it also made me need the toilet straight away and I had a slightly sogy stomach.
    • grandmaw
      grandmaw thomas23086

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      Hi Thomas, nice to hear from you as you havent written for a while. Have your GP taken you off zopiclone? I use Kalms Sleep herble tablets, they help me alot, they are meant to get you in the habit of going to bed and sleep, they work for me, so why not give them a try. Try not to feel anxious again about what is happening in your body, because if you went to the hospital your test would be normal, I know its hard not to feel these things and get panicky. Try and stay calm and hopefully if you get the Kalms Sleep you take about 3 tabs to start with and as you gradulary get used to sleeping you decrease them. Im on 2 a night but did get down to 1 a night but then went back. Hope they work for you
    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 grandmaw

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      Well as I said my doctor was reluctant to give me the Zopiclone as it is addictive and since I've already taken it for one week and so far I've had a few nights without sleep, then one night I was laying in bed and I just fell asleep and the weird thing is I don't remember falling asleep and then I got into a pattern of 1 night without sleep and then the night after I fall asleep and now I've been able to sleep for several nights in a row :D. Now as for my symptoms I still have them but they aren't as bad as before and I think that when I go back to college next month so I actually have something else to occupy my thoughts, I think my symptoms will go away. Also I'm on holiday for a week starting from tomorrow so that should help as well.
    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 grandmaw

      Posted

      Basically I'm learning to live with it until it goes away.
    • grandmaw
      grandmaw thomas23086

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      Well I give you all my compliments. Really pleased that you are not feeling so bad, but do hope you do get some sleep. Good luck back in college, its always hard when you have had a long break.  I wish you luck
    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 grandmaw

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      Good news! I saw a third GP today (I've seen two different one's) he checked my blood pressure, breathing etc and said I was fine. He also reassured me that Sertraline is safe. I've now bit the bullet and taken my first tablet which has already made me feel better :D
  • thomas23086
    thomas23086

    Posted

    I should probably apologize to my GP for not taking the Sertraline and also say thanks because it's working.
  • grandmaw
    grandmaw thomas23086

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    Goo,.d to hear from you Thomas, and the sertraline is working for you, and are you still sleeping well even if its everyother night. You can start college with a clear mind and do well. Very Pleased to hear that you are so positive. Take care
    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 grandmaw

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      I've also decided to do a log or dairy which says what happens each day that I take Sertraline and how I feel which I could always show to my GP.
    • grandmaw
      grandmaw thomas23086

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      good to hear that you sound so much better, carry on with the sertraline, I am also on sertraline, it has helped me to get out of a very dark hole!!!

      good luck at college.

    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 grandmaw

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      I have to keep taking it. It's dangerous to stop it suddenly lol. I have to take 1\2 a tablet for 1 week and then a whole tablet for the rest of the time. I've heard treatment can be for up to six weeks so I might be on it for a while.

      Thanks.

    • grandmaw
      grandmaw thomas23086

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      I agree, you cant just come off them because you feel better for one day, you must always take advice only from a doctor. They gradulary upt my sertraline so now on Max dose which is at 200mg, its helping thats all I can say but unfortunatly my body get used to the meds then they stop working and I have to gradulary come off them and start something else but they are running out of ideas because I have been on so many in the last 30 years, and they just say thats how my brain etc (if I have one) works but its not good for my family to see me gaining courage and then the next week dropping right down. But I am used to it now, but it still dont help.
    • thomas23086
      thomas23086 grandmaw

      Posted

      I've always had anxiety but II had very few physical symptoms and they would rarely happens and now suddenly out of the blue I got all these symptoms, it just makes no sense.
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