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ive suddenly deveolped these.. ive already been on celexa for 6 months.. please can someone give me advice on how to stop them? i wake up suddenly and my heart races, i get cold sweats, my legs dont want to work and i start to shake and get dizzy.. and my stomach burns.. lasts for 10-30 mins and i become too scared to fall asleep after.
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jan34534 candycakez
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Did you mention this to your doctor? Sounds like classic signs of anxiety and panic.
it can come out of nowhere as well as symptoms. If it happens again, you need to get in control of your breathing to calm down your heart rate first. If you’re able to, listen to “stop panic attacks now" on YouTube. It’s very short but very effective in slowing down your heart rate and getting you back in control! The woman speaker on that is very understanding and soothing.
The more you panic, the worse the symptoms get. but let your doctor know what’s going on also. Feel better soon! ❤
julie7525 candycakez
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i feel for you...this happened to me. It's awful. I hardly slept for 5 nights straight. Doc put me on betablockers to start with which stopped the adrenaline dumps and worst symptoms of panic attack. A couple of weeks later I asked for something to calm my anxious thinking and went on sertraline. The combination of both helped get me back to normal thinking. 2 years on I'm on 1/3 the dose of Bbs and swapped to much lower dose of prozac as i put so much weight on with sertraline. cant say ive lost much but menopause doesnt help! incidentally all this came about up to and during 1st year of meno. palpitations scared me to death and i ended up with health anxiety which led to general anxiety disorder. Has your doc mentioned betablockers? i also got cbt sessions which helped somewhat. when i was really bad i couldnt get round a supermarket without going wobbly and having a PA. since then I've managed to go abroad 4 times including flying to australia on my own (and i hate flying!). i didnt think id ever go on holiday again for fear of it happening abroad. just to illustrate - things do and will get better 😃
louis33188 julie7525
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you took bets blockers for anxiety/PA..or for highblood pressure ??
julie7525 louis33188
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hi, my doc gave me betablockers for panic attacks with adrenaline dumps. they stopped the effect of adrenaline on the heart. i was having daytime and nocturnal PAs. had also been having palpitations (meno related), betablockers calmed everything down. DOC never mentioned high blood pressure but id been (obsessively) checking (health anxiety) and my Bp did raise a lot compared to my pre menopause healthy BP. heartrate was also too high....too much adrenaline / cortisol caused by perpetual state of anxiety!
caz19600 candycakez
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Do you take them on a night or morning? I take citalopram but i take it on a morning as i was advised it can impact sleep and i have episodes of nausea on a morning sometimes, so taking it on a morning helps get that out the way first to start my day. I still get night sweats most nights, side effect of the medication but switching to the morning has helped.
As for the panic attacks side of it, suggest you look into CBT to try and understand the route cause and rewire your thought process. It can really help to change perspective, how you react to the attacks and over time reduce them.
Kernel__49695 candycakez
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I have these since they increased my sertraline and the burning sensation in my case in stomach is definitely the drug