Posted by Angel Girl on October 12, 2004, at 5:38:32
In reply to Re: Need IMMEDIATE help for PAINFUL panic attacks!, posted by partlycloudy on October 12, 2004, at 4:27:27
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I also take Klonopin for Restless Leg Syndrome. It does absolutely NOTHING for me in regards to anxiety. Strange isn't it? My doctor's think that taking the 2 meds is redundant but somehow the Klonopin doesn't work on me as it does with others. I know years ago I used to get the most horrible panic attacks and I kept going back to my GP and telling him he needed to give me something stronger each time and also something that worked faster because the pain was so great. He eventually gave me Lorezapam. Is that the right name? Can't remember now but I had to put it under my tongue and within seconds, no more pain. I will talk to my pdoc about that. Panic attacks have been a thing of my past and I haven't experienced them in YEARS but right now I'm dealing with so much stress it is making me very sick and the biggest problem is that the situation is not in my control to do anything about.
I know I need to let it go because there is nothing I can do to change it but letting go has always been a HUGE problem for me. I don't know how. I need therapy to help me with that and I'm in the process of getting a therapist. In the meantime I've been missing my group therapy because I'm just too sick with these panic attacks and migraines that I can't even barely get out of bed let alone anything else.
The biggest problem is that I don't see the situation that is causing me to react this way changing any time soon so it is ME who needs to change how I react to it but I simply don't know how.
I'm so tired of the migraines, chest pains and tears and upset stomach. I end up taking meds for each of the symptoms and then they knock me out which just suits me fine but I just want to find a way to end all this. It's simply killing me and I'm reliving the worst 2 nightmares of my life all over again. I never wanted to relive those times of my life but I find I'm doing so.
I just can't take this anymore. It's been going on now for more than 2 months and my mental and emotional health is declining at a rapid rate.
I've already had my Effexor Xr increased by my pdoc about a month ago and I didn't even notice the difference.
There has to be some answer out there for me. I can't keep going on like this. I finally broke down yesterday at my mother's and told her everything so she now knows why I'm getting so much worse where as before she was confused on what was having such a bad effect on me. She's glad I told her but on the other hand I felt bad for having a meltdown on our little Thanksgiving (I'm Canadian) get together. It was just the two of us this year.
It just seems that every day I find out something else that makes me worry even more. I wonder when is it ever going to stop. I don't know how much more of this I can take. The physical pain is so great now, I can't stand to have any more.
I have my group therapy this afternoon and I don't know if I'm physically well enough to go. I missed it last week for the same reason and the time before I had a meltdown there.
I'm just at my witt's end. I wish I knew how to let things go that I have no control over but I don't. Letting go is a major problem for me. I'm thinking of calling my pdoc and seeing if I can get in there earlier than Friday. Not sure that is possible but at least it's worth the phone call.
I just don't know what to do. The more upset I get, the greater the chest pains and the worse the migraines.
Thanks for replying me.
Angel Girl
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