[EVEN THOUGH THIS LOOKS LONG, PLEASE READ IT AND HELP ME!]

My name is Sarah, I’m 14, a rising freshman, and I live in an apartment complex with my dad (who works all day). Before I can ask about my problems, you need to know a little more about my history. I don’t want you to think I’m any different than you because I’m not… except for one little thing.
I have a hereditary anxiety and depression disorder that my mom passed down to me. It’s some kind of chemical imbalance. I was diagnosed 3 years ago. I was put on Prozac through 6th grade but it made me act up so we tried Wellbutrin which made me sick after 2 weeks. So through 7th and 8th grade, I’ve been on Zoloft. I felt stable enough to try and ease my way off the meds after school was out. (8th grade summer) I was doing better than ever without them all the way up until Wednesday August 20th. My dad and I were sitting at breakfast when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, I got the symptoms of an anxiety attack. Tingling on the back of my neck and shoulders, nausea, shaking, and an over all feeling of fear. Like I said, it came out of nowhere, for no reason. When we got home I tried to relax but nothing worked. So my dad gave me my medicine back and I started taking the prescribed 50mg of Zoloft again. (It’s usually suppost to take a week to fully kick in) Anyways, I had the anxiety until I was just too sleepy to notice it. I thought… maybe it will pass overnight, but it didn’t. The next morning as soon as I opened my eyes I felt it again. I just needed somebody to be with, so I went outside and got a couple friends to talk to but it still didn’t go away. For some reason when the sun is down and it’s dark outside I feel better. Anyways, this has been going on for the longest 4 days of my life. Every day, it’s the same damn thing and I’m so tired. I can’t eat and I already lost 6 lbs. I can’t help whats happening to me. It’s like a curse that’s ruining my life. I’m in the middle of an attack right now and I feel so dizzy. I WANT IT TO STOP!!! BUT THE MEDECINE ISN’T WORKING! I feel so helpless. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD I’VE TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO STOP IT!!! I’m NOT suicidal, but life just isnt worth living like this. please, is there any other way to get rid of it???

IM BEGGING FOR HELP

Tags: 3 years, anxiety and depression, apartment, back of my neck, chemical imbalance, couple friends, curse, dad, damn thing, days of my life, depression disorder, freshman, meds, nausea, next morning, prozac, shoulders, symptoms of an anxiety attack, wellbutrin, zoloft

overcome it?

I’m an 18 y/o female and I’ve been social phobic for almost my whole life, but of course it started surfacing more as I got older, maybe around 9th grade and continued to get worse, although I did not lessen my exposure to people/public speaking.

I guess I’m just looking into what treatment is best. I tried SSRI’s (prozac and then I tried celexa, but somewhat low doses) and they provided very minimal relief. I’m currently on nothing now. I was getting therapy for general anxiety/stress but haven’t for blushing/social phobia specifically. Should I try that before I try another medication? Any natural remedies?

Any help/inspirational stories would be great….SAD is ruining my life and stopping me from doing things I want to do :[

Tags: anxiety stress, celexa, inspirational stories, medication, natural remedies, prozac, social phobia, ssri, whole life

If I have very high levels of anxiety and depression and want to talk to a doctor about treatment do I go see a regular doctor? My school has a free health clinic and I was wondering if I could use them to talk about it. I know my roommate is also suffering from something similar and he goes to that clinic a lot and has a prescription for Prozac but I’m not entirely sure it’s related.

Tags: anxiety and depression, free health clinic, levels of anxiety, prozac, roommate

What worked for you? I am DX with Bipolar I, ADD, OCP, & Anxiety Disorder. I am 30 years as of tomorrow and have been suffering since I was 14. DX since I was 19. I am disabled and am receiving SSD. So I am serious here. I was once a bank manager making almost 100K per year winning many awards for being the top sales person & manager. I was really successful until the worst took over.

I am asking people who have had experiences with the natural supplements if they worked. I have bought the Dr. Daniel Amen system and will be attending his seminal in 11/09. He suggests Fish oil and many other treatments.

What worked for you? In the past years I dealt mostly with the manic side but within the past 2 years I have been dealing with the depressive side. Medications made me gain 40 pounds within 6 months. That in itself makes me very depressed. I am trying to lose weight and have stopped all of my meds. I have also had a problem with alcohol. I have gone 2 weeks without drinking. I was on Lamictal, Ativan, dextrostat (ADD), & Prozac.

Tags: alcohol, amp, Anxiety Disorder, ativan, bank manager, bipolar, dextrostat, dr daniel, experiences, fish oil, lamictal, meds, natural supplements, prozac, sales person, ssd

Im 18 and i have ADD and very bad anxiety. I have these horrible anxiety attacks that seem to come more and more often now. I take 30 mg of prozac and it doesnt seem to help. My pyschiatrist just keeps on upping the dosage but it still doesnt work. can anyone tell me what i should ask him to prescribe me or what i should do. i dont think he gets how bad these attacks are effecting me. What should i ask him to do or to take?

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, prozac, pyschiatrist

I have lived between the USA and the UK all of my life. When last I left the US, the term "anxiety attack" and "panic attack" were used only on occasion. As I work in health care, I think can say that I recall this. I returned to the US in 2007. Since then, many people I know (almost all women), and I, have been diagnosed with anxiety attacks.
I had been experiencing strange tingling feelings in my legs and one arm. One night I woke up out of a dead sleep with serious pain and cramping down one arm and I could hardly walk. I called the ambulance. After a few tests I was told that I had an anxiety attack in my sleep. This was weird. I’d never had this happen in my life. I didn’t have a family doctor as I’d never been sick. I finally got a doctor because my symptoms came and went, all of the time, and my left arm wouldn’t stop shaking. My new doctor confirmed the panic/anxiety attacks and gave me Prozac and Ativan. A year later it got so bad that I knew it wasn’t in my head. My inflammation markers were always high. Finally a lovely PA at the hospital figured out that I have M.S. which was confirmed.
6 women I know have been given the same diagnosis. Anxiety attacks. One of the lady’s I believe definitely has them. I believe this because she is a very stressed out person with a history of depression. She is high strung and her symptoms are relieved by anti anxiety medication. However another friend was told that she was having anxiety attacks because she has palpitations and moderately painful squeezing sensations about the neck and chest. Would they say that if she was a man? She had a 2 minute ECG and then was told that it was just anxiety. This friend is extremely calm and laid back without any financial or family worries. She does, however, have high cholesterol and a big cardiac history on both sides of her family including an aunt and an uncle who died after cardiac events before the age of 45. Another lady I know was told that she was having anxiety attacks when she started experiencing dizziness, nausea and weakness. It turned out that she was pregnant. She’d had her tubes tied but it had failed. She was overjoyed though. Now she’s walking her adorable little anxiety attack around in a red buggy. Today another lady I know was told that her random runs (bouts of rapid heart beats) were anxiety attacks.
The area of continued study that I am currently pursuing requires me to have ride alongs on ambulances and do shifts in hospital ER’s. I cannot tell you how many times I have heard people practicing medicine (both men and women) refer to women patients as "just freaking out" or the like. A particular experience that comes to mind was a teenage girl who was gurgling and foaming at the mouth with brief periods of not breathing. her eyes were rolled up and she did not look well. However, I was told several times that she was faking it. She was "a teenage girl just being dramatic". I found this hard to believe when she failed to respond to pain. I wondered if she could be having a kind of seizure. Later it turned out that she was seizing (I’m not great at diagnostics or anything, it’s what they’d thought she was faking).
So, What I asked then is what I’m asking now? Is this an American trend? Is ot just a trend where I am living? Or am I wrong and is this something real? I’ve spoken extensively about it to friends and people I worked with in health care in the UK and it hasn’t taken hold there, yet. I mean, it could be like scoliosis in the 70’s and asthma in the 80’s, the A.D.D now (EVERYONE had it until it went out of style leaving only the real sufferers to their needed treatments. I remember that you weren’t cool if you didn’t have an inhaler in elementary school. We made ourselves giddy overusing them). Frighteningly, it’s even more like "female hysteria" from the 1800’s. If they start suggesting hysterectomy’s as a cure, I’ll have my answer.
The friend I mentioned earlier, the one that had a baby, said to me the other day,"Everyone is panicking now. Hardly anyone had anxiety before 2003".
The question is: why are so many women (here, in any case) being told that their physical problems are due to a sudden anxiety disorder? Is it that people are under recession stress and women just internalize it more than men? Is it fashionable sexism mirroring the "female hysteria" of days gone by? Is there something bad in the water? Is there a virus causing symptoms of anxiety attacks? Is the role of women in society at a changing point that many women cannot withstand?
Still, I was brought up by a widowed female professor who raised my siblings and I independently (without any palpitations) only to mimic the same life myself. When I went to the hospital I was told "I know, it’s hard raising kids alone and struggling. Problems with kids, problems with the landlord etc". Obviously it’s not easy! However, I was blessed with ho
honor roll (no I don’t sport the bumper sticker) very reasonably well behaved, cool, lovely children that do their chores. I own my own house, work my bottom off and am pretty content. It was multiple Sclerosis, not my children. My nerves not my mind. So, In my case, anyhow, it was not true.
These days I see billboards with people saying – "Do I have Lupus?"- when I’m driving around. I know a lady that actually has it. It’s a constant battle for her. I wonder, though, is this going to be the new trendy disease? Will my daughter someday be told that she has Lupus when she’s sick, rather than anxiety attacks?
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Health > Diseases & Conditions > Heart Diseases
honor roll (no I don’t sport the bumper sticker) very reasonably well behaved, cool, lovely children that do their chores. I own my own house, work my bottom off and am pretty content. It was multiple Sclerosis, not my children. My nerves not my mind. So, In my case, anyhow, it was not true.
These days I see billboards with people saying – "Do I have Lupus?"- when I’m driving around. I know a lady that actually has it. It’s a constant battle for her. I wonder, though, is this going to be the new trendy disease? Will my daughter someday be told that she has Lupus when she’s sick, rather than anxiety attacks?
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Health > Diseases & Conditions > Heart Diseases

Tags: anxiety attack, anxiety medication, ativan, cardiac events, dead sleep, ecg, family doctor, family worries, high cholesterol, history of depression, inflammation, laid back, left arm, lovely pa, new doctor, panic anxiety attacks, panic attack, prozac, quot, sensations

Which of these 3 medications is most effective in treating anxiety and panic attacks?

I’m talking about IMMEDIATE treatment (along with over a period of time).

Vistaril 50mg
Zoloft 50mg or 100mg
Prozac 20mg

(a follow up to my previous question, in case you answered it)

Thank you for your info!!!

Tags: anxiety and panic attacks, medications, period of time, previous question, prozac, vistaril, zoloft, zoloft 50mg

I was just on my laptop playing sims for about 2 hours, and got off and expirenced alot of anxiety symptoms. I naturally have anxiety, and i’m on prozac, but it just worries me. my muscles were kind of tremoring and i felt unreal…is this normal.

Tags: alot, Anxiety Symptoms, laptop, muscles, prozac, sims

I am a 33 y/o male and am dealing with several physical symtoms I believe are related to stress. I suffer from the obvious issues of low-energy, body pains, a sudden onset of allergies, constant diarrhea, anxiety, etc. I have been on every medication including Prozac, Wellbutrin, Lexapro, Cymbalta, etc. None were very effective and most usually had horrific side-effects.

After suffering through the awful withdrawls associated with Effexor, and trying all these different meds over the span of 10 years, I decided enough was enough. Instead I chose to fight this battle without meds. My mind is healing, but my body is still suffering. I have learned how to compensate with the majority of my issues, but I believe my body is producing a chemical that is causing me problems. Some have said it is Cortisol, but I’m not sure. The reason I believe this is because I am dealing with a seemingly constant rectal itching and seemingly endless outbreaks of almost athlete’s foot-type itching on my right hand, in the creases between my thighs and pubic area and on my feet. The itching is severe and unbearable. It may even be a type of recurring yeast-like infection. I also have miniscule white flecks in my stool.

These symptoms began almost immediately following an extremely stressful event that occured in my life approximately 13yrs ago that has led to long, drawn-out battle with depression and have continued, unabated since then. I have been to counseling and have discussed some of these issues with my doctor, but have not had any success. My question is, is there a possibility that my body is producing a chemical that is causing these symptoms and is there anything I can do to stop them?

Tags: athlete, constant diarrhea, creases, cymbalta, effexor, energy body, flecks, foot type, lexapro, low energy, meds, occured, physical symtoms, prozac, stressful event, sudden onset, thighs, wellbutrin, withdrawls, yeast

*dizziness
*confusion
*brain fog
*spacing-out
*vision feels a little off (not completely blurry but different)
*palpitations
*lighheaded like Im going to faint (but I dont)
*always tired
*irritated easily
*pressure in head/ears
*nightmares

I was rear-ended 2 mos ago and had whiplash. 2 wks later the symptoms started. I also had just been put on Prozac 40mg after 8mos of Lexapro teh day after the accident.

I have had a complete blood workup and everythign is normal except my iron is a little low but I’m not anemic. I just had an MRI and CAT scan & both are normal. The neuro doesn’t think anything is wrong – said it could be like a post-concussion syndrome even though my head didnt hit anything except my head rest. I tested neg for Celiac disease and have no allergies. Ive had anxiety my whole life and was on Prozac for 10yrs until I switched the the Lexapro a few months ago. Ive stopped all anxiety meds for a month & half now and i’m not. PLEASE HELP

Tags: allergies, amp, anxiety, brain fog, cat scan, celiac disease, confusion, dizziness, ears, head rest, lexapro, meds, neuro, nightmares, post concussion syndrome, prozac, rear ended 2, whiplash, whole life, wks

Within the past 2 weeks I have been having what I can only guess are panic attacks at night. I lay down and get comfortable. As soon as I start to relax and get sleepy, a tingle starts to overwhelm my body. My heart starts pounding and it feels like I am gonna choke on my breath. I jump out of bed because I think I am going to stop breathing. I lay back in bed and feel my stomach churning, I am sweating, and my lips tingle. It feel exactly like the moment before you are going to throw up but you never do. . .only with a pounding heart and a short of breath. It comes in waves. As of late, I have been waking up in the middle of one of these episodes. I have always dealt with depression and started getting treatment for it last week (low dose of prozac). Do these episodes sound like panic attacks or could this be a heart issue? I only seems to get them at night. Except when I don’t sleep, then the feeling sort of bleeds into the day time. I am 28 years old and in good shape.

Tags: 28 years, day time, depression, good shape, lips, pounding heart, prozac, short of breath, sleep, stomach churning, waves

hello i need help. i suffer very bad case. i have kids anxiety. i also am on antidepressants anxiety like zoloft and prozac. i want to get rid of anxiety. i take the panic attack drugs to get rid of anxiety . i suffer headaches and other side effects. i take a lot of naturally herbal remedies and drugs like pills and medicines. i also love playing rock band. palm

Tags: antidepressants, anxiety, bad case, drugs, headaches, herbal remedies, medicines, palm, panic attack, pills, prozac, rock band, zoloft

a few days ago i had a severe panic attack while i was out to eat with my boyfriend. my hands went numb, i got dizzy, i could barely breathe and i almost passed out. now i’m afraid to go out again because i feel like it will happen again. what can i do to stop this?
i’ve already been diagnosed with depression and anxiety a few years ago, and i take prozac, but what do i do to stop the fear of anxiety attacks?

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, depression, fear, few days, panic attack, prozac

Have been diagnosed with panic attacks and anxiety. Am on Valium (short term) and Prozac.

Many of the symptoms are better ie. cold sweats, palpitations, being unable to go into shops etc. Have had physical conditions ruled out,

But, when I wake up I seem to have had horrible dreams night before and wake to pins and needles in my arms. Any ideas help would be appreciated,

Thank you!

Tags: anxiety, cold sweats, horrible dreams, Panic Attacks, pins and needles, prozac, valium

I’ve been suffering from anxiety for a few years now. It’s always been on and off, but over the summer, something traumatic happened, and since then, I’ve been experiencing stronger symptoms of anxiety little by little. To make a long story short, I’ve been having these feelings of ‘deja vu’ during the past two weeks or so. Usually something small triggers it (like a conversation, a person, an object), and I feel like I’ve been in the situation before, or know the outcome right off the bat..and most of the time, it feels like something terrible is going to happen. Nothing bad ever does happen, but the feeling sends me straight into a panic attack, and its extremely unsettling. After doing some google research, I read up on something called temporal lobe epilepsy, which I’m almost positive is not the case at all. Though, I haven’t been diagnosed with anything (although I’m pretty sure its generalized anxiety disorder because I have almost half of the symptoms)..currently, I’m taking 1mg of xanax a day, plus prozac.

I was just wondering if anyone had ever experienced these same symptoms of deja vu or just feeling like you’re in this constant dream like state of mind? There are moments where I’m so terrified, I’m afraid to leave the house, or even get out of bed for that matter. I’m just wondering if there’s some glimmer of hope out there that this will go away.

Tags: deja vu, epilepsy, feelings, generalized anxiety disorder, glimmer of hope, google, google research, panic attack, prozac, right off the bat, something terrible, summer something, symptoms of anxiety, temporal lobe epilepsy, xanax

Currently Taking Prozac, and have very little desire. Tried adding Wellbutrin and could not tolerate it. I’m a male.
I know Wellbutrin is a popular add-on, but I really felt un-nerved and could not tolerate the feeling for more than a few days. This was on only the 150 xl dose

Tags: desire, few days, prozac, wellbutrin, xl

This afternoon in my college class, I’m simply working on my project & listening to music, when I suddenly feel I can’t breathe as deeply. My chest gets tight. I start to feel terribly faint & get tunnel vision, convinced I’ll pass out. The more I tried to focus on my breathing, the worse it got.
Felt very warm, couldn’t feel my legs from the calves down, and my fingers felt lifeless. Hard to speak to my classmate about what was going on.
I then take a walk around for a while, go have a cigarette, and feel well enough to continue working.

Since this afternoon, I’ve felt detached, tired [yet sleepless], and have been emotionally drained. My chest also still feels tight. If I think about the incident and wonder if it’ll happen again enough, I will start to feel faint again.

– could this be an anxiety attack?
– if so, how? nothing immediate triggered it at all.
– what else could this be? anything dangerous?

I have no allergies, asthma, or history of panic/anxiety attacks.
I’m currently on 20mg daily for Prozac.
I have been having sleeping troubles for the past two weeks.
I’m 18, don’t drink often at all, don’t abuse drugs, and’ve only smoked a half a pack of cigs a day for 2 years.

Tags: abuse drugs, allergies asthma, amp, anxiety attack, asthma, calves, cigarette, classmate, fingers, legs, listening to music, panic anxiety attacks, prozac, sleeping troubles, tunnel vision

I have social anxiety and obessesion problems.

My psychiatrist saids that just like someone with diabetes needs insulin I need prozac.

Does this mean that prozac (like insulin for diabetes) is all I need and that other forms of therapy are unnecessary?

Tags: diabetes, insulin, obessesion, prozac, psychiatrist, social anxiety

I took it last night for the first time and my chest felt tight and this morning it is sore. Can someone explain to me why that would be? I am taking it for anxiety/nervousness that was tearing my stomach apart. So bad I thought I had an ulcer. Why would my stomach feel this way and is there something better out there??

P.S. Ive taken Zoloft, Prozac and Lexapro and dont like any of those!
I also dont want to take something everyday, I want to take it on an as needed basis!

Tags: anxiety nervousness, lexapro, prozac, stomach, ulcer, zoloft

for a few years now dr’s have been telling me i have anxiety but this happens out of no where so its hard to believe it is anxiety because my daughter has it and she has totaly diffrent symptoms. My heart races went to the hospital several times they told me i was fine and it was anxiety i start sweating and i get dizzy its really weird it even happens when i am sleeping. I also have fibromyalgia the doc wants me on prozac but i dont know i need more research what are you expreinces with the medicine and i am open to alternative ideas also. be detailed thank you so much !!!!
how does my writing show anxiety?

Tags: anxiety, fibromyalgia, heart races, medicine, prozac, several times

I have recently started having anxiety attacks. They are occuring every couple of days. I have been taking Prozac for about 6 months, for depression. Could being on it long term be causing my anxiety?

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, couple of days, depression, prozac

I am 15 years old 153 pounds 5′ 81/2"my CBC was normal my mono test was negative my thyroid test was normal and my strep test was negative the doctor couldn’t see anything wrong with me after i told him my throat hurt i got headaches and my chest hurt. he prescribed prozac for depression and anxiety because i have a lot of stress in my life. but i forgot to tell him some symptoms and im worried that he might have found something wrong had i told him these.
What i told him: headache, lots of stress in my life, loss of appetite throat hurt but not when swallowing, chest pain (vague)
What I wish i had told him: joint pain sometimes, pain in and under rib cages, feeling of throat soreness when you cough for a very long time yet i have no cough, mucus build up in back of throat/spitting mucus out almost constantly, that im worried its sinusitis or maybe something else physical.
could it still just be anxiety/stress? if it was sinusitus would he notice by looking at my eyes/nose/ears? if there is any other possibility of what is wrong with me what could it be? is excess mucus and what i feel that i forgot to tell him still be a part of anxiety/stress? Help Please!!
my back hurts really badly now too and the back of my neck has been hurting too
i also have gas somewhat and my stomach is like gurgling

Tags: anxiety stress, back of my neck, cbc, chest pain, depression, ears, excess mucus, headache, headaches, joint pain, long time, loss of appetite, prozac, rib cages, sinusitis, stomach, thyroid, thyroid test

I have tried prozac, but I do not like the side effects not to mention that I had a very bad allergic reaction. I am looking to try the natural approach first, but cannot afford to see a homeopathic doctor. Does anyone have any suggestions where I could find information or who I should ask about this. My therapist suggested a pharmacist but the pharmacist told me that the only solution is medication.

Thanks in advance

Tags: allergic reaction, homeopathic doctor, medication, natural approach, pharmacist, prozac, thanks in advance

I have had panic attacks for only 1 year and I hate them, they make me so depressed and scared. I was just wanting to kow if there is anyway of overcoming them? Right now I am seeing a doctor and a shrink, my doctor has me on prozac and xanax ( I just now started taking the prozac), I just want to know if there is anything or anyway of overcoming them and stop having them?

Tags: Panic Attacks, prozac, xanax

Past couple days id be fine and then all of a sudden my heart would start racing, i would feel like i have a shortness of breath, thoughts of having heart attacks or dieing come to my head, SOMETIMES heart beats one time funny like where its real noticeable, and sometimes get mild chest pains.
i been prescribed to prozac for like 2 years now and i just quit taking it like 2 months ago w/o askin doctor.. i told my doctor this and he said that that wat is causing these attacks.. anxiety attacks.. i started taking my medicine again but the doc says it will take a few weeks before my body gets use to it and the attacks to stop.
is this wat is wrong or is it something else, and quittin takin prozac causes this and will it stop since i started bak? thanks.
im 19 yrs old, btw.

Tags: Anxiety Attacks, askin, couple days, heart attacks, medicine, mild chest pains, prozac, shortness of breath