I am looking for some guidance. I suffered from significant panic and anxiety 12 years ago and was medicated. It went away and I was very well off without medication for some time. Then I decided to attend nursing school. Under super stress and triggers of PTSD I developed severe anxiety and panic again. I decided to seek treatment and went to the doctor. He gave me a SSRI I had taken many times before. BAM I had the worst panic attack of my life. I ended up in the ER. Long story short I was given one ssri after another and they continued to make things worse. I developed severe depression along with the panic and 24/7 anxiety. Because the the terrible anxiety to the SSRI's an the Ativan not working the dr told me I was bipolar. This was months and months ( 12+) of hell. I am trying to dig myself out of this night terror but, the reactions to the medications have caused me to panic more. I feel like there is no way out of this. The thought of bipolar is a huge panic trigger for me. I think about this 24/7 and feel like Im not in control. Does anyone have any advice for me? I see a therapist 3 times a week. I feel like Im hardly hanging on till the next time I see him. As soon as I feel even a little depressed I go into full blown panic mode and cant sleep or eat and pace. Doctors are little to no help. One actually told me that I will need to be on a mood stabilizer the rest of my life or I will kill myself. ONLY INCREASING MY SEVERE PANIC!!!
No, I do not think what your saying is wrong. I have been a wreck since attempting these SSRI's again. They caused panic attacks and anxiety that I am still living with a year later. I still have the depression that is now made worse by the fact that I cant escape this hell. I am agitated for no reason which I want to assume is from the constant adrenalin pumping through my body from the anxiety. I am in tears as I write this. I can not take ANY meds at this time because I am pregnant. YES pregnant. 5 months to be exact. I want so badly to believe that I can get help through this site and move on. The agitation scares me so bad. IS this part of the anxiety/panic? I have soooo many physical symptoms. I am trying desperately to realize they are part of this and that nothing more is wrong. I spent months with a heart rate of 150-180 24/7. It has went down in the last few months. I am just looking for some guidance, any at all. I DO NOT have any MANIC symptoms. I do have insomnia but, I lay awake and cry because I can not sleep. Prior to this all I loved to sleep. I get woke up all night with rushes of anxiety, adrenaline. I do not like to spend money, I do not have a high self esteem or think everyone is wrong, in fact I am the opposite. I do not go out of the house unless I am forced to. I am totally scared I am losing my mind!!
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