Posted by Vincent_QC on August 20, 2012, at 10:14:48
Hi Everyone,
Really need some help, im stuck with incredible high state of anxiety, like a panic attack who last all day long with no break and of courses I have a lot of debilating chronic symptoms (headache all the time, IBS with constipation, chest pain at rest with tingling and numbness of the left arm, depersonalisation feeling, tachycardia, muscles spasm, low exercise tolerance, tired all the time and exhausted, memory loose, forget recent things,just to name a few).Im now on 10 to 20 mg of propanolol every day for the tachycardia but cant take more cause my blood pressure is very low since a while.
I also gradually tapering my high dose of clonazepam, im at 7.5mg and will be down to 7.25 soon. I didnt see an increase of somatic symptoms since I start reducing the dose but I do feel more anxious than usual but not from the benzo reduction but probably more because I deal with real health problems right now (intestinal problems and 1 surgery that I will have in the next fall to repair the wound on my belly who dont want to heal since 10 months now).
Im stuck with high anxiety about negatives thoughts of having a heart disease cause of the chronic symptoms I have and feel all the time. Its especially very bad in the evening but even worse when I get up in the morning.
Right now, the headache is driving me insane, the only way to have some relief is to apply one ice pad behing my head and one ice pad on my head. No meds help me to reduce the pain, try all of them with no luck.
For the IBS symptoms I need to apply an electric heat pad on my belly half the day and when I sleep. Cant have a normal bowel movement and no oral laxatives works for my constipation. The only thing who help me to pass some stools are 5 to 8 glycerin suppositories at the same time and even with all those suppositories I need to strain very hard to the point that my head is throbbing and all red...can strain for 20 in in a row, 3 times a day, to feel a little bit better. I saw a Gastro Doc and had long colonoscopy and a gastroscopy and she dont see anything wrong and she want me to do biodfeedback with a physiotherapist to learn how to relax my pelvic muscles, apparently my pelvic floor is low and tense so I cant pass stools and gas so thats why im in pain and bloated all the time.
Anyway I just start seeing a new therapist, can only see him every 2 weeks cause its expensive and I dont work so no money, will hope that he will help me to cope and live with the chronic symptoms.
In the meantime, I see my Doc at the end of August, so just wanted to know if a med can help me, at least for the headache. , topomax, lyrica and neurontin are not an option, I try the. At high dose in the past with no improve. Im also meds sensitive now, so for me 1 mg of Paxil will feel like 20 mg and no its not all in my head and some peoples are really meds sensitive and can have increase anxiety and side effects from a very low dose of a SSRI or any kind of meds. As an example, in the past I was used to treat with success my migraine with 600mg of Ibuprofen in 1 dose and now I take childs Advil of 100mg and have heart related.side effects like low blood pressure with orthostatic hypotension and tachycardia with chest pain, not linked to Gerd since I take 1 prevacid each day for my stomach.
Well how I can survive this? Having the same horrible symptoms every day make me feel hopeless. Also I know that when I get up I will have to live the same symptoms all day long and cant focus on another thing, its seem almost like OCD, im stuck with many chronic symptoms who make my life miserable, I cant enjoy anything in my life right now because im in pain all the time.
Is it possible to learn to live like that and be able to have my life back soon or I will stay like this forever?
Well thanks for your help and advises.
Vincent
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