Posted by AlexCanada on September 20, 2012, at 6:02:28
In reply to Does anyone else have this kind of anxiety?, posted by Ash2012 on September 17, 2012, at 19:25:26
> I've suffered from social phobia and what I believe is depression for a long time.
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> But sometimes I feel very anxious for no apparent reason, like I'm on edge all the time, can't sleep, can't eat, etc. It's like a nightmare.
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> When it first started a couple of years ago at age 19, I ended up in hospital because of the abdominal pain the anxiety caused and they monitored me for appendicitis, I didn't sleep for two days in the hospital, it was hellish.
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> Doesn't seem to match any DSM or ICD diagnosis that I can find. 1mg clonazepam or a few hundred milligrams of pregabalin completely alleviates it, hoping that the doctor will let me try tiagabine or carbamazepine too.
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> Does anyone else have any similar experiences of anxiety or any insight into my condition? Hopefully when I get to see the psychiatrist he will be able to give me a better diagnosis.Mine is quite similar. It's this ''out of nowhere'' and for no reason type of anxiety for me. Nothing bad could be happening but the anxiety would manifest itself regardless and/or persist constantly.
If I try going off of my valium then it eventually comes back with a vengeance but also end up feeling very dark, dysphoric and end up feeling as if I am viewing the world through a very negative lens. Mind panic attacks for me may occur when I'm not on valium either. Some of it may be withdrawal but a lot of it may be just a return of my old symptoms (I have strong melancholic depression + the out of no where anxiety).
Gabapentin also works.
Lamictal wiped out all anxiety for me when I tried it a while back. Quite quickly too but I felt very cognitively impaired that I could not stand it. Many people do speak wonders of Lamictal though.
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