Posted by fires on September 11, 2006, at 14:24:15
I have no "panic", and don't feel "anxious". I have intermittent rises in blood pressure, headache, severe faigue/sleepiness, and mild nausea. I've been dropping things. Rather than high, my pulse is in the 50 -60 range, and sometimes up to the upper 70s.
I did have adrenalin surges the other day , but haven't had one for at least 24-36 hours. I've been in a fog all morning with no racing pulse or panic attack. I'm extremely tired.
I'm taking Parnate, Lamictal, and Klonopin + other meds for other conditions. (50 mg, 300 mg, and 0.5mg, respectively). I was doing relatively well on the meds, especially after Androgel was added for low testosterone. My endrocinologist said that it sounds like panic attacks.
She ordered me a 24 hr urine test to check for pheochromocytoma (adrenal tumor), which is very rare.
Is there a type of anxiety/panic that causes the above symptoms? If so, what do you take for it?
I'm at my wits end. There's no way that I'm going to go for therapy (did that decades ago, and it was useless). I don't know what to do if the pheochromocytoma test is negative, unless I really do have anxiety/panic.
Ideas?
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