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Panic attacks ) permanent change in mood

Posted by garnet71 on May 31, 2009, at 19:35:11

I had a 2-3 day long panic attack last weekend; my doctor refused to prescribe me an anxiolytic for relief over phone on the holiday weekend. I took lots of Kava, Valerian, and magnesium, and the anxiety stopped a couple of days later. I got so tired after that, and haven't been the same since. I have had dysthmia/depression ever since the panic attack ceased, and have been extremely tired every day. Motivation is exactly the same as it was over the past couple months, and I no longer have anxiety.

Prior to that, my mood has been upbeat, positive, consistent...since a month or so after quitting SSRIs last december. I felt no depression symptoms, but have had relapses of anxiety from time to time during this period but have been amotivational since SSRI use which I stopped last December, when it was at an all time low as a result of taking SSRI.

the panic attack I had last weekend was not like my usual bouts of anxiety over the years; it was just like the 4 day panic attack I had several years ago that led to having to go to the ER and being treated like a drug seeker and being refused relief. I had uncontrollable crying both times--this isn't how anxiety normally manifests for me. These 2 events were very similar.

I've never had such a pronounced change in mood before. How does a panic attack like that suddenly cause depression? I am extremely dissapointed and upset over this. I haven't had depression in so long, just anxiety from time to time, and I don't understand what happened here.

But now in addition to the amotivation, I have depression. I never had a depression like this, and never anything with a sudden onset. I had major depression about 8 or 9 years ago.

any opinions are appreciated. I am totally lost and confused right now.

 

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