Posted by floatingbridge on July 4, 2011, at 8:28:52
In reply to Re: Encouragement - Emsam, posted by Lepus on July 4, 2011, at 8:12:35
If it might help, you could start with the hospital and go forward. Maybe not a journal; more like an outline. Very dry. Likes 7/3 removed 1/4 patch emsam. Anxiety episode nocturnal, then note qualities physical and cognitive (I thought________. ) I feel better myself having a written record, because when I panic, my thinking brain goes tilt. It shuts down. So I can't recall with reliability when I did what or took what :-/
I don't know. It helps when talking to a doctor, too. I had to go to the urgent care on Friday, and I wrote a very short list of dates down just in case he asked (he didn't ). When I look at the list, or even write stuff, I can sometimes feel more steady. It's as close to 'facts' as I can get.
Please try not to despair. Anxiety is awful. It is hell. But you sound lucid. That's big imo.
> The nocturnal panic attacks were there before the EMSAM. I had an incident on Thursday when I was in the hospital. This attack felt different though. More difficulty breathing.
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> I am not a journaler and I regret it, especially since all my previous doctors seem to have retired or they won't release my records no matter how many times I request them and fill out the necessary forms. Seems they just don't even have them anymore. I don't know.
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> > The nocturnal attacks appeared before emsam?
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> > Do you ever write stuff down? Like took what when and symptoms like panic episodes? You probably do. It's a good tool and frees up my mind.
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> > > Think I might need to cross a few more things in the hopes this will work. Woke up to a nocturnal panic attack tonight. Not sure if it is due to the EMSAM or not. I have been having more of them lately.
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> > > Not happy. I feel like I'm being tortured lately. I just want it to end. Please.
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