Posted by Vincent_QC on June 13, 2013, at 10:23:33
In reply to Re: New PDoc RX Lamictal for severe anxiety... » Vincent_QC, posted by gadchik on June 13, 2013, at 5:37:45
> I could only take small amt of remeron too. Just 3.5 to 7.5mg. I tapered it and the zoloft after a couple of yrs to lose weight, and I found I did fine with just clonazepam. About the heart cath, I have never had heart disease. What happened is, I kept going to the er in extreme panic, and always complained of chest pain and pressure. They did all the other heart tests, and finally said they had to do the heart cath, as it was the gold standard to check my heart. Everything turned out normal, and it was uneccesary but because I kept saying chest pain, they felt compelled to do it. I was just having panic attacks, severe.Yes, please quit smoking, I know that will be tough. I wish you could exercise. Building up the heart muscle makes it stronger. Could you start slow, with dr approval, and just walk for 5-10 mins everyday?
Oh ok I understand now, sorry, my English is not very good, I do my best but with my poor memory it's sometimes hard to understand all the English expression...
So they did an angiography on you? I ask my Cardio Doc to have one since I have many symptoms related to plaque inside my artieries but he said it was too invasive for me... I think it will be the only one heart test who will be able to stop my obsession and my anxiety about my heart and accept that it's only my anxiety who are doing all those symptoms... but it's an expensive test so I will never have it done for me...
The remeron is a weird drug, I try it again at 15 mg back in 2011 and had an horrible day, I do sleep better that night but wasnt able to move at daytime, I was so Dizzy, and I had a bad migraine... I took another 15 mg the night after and felt the same the day after so I just return to the very low dose to help me to fall asleep faster (it's not working anymore... it's like a placebo...).
So the clonazepam alone help you? Did the cardiovascular symptoms stop or you still have them???
My Cardio Doc send me see a Physiotherapist, it's a personnal trainer, He did a small stretching program for me, have to do it 3 times a week and take 15 minutes each time... for now I can only do it 1 time a week, if I do more I feel so exhausted and it take 3-4 days before returning to my usual low energy level before the stretching exercises... Walking is a no no for me now...Taking my shower is the maximum I can do for now!!!
Yes I will stop smoking for sure... When I had my intestinal obstructions and spend 1 month at the hospital I didn't smoke, well my friend go out with me to smoke a cigarette and I took only 2 puff and my heart start racing so I didn't smoke for the whole month... When I return home I do the mistake to start smoking again, at first only 1 cigarette a day and I ending after 1 month at home to return on my usual 25 cigarettes a day...
I had a very strong heart in the past... I was used to walk 2 hours a day, ride my bike, always had physical works and had no problem, even when I had morbid obesity (before I had my gastric by-pass surgery to loose weight)... The very low energy and bad physical shape start in the middle of 2010 when my anxiety became very bad...
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