Posted by gadchik on June 13, 2013, at 12:12:11
In reply to Re: New PDoc RX Lamictal for severe anxiety... » gadchik, posted by Vincent_QC on June 13, 2013, at 10:57:40
You and I are quite alike! I also had an obsession with taking my blood pressure constantly, also would put my hand on my chest to be sure it was beating. I constantly thought of heart rate. I would even keep myself up at night,jumping up and down, afraid to sleep, thought my heart would stop beating. Also, woke up one night and it was racing and you could feel it beating out of my chest. I think my anxiety caused something with the electrical system of heart to go haywire. I got psychotic with no sleep and stopped eating, made matters worse. I was hopeless, wanted to die. I refused all meds for a long time. They gave me an injection of ativan in er, and that gave me profound relief. I found a pdoc I trusted and she got me to try clonazepam and remeron, very small dose. She then added zoloft. I started to sleep and eat, very gradually started to walk. I was very weak. The clonazepam and remeron helped me stop thinking about my heart. But the sleep, nutrition,exercise was a huge part in my recovery. Do everything in your power to get well. The human body will respond. It has huge capacity to heal.
"Don't compromise yourself,you're all you've got."-Janis Joplin
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