Anxiety really bad need help and advice

matisworried · Dec 3, 2019

Grey dolphin333 said:
Seeing doctor this week I’ve been getting headaches every day and I’m kind of getting freaked out by it should I mention it to her and should I be worried

people get headaches. dehydration, stress, anxiety... lots of things you suffer from can cause them. what are you going to the doctor for?

matisworried · Dec 9, 2019

never heard of that. have you googled it?

also... have you stopped taking your antidepressants? if so, why?

matisworried · Dec 9, 2019

please (PLEASE!) don't google. even the most innocent google search can begin a new worry spiral. this seems to be the case as you're now talking about a brain aneurysm.

as busy as your schedule is, taking care of your mental health should be a top priority. without it, everything else really isn't that important.

Hurt&Hopeful · Dec 9, 2019

Grey dolphin333 said:
Yeah I did sounds similar to it and I stopped taking them because my doctor to told me to because it might not being helping the headache situation but the headaches are still there that’s why I was worried about it might be a brain aneurysm because of pain every day and the position I’ve also not been able to see my therapist lately due to a busy schedule so just kind need some to talk a bit of sense into me so I don’t get too worked up again about

Did you stop taking the anti-depressants all of a sudden, or gradually? What were you on? You might want to talk to your doctor about doing it slowly - I have had brain zaps before because of a medication, and while they aren’t pleasant, they don’t present like headaches. They’re more like, well, memory/sensory zaps, for lack of a better term. And they aren’t dangerous. There can be a million reasons for a headache, but stress is one of the most likely. Anxiety and stress. You need to take care of your mental health first of all, like others have said, if you’re starting to worry too much about symptoms and your body. Take care of yourself!

Hurt&Hopeful · Dec 10, 2019

Grey dolphin333 said:
Suddenly stopped taking them I stopped last Wednesday and started to get the zaps on Friday and I know the zaps don’t hurt there is no Pain with them at all but I had headaches before I got the zaps I’m not worried about the zap because like u said u got them too but I am worried about the daily headaches which came out of nowhere and I wasn’t stress before but they just won’t go how did you stop gradually taking them?

Ah, so you’ve experienced the fun of the zaps, too. I’m so sorry.

If you’ve been on anti-depressants for a while, it’s usually recommended to wean off them slowly so you don’t get such a strong physical reaction/withdrawal. I’ve done it a couple of times, and I usually spread it out over 2-3 weeks. My doc will tell me to start taking it every other day, then maybe half a pill, etc. Depends on the medicine, I suppose. But it might be something you can talk to your doctor about if you’re feeling a little antsy or getting the brain zaps. I know I start to feel that way after 2-3 days off them if I try to quit cold turkey. Of course, if it’s been almost a week, the worst may already be over for you!

Either way, take care of yourself.

matisworried · Dec 10, 2019

may i ask why you've stopped taking your meds? you're clearly still struggling with anxiety/HA...

matisworried · Dec 10, 2019

Grey dolphin333 said:
I know but my doctor said not to because of side effects anyway I’m really freaking out because I think I might have a blood infection I cut myself and my dog licked it there is a Red line next to it now so I’m pretty freaked out

did your doc suggesting switching to another med? if not, maybe you could ask about it.

i think all you need to worry about is cleaning your wound and keeping a bandaid on it. blood infections aren't common - especially from something like a little cut and a dog licking it (fun fact: dogs' mouths are cleaner than humans' mouths.)

Lanchparty7 · Dec 11, 2019

matisworried said:
please (PLEASE!) don't google. even the most innocent google search can begin a new worry spiral. this seems to be the case as you're now talking about a brain aneurysm.

as busy as your schedule is, taking care of your mental health should be a top priority. without it, everything else really isn't that important.

Great advice!!! Trying so hard to do this myself as google brings more bad than good.

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