New here - Feeling drained. Anxiety & Ocd

[AMyles]

Hi. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post. So I apologize if it isn't.

Basically I've had anxiety and ocd since I was 15 years old, I'm 27 now. I get horrible ocd to the point where I can't function unless I do something to combat the triggers I feel. I also have horrible hypochondria but I've been doing better for the most part tryign to urge myself that nothing is wrong. A few months ago I started feeling overwhelmed with depression and finally decided to talk to my doc about getting on some meds and he prescribed Lexapro. I also take a bunch of vitamin D and a daily vitamin with my lexapro. It's been 4 months now that I'm on it, and some days I feel like I notice a difference, and other days I just feel like I'm falling into a black hole. Waking up every hour when I sleep, shaking because I'm so anxious, once in awhile I'll wake up and it seems my visions going crazy until I fully wake up.. And I'm just tired, I keep wondering what it's like for normal people too just go to bed, wake up, enjoy their day, and repeat. This last week has been hard especially. I sleep about 10 hours a night, and it's hard to wake up. I lay in bed for an hour, sometimes more before I can finally move around. I feel tired as the day goes on and I feel like I have no energy, I'm always getting hot at the most minuscule amount of work and my mouth gets dry and I just end up yawning and laying back down. On good days, I don't have that problem. I guess I'm just wondering has anyone felt similar things to this? What did you do to help? I miss feeling myself..

I have a follow up appointment coming up in about a week and plan on telling my doc this as well, but I keep worrying myself about if this could be something more. My biggest fear in life is to not live to an old age and for something to happen to me. And it just freaks me out.

I'm tried of being tired.

 

[Kari7495]

Hi! Welcome to the forum I'm sorry you are struggling. It sounds like maybe switching off the lexapro to something else would be beneficial especially if your still having severe days of not being able to do anything.

I also have ocd with health anxiety and its awful:/ I know the pain all too well. You arent alon

 

[matisworried]

I'm sorry you're feeling this way. many people think health anxiety is more ocd-based than anxiety-based. suffering from both, i tend to agree. it's why i still prefer the term "hypochondria" to "health anxiety."

it's great you have an appointment coming up. it's possible you just need to adjust your dosage. it's also possible that maybe you just need to try something else. it can be a frustrating and lengthy game to play but it's worth it if you can find a med that works for you.

have you tried any talk therapy? i found that to be more beneficial than meds as far as anxiety/ocd goes.

 

[E.B]

I understand completely about waking up. Majority of my panic attacks have come upon waking up. My anxiety is also terrible when waking up. I can go to bed "ok" and wake up another person mentally. Complete anxiety that feels like I've been kicked in the stomach/dark hole awlful feeling. I've found it almost feels like i don't want to fall asleep when dealing with anxiety because im content in my sleep and when i wake up i have to realize i have to start worrying about something if that makes sense. Kind of like back to reality of having to worry.