Posted by worrier on May 14, 2003, at 19:45:40
In reply to Re: ativan and axiety, posted by murm on May 14, 2003, at 8:15:04
> ive been off ativan for 2 weeks now, they put me on amitrptolyne for anxiety or depression. only 25mg at bedtime, the breath hunger is still there, almost give up already on even goin to drs. wemnt in by ambulance sat all my veins were poopin ot, had one on my forehead and that scared the crap out of me. if it wasnt for the breathlessness i would feel better although i get tired easy. they did chest xray and that was clean. took blood and am still waitin on thyroid cuz it runs in my fam, i myslef dont think tis that, i feel its in teh lungs, feels like when i breathe in my lungs fill up to quick and breathe out that there isnt enough air comin out. i go to specialist next fri for another pulmanary test and to see what he thinks it could be. i had the breathlessness before the pills. ive been havin attacks out of a sleep for 10 yrs, maybe once every 2 months, somenites i was up all night walkin the floors and others i took a glass of water and went right back to bed. well i hope they find somethin out soon, wonder if the puffers could have done any harm. took flovent for 2 weeks and was on ativan at same time. i have had 3 perscriptions of 1mg ativan and been off that since beginnin of may felt better when i took it but am gettin off everything all together, i have never abused the use of ativan ever. i still say its somethin to do with the lungs, i am out of breathe 24 hrs a day 7 days a week. i do agree with u i went to a banquet sat and had 3 beers and that helped, the next day i wasnt out of breathe, then day after was right back again. melissa
>I completely understand why you hope they find something wrong with your lungs or your thyroid or something...it's not at all stupid to have those feelings. If you read my earlier post you'll know I've been right there in your shoes. I actually cried when the last batch of my test results came back normal. I really wanted to have a tumor they could remove or some deficiency I could take a supplement for, whatever. It would have been so much easier. Do some reading on anxiety and panic disorder, there are a ton of good books out there and they might help you gain some insight into what's going on with your brain and body during these episodes. The physical symptoms you feel are real and there is a physical cause for them, but you probably don't have some life threatening condition. You are wise to make sure you don't have pulmonary or thyroid problems, but don't feel like you are crazy if you don't. Wish I had some easy answers for you (and for myself) but I don't think there are any. Especially since you've been dealing with this stuff for so long, like I have. When you've had panic attacks for a long time the pathways in your brain that allow them to happen become more easily activated and harder to control. I don't say that to discourage you, only to encourage you to have patience and faith that eventually something will help and things will get better. I'll stay off the med issue for now except to say that sometimes they can give you a respite from the fear so you can see things more clearly. Best to you and please let me know how you are doing. Worrier.
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