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Post by just me31 on Feb 14, 2008 14:14:40 GMT
THanks scarlet and sarah it just so hard to believe that am sane when all these crazy things going round and round in my mind. just read a thread on here about someone sayin they thought they had pp..god i can so realate to that...feel like admitttin meself to the loony bin and beggin them to makeit all go away.
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Post by winegirl on Feb 14, 2008 20:32:24 GMT
Oh hun you ARE sane, just have to keep coming here for some reassurance and you will soon believe it hun. We have all been there, you are not alone x
WG x
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Post by justme 31 on Feb 15, 2008 8:44:42 GMT
Hi all.. am still feeling awful but am tryna look forward nothing can b worse then the last few days.. was on prozac made me feel terrible so stopped taking last night i felt unreal confused was having bad nightmares and keep feeling like me skin on my back is on fire. was in such a mess yesterday the doc gave me some librium think its a tranquilser am scared to take it incase it makes me feel awful to. anyone else had a bad reaction to prozac?
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Post by cazfletcher on Feb 15, 2008 20:44:00 GMT
www.biopsychiatry.com/valium-librium.htmalso found this for you: What side effects may occur? Side effects cannot be anticipated. If any develop or change in intensity, inform your doctor as soon as possible. Only your doctor can determine if it is safe for you to continue taking Librium. More common side effects may include: Confusion, constipation, drowsiness, fainting, increased or decreased sex drive, liver problems, lack of muscle coordination, minor menstrual irregularities, nausea, skin rash or eruptions, swelling due to fluid retention, yellow eyes and skin Side effects due to rapid decrease or abrupt withdrawal from Librium may include: Abdominal and muscle cramps, convulsions, exaggerated feeling of depression, sleeplessness, sweating, tremors, vomiting and: www.healthcentral.com/anxiety/find-drug-106483-73.htmlhope this helps x
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Post by stevensmummy on Feb 15, 2008 21:28:49 GMT
Just wanted to wish you well and hope you get thro this
Be strong hunni, we're here if you need us
Sarah xx
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Post by justme 31 on Feb 18, 2008 9:20:19 GMT
hi all just came on here cos am feelin crap still and wanted some reassurance. am off the anti depressants at the mo they made me crazy! have been taking the libruim which hepls a little bit. wanted to ask a quick question especially to scarlet if she is around as i know she had bad anxiety. the question was was your anxiety constant cos this is whats scarin me at the moment.. it doesnt seem to go just constant intrusive thoughs i feel spaced out and confused is this normal. its like there isnt any break from it.. its bad from the moment i wake up till the moment i go to bed. xxx
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Post by Scarlet on Feb 18, 2008 10:38:55 GMT
Hi Justme, I had acute anxiety at the beginning hun, thought I was off my rocker, I was afraid of absolutely everything, it was sooooo bad. In the beginning the anxiety is constant, then you are up and down every minute or so, then every 5 minutes. On occasions there may be times that you are able to distract yourself and have a good half hour, hour, but you soon get back on the rollercoaster of ups and downs again when you are alone or unable to distract yourself. Then as you start to recover, the gap in between is perhaps 10 minutes or so and it goes on like this until you are at a stage where you are getting more and more respite, and the minutes turn into hours, and hours into days, days into weeks etc.. until you are fully recovered Did you ever read the PNI pattern hun, it was me to a tee PNI pattern veritee.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=General&action=display&n=1&thread=4171and this one Ups and Downs veritee.proboards7.com/index.cgi?board=General&action=display&n=1&thread=4163The good news is hun that as the good moments increase, the anxiety/other symptoms decrease in intensity. The first 3 months were the worst for me in terms of my anxiety and then I'd say the next 6 I had more moments of 'normality' and after about 10 months I was well on my way to recovery, and could see a flicker of light. You'll get there as well hun, YOU ARE NOT GOING MAD...honestly you aren't. What you are going through is very normal for sufferers of PNI sadly Hope this helped, if there's anything else you want to know, then ask away. Here for you anytime my lovely Scarlet xxxx
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Post by JUSTME 31 on Feb 18, 2008 12:56:41 GMT
cheers scarlet sometimes the thoughts are so bad its like its hard to believe that anyone can feel as bad as u... i dont mean that to sound self centred!! but pni is a very lonely illness. u know how it is the thoughts are so real and u feel like u walking round in some kinda confused dream its very hard sense to make sense of it all. things can only get better though innit!! xxxxx
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Post by S not logged on Feb 18, 2008 13:31:09 GMT
JM hun, i dont mean that to sound self centred!! but pni is a very lonely illness.You are not self-centred, PNI makes us feel this way, because we are so engrossed in our own intrusive thoughts/fears, it's hard to think outside of the box (so to speak). You are right it's a very lonely illness, and I feel your pain because I know right were you are. I was once there myself. u know how it is the thoughts are so real and u feel like u walking round in some kinda confused dream its very hard sense to make sense of it all.Did you check out that anxiety site that I mentioned. This is a good section that explains the confused dream state that you are experiencing. www.anxietynomore.co.uk/depersonalisation_and_derealisation.htmlAs time moves on and you recover the depersonalisation diminishes and loses it's intensity until it turns into numbness then disappears altogther. things can only get better though innit!! I promise you wholeheartedly that they will JM. Love and hugs Scarlet xxxxx
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Post by justme31 on Feb 18, 2008 17:24:33 GMT
felt a bit better this afternoon just wrote in my diary about it.. managed to go out and get some stuff round the house done which havent managed to do for weeks.. is this the start of feeling a bit better god i hope so xxx
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Post by justme31 on Feb 19, 2008 10:49:55 GMT
feel terrible today obssessive thoughts r terrible seem to feel awful first thing in the morn.. dunno whats that about. this illness is doing my head in feels never ending. i spend all day terrified cos my partner is at work hate being on my own. when is this nightmare gunna end dont think i can handle another month feelin like this.
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Post by Scarlet on Feb 19, 2008 12:27:48 GMT
JM hun, feel terrible today obssessive thoughts r terrible seem to feel awful first thing in the morn.. dunno whats that about. this illness is doing my head in feels never ending. i spend all day terrified cos my partner is at work hate being on my own. when is this nightmare gunna end dont think i can handle another month feelin like this. Sorry you are having a crappy day. As hard as it is to believe, you will recover from this. I was petrified when my hubby went to work at the beginning as well, and it took ages until I felt fully confident on my own...but it happened, and I am, and I love being on my own, I can't wait till hubby is off to work in a morning, and I'm practically pushing him out of the door now. This will be you as well, you will gain more confidence and take control back little by little, it doesn't all happen all at once. Recovery is slow and sometimes it doesn't feel as if you are recovering at all, but you are. Every day you spend alone, every time you go out, everytime you cook, everytime you bath your LO, everytime you do all the things you did before your PNI you are getting better, and fighting...so try and do things, even if you are running on 30-40-50%, with intrusive thoughts and feeling crap. All these things help with recovery.... and the more you do them, the more control you take back, and the less anxious you will feel. Sadly getting well is not an overnight thing, but a full retraining of our thoughts, and everyday you are doing this without knowing it. YOU WILL GET WELL, please know this. Love and hugs and thinking about you Scarlet xxxxxx
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Post by justme 31 on Feb 19, 2008 18:44:30 GMT
plz help i just feel so desperate keep thinkin i dont wana live anymore cant see an end to this dunno what to do just feel in despair.
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Post by winegirl on Feb 19, 2008 20:20:42 GMT
Hi JM
Oh hun I know exactly. My anxiety got me from the moment i opened my eyes till I went to sleep at night. I became so desperate i too had moments of feelin like i didnt want to be here anymore. But I am so glad that I am. My meds (cipralex) have turned my life around, and now I am living with considerably less anxitety and find pleasure in so many thinggs.
It will be the same for you too babes. You just have to trust me. How are you doing tonight? I will be around all night if you need to talk x
WG xxx
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Post by justme31 on Feb 19, 2008 20:54:10 GMT
thats how it is for me wg just feel like it is constant like am living inside myself if that makes sense... feel really spaced out and confused cant even remember what i did yesterday how bad is that. keep thinkin there is something terrible wrong with my mind. i know have been through this b4 so y do i keep thinkin that this time i wont come out of it. also i feel real irratible cant stand the kids shoutin and screamin even that makes me nervous.
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