Suicidal

[badshadow]

Last night the Anxiety was so overwhelming and I felt so stressed from lack of sleep, I became Suicidal and went to the ER.  

[kiki003]

Have seen you around and read a lot of supportive things you have said to other people.  I wish I was full of good advice like the good people who have already written to you.  I am not.  I just want you to know that I will say a prayer for you today.......also one out to your husband, who sounds like he has been through a lot and is looking out for you....

[LeaAnn807]

You will be ok!  Do everything your doctor says, and take the advice from people who have been where you are.  I know you are in a bad spot, but it will get better.  If you don't use, that is a promise from me to you!  Life will be better!!!!

Hang in there!

[PromisedLand]

just be careful and take ONLY AS DIRECTED, have plenty of hard candies around or some of that stuff you can use for dry mouth and yes, it WILL make you sleepy..I would fall asleep at my computer, on conference calls, watching TV...I'm surprised I didn't wake up in a plate of food at dinner time.   But it does work...


thinking of you, Badshadow, my sister from SF

[quadracersteve]

Best thing I can recomend is to first get your blood pressure checked and if it's up, get on a med called Clonidine. It's non-adictive and made a HUGE difference in my anxiety during methadone detox. I suffer horrible anxiety to start with. I also take 6mg of Xanax a day, per dr., and I thought I had the anxiety beat because of the benzo, but it did almost nothing, then I found out about Clonidine. Lots of detox clinics use it as part of their detox because when you detox off almost anything, your BP goes up, and bringing it down will make a MASSIVE difference. But get it checked first. Plus the best side-effect is drowsiness. Best med for getting rid of the anxiety of detoxing IMO. This med should be a vitamin it does so many things,lol.

[kajama]

I had a similar situation happen to me,  couldn't sleep, kept taking meds to help, went to hospital because of sucidal only thing is they wouldn't let me go home they kept me and sent me to a psyc hospital for 2 weeks. Ended up being the best thing that happened to me. psyc doc put me on Seroquel 800 mg and that helped more than the valium, ativan and ambien. things will get better, just know that they have a ton of people that have gone through similar situations, and know that you are not alone. Biofeedback is really good for anxiety, i know it helped me get through some really tough times, and you will come out of this smarter, stronger and feel more in control of your life and sometimes that is all we really want, take care and i wish the best for you

[dominosarah]

Nice post~~~~

badshadow.....I hope you are feeling better today.  The anxiety is no fun and it will pass. Also easier said than done i know.  Keep talking with us~~~~~sara