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.  

[tryntogetwell]

Hi shadow! Wow you are very stressed right now huh? You were one of the first people to respond to me and I think alot of you. You are right about not trying to fight it. If you just listen to yourself and others on here I think you will make it. You already know it wont happen over night. Try to be a little patient sweety. Have you tryied breething deeply or meditation? Get in a quiet place with your favorite tune and think about your great future your going to have. You can do it! I bet in the next week or so you will be posting that you are alot more relaxed!

[badshadow]

I already have tried all the Herbal Remedies that are safe for me to try.  The Valerian does not help, the Inositol helps a little, I'm taking a multi and B Complex plus a B Sublingual, the Omegas.

I take Trazodone so I can't take the 5HTP since it  could cause Serotonin Syndriome.

I'm actually not on that many meds.

I take Synthroid, HRT, Trazodone and Valium, and that's it, although the Dr. wants to add Seroquel in starting at a low dose of 25mg.

I think the best thing for me to do is just to get in an "acceptance" mind set, that this is going to be going on for awhile, and not try to fight it buy just accept it, and that it will pass.

Thank you for your concern about me.

[pattifan]

Hi badshadow,

Really sorry to hear about all you've been going through.

Have you thought about going herbal? I know it may sound stupid, since all these really powerful meds seem not to be helping, but studies have shown that Valerian extract is just as effective as Temazepam but isn't habit forming. The amino acid 5HTP is good for helping with sleep issues too. You don't need a prescription and can order them online.

I understand you're on quite a few meds so you'd have check with your doctor first to make sure there wouldn't be any interactions.

May be worth a try?

With very best wishes.

[badshadow]

Oh, I meant to say earlier the Xanax "did not" help with the Anxiety, and that the Hospital released me to my "Husbands's" Care, not just randomly "out the door."  He had to sign papers that he would be responsible for my "Suicide Watch" until I could go back to see the Psychiatrist on-call in the morning.

I don't know what will happen next,

[badshadow]

Wow, this is really a challenging situation.

Last night the Dr. had me take 200mg Trazodone, 1mg  Xanax, AND 20mg of Ambien and STILL no sleep.

This is the Chemical Dependency Dr.  She also had me start at a very low dose of Seroquel 25mg to start.

She doesn't think the Benxzo's are the answer, I agree with her, but she wanted to try to see if she could at least get me sleeping for a couple of nights.

I felt a even more anxious after taking the Xanax.

I won't take the Xanax again because of it's addictive potential.  (I did not take the Valim and Xanax together.)

However, I will continue with the dose of Valium I've been on now which is 20mg at bedtime.  I don't want to just stop that suddenly, and be worse.

On the other hand, at this point I don't see how much worse it could be, so maybe I'll just stop the Valium too.

If I'm going to have to go through this level of discomfort, sleepness, Anxiety to the point of feeling suicidal, why not just throw the Valium out and really go all the way to He** and back, if I get back.

Again, I apologize for not being responsive to other's posts.

[badshadow]

Well, the Xanax does really seem to help for the Anxiety, so I guess I won't take anymore.