Underlying condition making everything worst?

[crystalfresh]

When I get a reaction to something I really react off the deep end. My body just seems to over react to something that should not be severe. I get a tetanus shot and my arm keeps swelling more each day. Medication that could raise blood pressure pushes it to dangerous levels, medication that can lower blood pressure makes me pass out. Same for my allergies. I wonder if there could be an underlying condition that makes things go systemic whey really they should be more tolerated.

[crystalfresh]

Its the difference between knowing what is happening and not knowing. With your asthma you know what to expect and how to treat it so you don't panic. Its the unknown that triggers anxiety.

With my body it over reacts (not anxiety). Like I just had a tetanus shot. My arm swelled up for 7 days now and got all itchy. Most people have no problems. Drowsy meds make me pass out laying down or standing up? Like my body is over reacting to everything. It's not a mind thing with me, my body over reacts all on its own.

[thinkinpositive]

Hey everyone...life can suck sometimes can't it? Thank goodness for a good ol forum to help us.  LOL  It's always great to be able to talk to ppl.  A little impersonal, but I suppose that's what allows us to open up.

I am 24 and have dealt with anxiety for almost 4 years on and off.  It was triggered by a traumatic situation, but I have always been high strung from young on.  It didn't pose a problem until it started to affect my daily life, etc.  I too am very sensitive to caffine, nicotine, alchol (more so the hangovers), and medications.  I blame my anxiety, but it really makes it hard to distinguish a true problem from just over-reacting.  I'm level headed, so I usually try not to at on my "hypochondriac" moments.  I just steer clear of everything my body is sensitive to.  I swear, antibiotics make me feel nervous and out of it.  Every single time that I take them orally, it is a battle to make it through the whole damn bottle.  Trust your body, only you really know how you feel.  One thing to keep in mind though, is everytime you feel as though you aren't feeling "right", is to not fear the worst.  Don't feel that something aweful is going to happen and you are going to die.  Try to control the fear and anxiety, but still assert the issue.

I have been diagnosed with asthma and had to get rid of my kitties (not fair!  why me?  LOL)  Anyways, since then, I have realized that when there really is something to be alarmed about (asthma), I am in denial about it.  I have feared that I could have everything under the damn sun.  When something really happens, why is it that I blow the whole issue off?  It's like we are hypersensitive to everything, but when we find that we are affected by a disease, we don't want to deal.  

[crystalfresh]

I've always had problems with caffeine and side effects from medications since as far back as I can remember. Not only that but drastic blood pressure changes from some medications. They thought I had anxiety but later ruled it completely out. Take one med and my pressure jumps, another and it drops. Crazy. The side effect thing affecting heart runs in my moms side of the family.

I haven't been waking up with asthma since I stay on allergy meds and keep getting allergy shots. But if I skip too many allergy shots I do start waking up with asthma from my dog allergy.

My doctors tell me that my body is hyper sensitive. I also have digestive problems, wondering if you have any too?

[Kelly_Fitz]

i also just saw that you have asthma too--me too. and that you wake up at night w/ symptoms.  meeee too.

[Kelly_Fitz]

that's crazy. because as well as not being able to have caffeine, i can't tolerate any medicines except for like over the counter tylenol and mild things like that.

maybe we do have some sort of similarity that makes us both like this? my life all went downhill after i got the gardasil vaccine in 07. i don't know if that's what triggered all of this or if it's just a coincidence, but it happened right before i suddenly couldn't have caffeine or any medicines any more.

i wonder why we're like this... i've been trying to figure it out for almost 2 years now.

[crystalfresh]

Can't have caffeine. I feel very jittery inside like I can't relax. It's not a usable energy like I get from sugar. Caffeine does not make me more alert or awake. I don't know what smokers feel when they go through nic withdrawal because they haven't smoked in a while but I feel like they look. Caffeine is not a good feeling in me. I never thought to check my BP, it could that would make sense. I stay away from caffeine completely. If I suffered from anxiety I surely can see how caffeine would indeed be a problem.

I can describe another way caffeine makes me feel. It feels to me like driving in a car at 6,000 rpms at 55 mph in 3rd gear. Very unrelaxing with no extra energy compared to with no caffeine would be like 2,000 rpms at 55 mph in 5th gear. Smooth, quite, comfortable.

I don't understand why people drink coffee to wake up. I get zero energy from caffeine just internal jitteryness like dealing with bad stress with no stress just the feeling and no extra energy.

I know I repeated the explanation 3 times in different ways, just wanted to explain how it felt clearly. Yep no caffeine for me!

[Kelly_Fitz]

I'm the saaaaame way. Can you still have caffeine? I posted a while back on here about how I can't have caffeine at all any more because it makes my blood pressure just skyrocket and gives me panic attacks.

How high has your blood pressure been?