What prescription medications have you taken in the past for mood disorders (such as anxiety, depression, etc.)?
Here is a question for you. Your answers can help better diagnose what is going on. In the past six months have you been out of the country, and if so, where? Have to changed your diet any? Do you have pets? If so, are they birds? Were there any injuries to your brain in the past. Have you ever had an STD, like syphilis (no need to answer on here, tell your doctor) Neuropathy sounds like the most likely candidate for this situation. Did you change your soap powder or deodorant.
Please answer as many of these questions as you can. The more honest you are, the better help we can be.
Sincerely,
Rocky
Thank you for the responses and taking the time to read my post. I’m being as open as humanly possible in order to find answers. Something that may be relevant that I thought of after putting more thought into this situation is that I have had similar issues from around the age of 8 or 9 (around the time I started to menstruate if that’s relevant). The only difference with those earlier episodes was that the severe pain was not there and it felt as though I was watching everything that was going on around me in classes etc. from an outside point of view and I wasn’t really there.
In answer to the mood disorder medication question over the years I have taken several different ones for both anxiety and depression issues but mainly when I was a teenager. I have not had any of these medications for approximately 2 years now. I’ve been prescribed the following over the years; Zoloft, Paxil, Xanax, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor XR, Flexeril and there was one other that I can’t remember the name of when I was a child, but I only took it for approximately one month because it caused me to lactate. The most recent medication I took was the Celexa.
Thank you for the responses and taking the time to read my post. I’m being as open as humanly possible in order to find answers. Something that may be relevant that I thought of after putting more thought into this situation is that I have had similar issues from around the age of 8 or 9 (around the time I started to menstruate if that’s relevant). The only difference with those earlier episodes was that the severe pain was not there and it felt as though I was watching everything that was going on around me in classes etc. from an outside point of view and I wasn’t really there.
In answer to the mood disorder medication question over the years I have taken several different ones for both anxiety and depression issues but mainly when I was a teenager. I have not had any of these medications for approximately 2 years now. I’ve been prescribed the following over the years; Zoloft, Paxil, Xanax, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor XR, Flexeril and there was one other that I can’t remember the name of when I was a child, but I only took it for approximately one month because it caused me to lactate. The most recent medication I took was the Celexa.
As to the other questions, here it goes…. I have actually never left the country other than when I was 13 just into Canada. I haven’t made any changes to my diet other than the last 4 months or so I’ve just tried to eat a little healthier ( more organic, less processed foods). I have tried changing what and when I eat in the past to see if it helped and saw no difference. As far as pets go, we currently have a cat. When I was a child we had dogs, a rabbit, fish and several birds (parakeets and cockatiels). Exposure to pet birds was approximately 16 years ago so don’t know if that is relevant or not. I haven’t had any brain injuries that I know of. I do know that when I was too young to remember it (around 2 I think is what my mother told me) I had a fall down the basement steps but there was never any mention of being taken to the hospital or any severe injuries. I’ve had no STDs and haven’t made any changes to deodorants or the like other than scents with body wash but that’s nothing new with me. I’ve always often changed that. I’ll definitely be looking further into neuropathy and discuss it with my doctor.
Thank you again for taking the time to read this and for the suggestions and questions.
OK, I see the key point here as:
"I have not had any of these medications for approximately 2 years now."
You remarked (mostly during your adolescence): "I’ve been prescribed the following over the years; Zoloft, Paxil, Xanax, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor XR, Flexeril. ....... The most recent medication I took was the Celexa. "
I've suffered widely varying degrees of both anxiety and (thankfully only for brief periods) depression. To me as a fellow patient it's sounding like this is an untreated mood disorder that's swung out of control to the point of your having episodes of dissociating (losing touch with reality).
It's been my experience that mood disorders (well, especially anxiety with which I'm all too familiar), will lie dormant, and reappear from time to time under a different guise / set of symptoms. This is NOT me suggesting that you return straightaway to being medicated with moods meds again.
You did appear to have managed not so badly for two years off such meds, so, I'm wondering if self-help approaches might work for you at this point. eg. Has anyone introduced you to Cognitive Behaviour Therapy? Have you tried meditation? How about your diet -- do you eat plain, healthy foods or do you notice you've mood swings impacted by your eating choices? Do you make a point of resorting to calming routines whenever you sense your nervous tension is heightening? etc.