I thought I beat anxiety!! :( encouragement please?

[cnote]

28 male started having anxiety 3 years ago. It was bad at first bc I had no idea what it was.

As the years went by, my dr has helped me change into a new man. And not with pills, however he did give me Ativan .5mg as needed once or twice a day. I've only taken Ativan .5mg here and there spread over the years. No problems. Matter of fact the last time I took Ativan was 6 months ago! And I only needed it for a few nights that's it!

The past two weeks I've been taking .5mg or a .25mg once before bed bc my anxiety has been up a little, and I stress on the word little. Not bad anxiety at all.

Well here's what's been going on. The past 2 weeks I've been very tired EVERY DAY! my eyes feel like they want to close, I feel heaviness between my eyes, and forehead. I have some delayed vision: example: I was changing a lightbulb tonight looked down for a sec looked back up and I felt like my vision was delayed, like the walls moved for a second. My neck feels tense. But I haven't felt anxiety with it at all!

Until yesterday and especially tonight. I also feel a little off balance here and there from time to time. Probably related to the delayed vision feeling.

Tonight I REALLY kept thinking about it over and over, getting reassurance from my wife that I'm okay. She keeps saying it's probably allergies! They make her tired alot and even spacy feeling sometimes.

I eventually called nurses hotline, as an anxiety sufferer I have a history of doing this for more reassurance lol. The nurse said it did not sound like anything bad. The nurse I happened to speak with also had anxiety issues.

He assured me it did NOT sound like a tumor or anything like that AT ALL.

He said it could be allergies, but he was guessing more towards an anxiety and possible depression with all of the fatigue going on.

He just recommended me seeing my dr again to get a peace of mind.

It really is draining though! He said it could be Ativan hangover effect. Which I've never had. I don't think that's it personally.

I DO KNOW I WILL get through this! I know with patience and time I will look back one day soon and say "boy remember when I was fatigue for 2 weeks straight?" lol.

I'm gonna try Zyrtec tomorrow to see if there is any change in eye tiredness and heaviness. Then Monday I will prob make an appt to see my dr. For a clean bill of health.

What do you guys think this is? All anxiety? Depression? Allergies causing anxiety depression?

You know while I'm writing this in bed it also feels like as I'm lying down around the back of my head to my temples feels kinda tight and tense. Almost like that tight rubberband feeling anxiety succeeded talk about? My neck is also still tense.

What came first the fatigue then the anxiety? Or the an anxiety then the fatigue? Again the strange thing is I don't remember feeling an anxious at all when this tiredness started happening.

Love you all! :) well make it through whatever trials and tribulations we go through!

[gurl7]

i have a lot of panic attacks some of the worse n e worse i think it would probly kill me literally i might sound crazy but thats how i feel i jus now been living withh n see it as a life style n just take it as it comes

[Suzanne_April]

In December last year and January this year I felt so sick, nausea, extreme anxiety, fatigue, headaches- You name it, I felt it.
It was a hard stage when I felt alone, and that mixed with my self diagnosed depression, it was a horrible time.
I had felt ill for like a whole 2 months straight! And after like three weeks of continuous mystery illness I had convinced myself I was dying. I slept for like two hours a night, had anxiety fits every night just thinking of me shutting my eyes and never waking up.
The mysytery illness had caused me to get so anxious I hardly left my home. I'm sort of trying to say that I'm still alive now, and the doc thinks that my illness was caused by a minor liver disease that I was born with called Gilberts Syndrome. (Nothing that can kill me unless I drink alcohol)
I think that what you have or are feeling is probably made so much worse by your anxiety, if I was you I'd still get a blood test- But I was sure I was dying, I was convinced, so it could just be your anxiety... I'm sorry I rambled on and I wasn't that much help, but know that others have also experienced crazy anxiety :)
You'll get through this! xx