I need help with Anxiety

[mirela25]

I am 25 years old female from Bosnia. I had a baby 6 month ago, and had two surgeries (gall bladder and neck surgery nothing life threatening) three months ago. Now I have these wired symptoms that even I can’t fallow where it hurts. I get migraines, headaches, stomach pain, nausea, breathing problems, dizziness (it’s like some kind of electricity goes through my body blocks my vision makes my legs weak  for a second) even when I sit I get dizzy but just for maybe 3 sec with no headaches, in public I always feel like I am going to fall, I get hot flashes and can’t breath, the feeling I hate the most is when my tailbone hurts or internal hemorrhoids or my lower back I don’t even know but something doesn’t fell right ANXIETY? Sometimes I feel like I have colon or rectal cancer or some kind of rare illness. I feel empty and nothing can make me happy except my son of course. I had MRI on my head; CT scan on my Neck, lungs, abdomen, and EGC, PFT, Blood test, all came out to normal. Now I am seeing Psychiatrist he things that I don’t look depressed, hm because I don’t cry?? I am laughing, and going to work, just like everybody else. He thinks that I do have Anxiety and maybe mild depression so he put me cymbolta?? But I am afraid to start taking those because I tried Lexepro and I felt worse……. my stomach acts up crazy when I take medicine…. but I really really need it.
If anyone is experiencing similar symptoms please email me I need somebody to talk to.
Sorry for grammar as i said i am bosnian.

[ANA75]

I just want to say you are not alone. I am also from Bosnia and my symptoms of anxiety started when I was 25. I tried almost all meds for it, but exersize helped the most. It took me four years to get back to my normal life, but lasted only for three years. In these three years I had a baby and one of the best joys of my life. Last year some very stressful events brought back the anxiety and all the strugle that comes with it. My family and friends help me a lot. I know this is just temporary.  I always tell myself all this will be behind me one day. This really helps and keeps me going.

[mirela25]

thank you jikan and tommylee for your quick response i thought i was the only one who feels this way cause all my friends wouldn't understand what i go through every day so i don't even talk about it.  But i am  still afraid to start the medicine i panic just thinking of it, eventually i have to because i think its just not gonna go away by itself what i hoped.  
thanks ones again.

[Jikan]

Namaste,

I'm sorry to hear that you're going through such a difficult period, except for the birth of your son(Congratulations).
Anxiety and/or depression can manifest itself in a multitude of ways and from what you describe, you may, be sxhibiting some signs of anxiety along with a mild depression, possibly post-partum depression.
If you've had various tests to r/o(rule out) any physiological problems, we must assume they lie elsewhere.
Although you may not want to hear it, your doctor placed you on Cymbalta for a reason and you should start taking it as prescribed. Only after giving it a chance to work, which may take several weeks, should you discount it. If you sufer, what you perceive to be major side effects, contact your psychiatrist for his/her advice.

Michael(Jikan)

[tommylee333]

have had the dizzyness before actually a lot's of times. have the breathing problems actually been having them for 2 days now. have had the electricty feeling and the vision problems a lot of times. i take ativan when i am having an anxiety attack.
God bless!