why do i feel like this all the time

[april148]

Hi there i just wanted to see if any one else has this problem i have been having some weird stuff like my eyes doing weird things like they change all the time, i get weird head feeling like it makes me really scared. Then i feel like im out side of my body but it comes and goes and then some times i get really heavy like i cant move or even feel my self breathing at times its almost like i cant even move.Then when it stops im back to feeling like i cant feel my body its almost like floating. Then im scared all the time asking every one is this normal to what ever im feeling that day. I wake up and it seems like i change every day  it seems like i am not my self ever. I wish I just wake up knowing what is normal again it seems like i dont now what that feels like because i go though so many changes every day or i should say every hour. I know it sounds weird but its true it happens to me all the time. I just want to see if any one else gets like this from there anxiety. I feel like im all alone some one please help!

[carmen802]

What happened to me was,I started tapering my dosage of 50 mg of Zoloft.without doctor supervision.But I was told by 2 doctors that I could do that,and if things got hairy again,to go back up to my 50mg. Well after awhile of splitting my 50mg in half (so it would have been 25mg),I started to skip a dose here and there. Well according to my doctor,I was starting to have withdrawals.I started feeling angry,tired,hyper,anxious,etc. So now he has me on 100mg of Zoloft,and 0.5mg of Ativan 3 x a day as needed. I might use Ativan twice a week now.At first I was using it every day.But my doc said after awhile I should not need it to much. And so far he is right. And I see an MD that is also a phyciatrist too.He understands more about anxiety and depression more than a regular MD.

[rondoo]

0.5 mg three times a day.  What symptoms did you have when you were not on zoloft?

[carmen802]

What is your dosage for Ativan? And yes I think Zoloft is really helping me.I started taking Zoloft 17 yrs ago after losing twin babies. I have tried 3 times to go off of it,and all my symtoms came back.So this time I will stay on as long as needed. Ativan works for my anxiety when it is bad.

[rondoo]

I am taking ativan now.  Doctor wants me to take celexa but I havent gotten it filled.  Is Zoloft helping you?

[carmen802]

I have anxiety to,and Ativan and Zoloft help me.Have you tried medication?

[rondoo]

This anxiety is awful.  I wonder how you can wake up and feel anxious.  I feel like I have to hold my head to keep it straight.  Pressure in the back of the neck, ears ringing.  Unsteady, dizzy, vertigo, don't want to go anywhere because I feel like I wouldnt be able to walk without falling, passing out or making a fool of myself.  I feel weak, legs feel like rubber, get short of breath, palpitations, heart racing.  Feel like I am "out of it", hard to concentrate.  Even hard to concentrate on TV.   Sometimes people are talking to me and I cant even concentrate on what they are saying.   Feel like I am going to lose my mind and not come back.  Contemplate going to Emergency Room on daily basis....Does this sound familiar?

[dancemommy]

i get that numb feeling from time to time, and then it feels like im not controling my body,, and the floor is moving under me and im gonna just drop...thats when i take an 'emergency' pill,, and i hate the feeling those give me to, like weird heavy headed feelings like my brain is melting or something

[april148]

well the best thing i found was my husband and my mom and dad they help me out every day they always tell me im okay and that i have control of it. And some times yes i do and others no i dont. I know that it is anxiety because it happens to me so much and it changes so if it was something else i would died by now but sometimes it just feels so weird that its hard to think. I hope you feel better and if you need to talk then i am always here. Also do you ever feel numb? like my body just goes numb from head to toe it's so weird.

[onedayillbfine]

If I would've written this myself Ii wouldn't change a thing. I always felt alone and scared that no one would understand me because it's so hard to explain the symptoms ,but yes I go through these weird changes one minute everything seems real and "normal" then the next I see things to clear like almost unreal.I have felt so lost because I seriously thought I was dying and going crazy. Time slows down and I feel like I am almost in  a drug like state even though I don't drink or smoke or do drugs.I have good days and bad days but I am slowly learning I am not going to die because that is my biggest fear, I fear sudden death :( Im glad I am not alone and if you find something that helps let me know. Best of luck

[april148]

well we can fight this thing together i have had all this happen to me for three months now. At first it was just i was dizzy all the time then the weird felling started and the eye problems,then i felt like i had to leave where ever i went and then it has gotton so bad even at home. I hate it but for sure dont go any meds for it i tried that too bad idea. I went off all my meds and i feel alittle better not much but i do notice a dfference. The thing that I hate is it just seems to happen every day and for so reason i still get so scared. so i hope we can talk so we can be there for each other.

[dancemommy]

you sound just like me, and yes, im always scared too. i read your post to my friend and she thought i had written it.. its all too familiar, im tired of it, i want my life back soooo bad. i feel like something really is weighing my brain down. and light bothers my eyes also. and my neck and back of my head hurt all the time. i feel alone to, and so weak and i used to be full of life and so happy all the time, it all came on so suddenly 2 weeks ago, nothing makes me happy anymore, cuz i always feel weird