Hi fellow members
For this past few weeks, a number of different items have caused me to suffer greatly once again from anxiety. I was prescribed sertraline 25mg.by my GP and have been taking it for over a year now. I also suffer from agraphobia, having done so for many years, being unable to travel away from home even for a single night. There have been occassions in the past when I have gone away on holiday when I have suffered panic attacks, to the point where I have litterally collapsed onto the floor and have had to return home on the first available plane, (saying to my wife, just get me on the plane, I have got to get home). However, all that being said, I now have this dreadful feeling of weekness. My legs feel as though they cannot support me, my arms flop to the sides, I feel as though I just want to sleep all day. I normally like to walk each day but cannot do that now, (even if the blxxdy rain was to stop). I cannot help wandering now if I have something like MS, I have muscle ache in each of my lower legs and I am having great difficulty concentrating mentally on any subject. Can anyone offer any suggestion as to whether or not that idea of MS could be a realistic possibility, any advice would be most welcome, I am no longer in my youthful years, but normally I am a very active DIYer, carrying a normal body weight. Any help anyone, please?
Hi pip , i also have the same issues , i get the shakes occasionally , my knees feel weak , and i feel like im going to pass out and or just fall down , typically i just push through it and tell myself nothing is wrong , it ends up being an attack , drives me nuts .
Hello Pip. I am no longer in my youthful years either and have been suffering from anxiety mainly health anxiety for years and if I had found this forum years ago and learnt that anxiety can bring on actual physical aches,pains, shakey limbs, loss of appetite and many more symptoms, I would have been able to control and handle it much easier. As it is I have suffered unnecessarily thinking those symptoms were for real and not just anxiety related. I take 10 mg Citalopram now which helps but still get setbacks. Anxiety sucks for sure. Regards, Lily
Its probably not a side effect of your medicine but that's the first thing to suspect and Inquire about. It may not be something that shows up in a blood test. You'll need a neurologist probably
Hi Pip
Maybe you need an increase in medication? 25mg may not be keeping anxiety at bay.
Horrible though feeling like that.
I'm on 50mg my first week on it. I'm worried that my legs are going to give out on me as well. My mind won't be at ease until I get a blood test and see a neurologist
25mg is a very small dose...I'd speak to your doctor about upping it to find the right dose...I'm pretty sure your symptoms are a result of anxiety but you can get a blood test done to put you at ease and check for deficiencies...most people need 100-200mg per day of sertraline
I just wish to say many thanks to all that have taken the trouble to read my posting and for replying. A few things there for me to think over, and as all agree, anxiety is no fun. Thanks again one and all, This evening that dreadful feeling has left me, and I will post once more when hopefully I shall have something useful to say. Pip78
Aside from getting a physical health check, it's probably time to a mental one as well. 25mgs of sertraline is an extremely low dose, and since you've been on it for a year now, it might be time for the dose to be bumped up.
I don't know much about MS, but I've seen your previous posts, and it sure sounds like increased anxiety to me. Thinking that it could possibly be MS, and Googling symptoms will only make your anxiety much worse. Stay and chat with people on this forum, but please stop looking to Google for answers. It's been my experience that search results tend to show the worst of the worst, and you definitely don't need that now.
Hey pip I usually think I have MS as well anxiety can be quiet scary at times
That was the first medication my doctor gave me years ago. I changed because I was feeling like a zombie.I don't know if this is the first signs of MS or anything else. I think you need to make an appointment with the doctor and find out. Not knowing and worrying makes things worse. Find out
I have to say many thanks 'psyched out', for once again, the words you offer has struck me as having that ring of sense. I did speak to my GP today, I have been proscribed an increased prescription for the sertraline. But the words offered here just made sense, helping, I do believe, for that feeling of weakness to begin to ease. I have also set about contacting a hypnotherapist something I have not tried before, I will let you all know how that works out. Meanwhile, thanks again. Pip
You're more than welcome. I'm glad that you got to speak to your GP today, and get things sorted out. You're on your way to healing! <3
I have often had the exact same worry ' Do I have MS ' . After a night drinking with friends usually. Often I will wake up for the next couple of days aching head to toe. As though I had run a marathon. I am glad u shared ur experience I can certainly relate. I have always presumed it was just me. For what it's worth I am quite skinny for my age/size, I have recently wondered.. thay if I bulked up then would I still ache? I just feel weak. Does anybody have any insight on this? Thank you