I'm having yet again a horrible day earlier I had this feeling in my throat it felt funny and numb never had this, I'm laying here trying not to freak out but I walked outside nd I had this hotness come over my whole back side and felt woozy wtf is this is this anxiety cause I had a pain in my chest as well im really losing my mind even though dr says heart is fine that's really hard to believe feeling all this
What are you doing to work with the anxiety?
For the last couple of days my throat has been feeling like its closing and i keep freaking myself out about it. Going from air conditioning to the outside makes it worse too. I know it's just anxiety and im struggling with all these new symptoms day to day. I dont know when to go see the doctor anymore because i feel like a hypochondriac and i have never been this way. Anxiety sucks.
It sounds like some symptoms I get, so anxiety is possibly the culprit. I'll get that woozy, dizzy, feel like I'm going to pass out feeling, heat waves up and down my back, and sometimes an all over wave of heat, but my feet will be ice cold. Of course that only leads to freaking out and makes things worse. I usually lay down, and listen to a meditation app on my phone. Even if I don't follow the instructions 100%, the soothing sounds and calm voice tends to help a bit.
I have nothing to help with this anxiety I'm not gonna take that gabapentin I'm sorry but i don't have seizures and I just can't get myself to take a med that's not for anxiety off market or not I can't do it. I'm going g to therapy and to be honest she kinda weird to me bit I'm sticking with it she thinks I can just shut this stuff off over night she def has lost her mind it's not gonna happen over night and she says perimenopause is in women's head well id live for her to trade me places then I need a Voo Doo doll seriously I'm sick of people thinking this is all easy and can just shut it off I'm just venting having a rough night
It's tiring isn't it to keep dealing with the hotness and the dizziness
I had the anxiety heat waves since I was 23, and I'm 45 now. My back was cool to the touch, but inside it felt like heat was going u and down my spine. Many times that was a precursor to a panic attack. Now that I'm 45, I could be in peri, but I don't know for sure. I had a hysterectomy about 6 years ago and they took everything but the ovaries. I've read that anxiety and depression can get worse during that time, so I'm not looking forward to it. In May I had my gallbladder removed, and started getting hot flashes about a week later. I didn't think much about it because the same thing happened to my neighbor after her gallbladder was removed. I'm just getting over pharyngitis, sinus infection, and bronchitis for the 3rd time in a row. My doctor insists the hot flashes are from hormones, but they go away when I'm on antibiotics. Even though my gallbladder was a death trap, I do think having it removed messed up some hormones, of course the doctor disagrees. If the heat is now from hormones, I'll probably go back on Zoloft. It will be bad for a couple weeks, but I'd rather deal with heightened anxiety and depression for a short amount of time rather than for years. If the antidepressant helps with hot flashes, that's even better.
At one point I hurt my back pretty badly, and was put on gabapentin for 2 months. Not only did it help me get through physical therapy, it completely dulled my anxiety. Since it's used for nerves, I guess it makes sense.
If you're not happy with your therapist, definitely look around for someone better. I had a couple therapists that simply didn't understand, and seemed to follow a textbook and collect a check. I got rid of them quickly, and found one that was very understanding, because she had had at least one panic attack that I know of. She was so relatable, and not pushy or dismissive. Unfortunately she retired, and that's when I stopped looking for a therapist. Knowing that heredity plays a big role in my anxiety and depression diagnosis, I highly doubted that anymore therapists could really help. In the long run, it comes down to the fact that this is your health journey, not your therapist's so definitely find one that you're happy with.
I'm going through the change as well I think that's why I'm really struggling with this Anxiety it's went to a whole new level and effecting me in a whole new way. And hard to believe it's all anxiety,im going to tell her for the sec time I don't want to try the gabapentin I'm just not comfortable in trying that. But I do need something as I'm about to lose my mind
I've had never heard of gabapentin being prescribed for anxiety until I came to this forum, and even here I don't see it much. Hopefully you'll get something better suited for you, be pushy if you have to.
Hello Pamela
What medications are you taking, Amytryptaline 20mg can cause a numbnss on toungh and throat for example With this mdication I take with milk
What did your GP say regards throat ??
BOB
All of the benzos..all,of them xanax, klonopin..they were seizure meds. It calms the nerves and such. It really calms them all down. what about seeing an alternative doctor.mmany end up there as they cant stand traditional doctors and there one pill fits all theories. I agree with you that it is very annoying when a doctor writes it off like its no big deal. Also if the hottness is from your nerves, not anxiety your actual nerves being inflammed gabapentin might be really useful there. Maybe thats what she was thinking. Although she sounds like an idiot and will set back woman a hundred years with her stuoid peri menapuse being fake crap. Dont worry though karma can be such a bi*tch to people like that. Peri menapause is hormonal changes. How do these people get doctor degrees? I went thru peri and yes yes it does heighten anxiety a lot and your whole body is in the midst of changing in a lot ways. The dizzy thing is big. I found fresh ginger an inch a day in a juicer with whatever you can drown out the sptaste with works well on the dizzy stuff. I lived off it for a long time. Worked. Tatstes interesting but when it works you dont care what it tastes like, i started eating avacadoe rolls and using the ginger they give with that and they sell it in markets and jaoanese resturants in larger containers. So maybe try the ginger for the dizzy part.
Who says peri menopause is all fake. I'm getting my hormones checked because my doctor thinks my testosterone is up. I'm 45 years old and women start going into menopause at the age of 40, my mom did.
Same here. My mom gave birth to twins at age 36, and was in menopause by 39. Since all I have left are ovaries, I have to depend on blood tests to know if I'm in peri or further, but they're not reliable unless tested once a week for a month. It would be nice to know when estrogen was at its lowest, because that's when I would get tested. My doctor has sent over the lab requests, but I haven't gone yet.
I don't even know how to read my levels I've had them checked twice and not on the days they suppose to be checked.
My therapist not psychiatrist sorry I should have made that alittle clear says perimenopause is all in our heads and that session didn't go well after that because I know for a fact it's made everything so much worse to deal with and this anxiety is beyond anything I've ever dealt with
Thank you I'll def try that I hate the dizzies so bad if I can get that and this heart racing palps to ease I'll be making progress
Maybe if you werent as dizzy you wouldnt get the palps.finger crossed. But the ginger needs to be fresh. One inch and juiced. Have to mix it with a fruit at minimum and throw a few stalk of celery. Celery is good for the nerves. You will feel the result id say within a solid week if used daily. I did eat the avacodoes rolls with the ginger pieces from the market too. Well worth it. Good luck. This was the orignal cure for dizzy and spasms before traditional medicines arrived arrived anyway and they used to make ginger ale..real ine with ginger when people had viruses because it calmed spasms and throwing up, just an added fun fact.