Problems with Panic and Nausea ?

Mental health
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Its a long story but just over a week ago I had a very frightening experience. I accidentally mixed strong pain killers with alcohol and then smoked two blunts at once on top of this (this was incredibly stupid i know). I had a BIG panic attack and didn't feel real at all, as well as being violently sick, the people at A+E were more concerned about the pain killers and alcohol combination and I was treated for that.

I am on omeprazole  for my stomach now, but I have still been struggling with panic and derealization.I am trying to come to terms with dr/dp and just trying to accept this and move on, however I am really struggling with the panic and anxiety side of things (I already had generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety before this, but this has definatley caused an increase). I get incredibly anxious and also get random panic attacks for seemingly no reason, and I find its stopping me from doing the things I need to do. As well as this it makes me very nauseous, I'm not sure if its from the anxiety or an omeprazole side-effect but I can barely eat anything and I've lost a lot of weight from this already. I also start uni in 2 weeks.

I have been prescribed 10mg of citalopram but I am too scared to take it as I am scared it will make my derealization symptoms worse.

I was just wondering if anyone else has had this experience, and how they deal with these things! The nausea and panic side of things specifically and if anyone else has been on citalopram before..

Thank you so much <3

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I’ve been feeling like this for a year now..

On and off different meds so don’t know what’s start up side effects / withdrawals or I’m actually not well 😥😥

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Hi, for me personally weed and alcohol are both things that aggravate my anxiety. I used to love to smoke, but all of a sudden it started giving me major anxiety, panic attacks. And depending on how much I smoked the after effects would linger for a few days to a week or so. Alcohol also raises my anxiety, but not nearly as bad and for nearly as long. Personally I've never mixed these things together but I can imagine the combination of them would not mix well, especially if you've taken large amounts of each. Which would not surprise me if this caused major anxiety/ panic. Weed is also a mild hallucinogen, so in large amounts it can cause feelings of derealization which can last for a bit of time after the high. I had an experience when i was younger with shrooms, which is definitely a more intense hallucinogen, where for 3 months afterward I felt that derealization where you don't feel connected to world around you and I didn't even take that much. But these were just after effects of the drug and they did subside eventually. So I wouldn't worry too much about it they're probably just after effects that'll go away in time. I would wait another week or 2 and see if you feel any better then go from there. Hope you feel better! Take care!