What are your symptoms?

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  • mommyof2sweets
  on Feb. 9, 2007 at 1:29 PM
• my symptoms: dizziness, uncontrollable shaking and nonstop crying...
  sometimes a gross dry heave or two.  it must look dramatic, but i have a
  hard time getting myself out of it. 

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  • goofyrbsn
  on Feb. 11, 2007 at 11:15 AM
• My biggest symptom was shortness of breath, heart palpatations, nausea and sweating. But, alot of those are gone when I'm on meds. I take anti anxiety/antidepressant meds daily. Sometimes, I have to even take extra (anxiety only)meds too. I only take those when I feel like I'm trembling inside all over and can' t stop it. You guys, these meds reallllllllly helped me. Plus, they have helped my social anxiety some. I would be a home hermit if I didn't have them. I'm not encouraging everyone to take meds, but it saved me alot of tears, and physical pain.

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  • guccichic
  on Feb. 15, 2007 at 7:16 PM
•  I was glad to see that I have the same symptoms of some of us.  I have dizziness, shortness of breath, heat palpation, and the runs,  I also have OCD and become a hypochondriac.  It is a nightmare to live like this, and noone take sit seriously.  I do take meds on a need to take.  I know I should take more but I hate the idea of being on meds.  I did great when I was pregnant, Felt great.  But once the baby was born it all started again Double.

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  • diddlychit
  on Feb. 16, 2007 at 11:36 PM
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  Quoting guccichic:
  
   I was glad to see that I have the same symptoms of some of us.  I have dizziness, shortness of breath, heat palpation, and the runs,  I also have OCD and become a hypochondriac.  It is a nightmare to live like this, and noone take sit seriously.  I do take meds on a need to take.  I know I should take more but I hate the idea of being on meds.  I did great when I was pregnant, Felt great.  But once the baby was born it all started again Double.

  I've dealt w/the depression/anxiety for part of my teen yrs and all of adulthood. I didnt start taking meds til the summer after my son was born. I was like u through my pregnancy, was the calmest I've ever been in a whole straight 9 months lol :-)

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  • ChelleBelle21
  on Feb. 16, 2007 at 11:42 PM
• I get jittery, sick to my stomach, sometimes stomach cramping, I feel like I have to move or do something, worry, crying, and just a general feeling of being unable to relax. 

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  • dragonmommy
  on Feb. 17, 2007 at 1:03 PM
• Well this is all new to me but my doc told me yesterday that i suffer from anxiety!! I have chest pain ( all the way into my arm), shortnes of breath, headaches, mood swings (really bad the week before my period) and when i wake up at night there is so much stuff going trough my head that i cant go back to sleep for hours!! Plus i think (well im sure i am just not diagnosed) that i have OCD! I clean my house every day for hours!! It is so clean that you could eat from my floor! Smile!! And i can not sit down and relax until everything is CLEAN!!
  ~Mel~

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  • jewel9531
  on Feb. 17, 2007 at 8:34 PM
• My symptoms are a warm sensation over my body, heart starts to go faster/faster w/ every second.  I feel as if I'm in a horror movie.. my chest feels tight. I can't breath, i'm like hyperventalating, feel as if I'm on my last breaths... My mind races like "Oh god, is this it?" I call for my fiance,(if he's here) but keep cool 4 kids...  I try not 2 faint..Breath,, Remind myself it's ok. just get through it.. Take a pill. Relax, let it kick in..  That's my bad  dayz...     On not so bad days, Dizzy,nausua, or tingling on left hand, arm, side one or all three

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  • guccichic
  on Feb. 17, 2007 at 8:41 PM
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  Quoting jewel9531:
  
  My symptoms are a warm sensation over my body, heart starts to go faster/faster w/ every second.  I feel as if I'm in a horror movie.. my chest feels tight. I can't breath, i'm like hyperventalating, feel as if I'm on my last breaths... My mind races like "Oh god, is this it?" I call for my fiance,(if he's here) but keep cool 4 kids...  I try not 2 faint..Breath,, Remind myself it's ok. just get through it.. Take a pill. Relax, let it kick in..  That's my bad  dayz...     On not so bad days, Dizzy,nausua, or tingling on left hand, arm, side one or all three

  
  Oh I have that warm sensation with feelings of passing out.  How crazy is all this.

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  • Savannahs_Mommy
  on Feb. 18, 2007 at 2:58 PM
• I have been diagnosed with Major Clincal Depression, Anxiety, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Let me tell you, if it werent for meds, I honestly probably wouldnt be alive.
  
  In January of 2006 my Husband and I were going through a major financial mess to where we had to quickly sell our home or have it repossessed. We had to live with his mother which has been diagnosed with BiPolar, Manic Depressive, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and Scitzophrenia. His two sisters which also lived in this two bedroom house were both diagnosed with mental problems including the 6 year old being diagnosed with Scitzophenia also.
  
  With everything going on, I had some sort of mental break down. It was like I was stuck in an axiety attack that just wouldnt go away. I was so irritated I was really afraid I was going to hurt someone. I suffered for hours before it started to go away and that was after taking lorezapam and almost suffering skin burns from such a hot shower.
  
  I have been on medications since then. Right now I am surviving off taking 200mg of Zoloft every morning. But my new Psychologist wants to test me for BiPolar Disorder. She was rather upset that when I had the attack a year ago they didnt do anything put prescribe me drugs and sent me home.
  
  I have many symptoms.
  
  My depression cause me to not be very active throughout the day, I usually take a nap or just sleep in real late, Im unhappy with living arrangements to where I rearrange my living room almost on a weekly basis, Im not to into sex.
  
  My obsessive compulsive get annoying sometimes. I must always do something in a count of 3 or 5. The other numbers are AS bad, but if its a 6, I freak out and have to either add or take away. I have very hurtful thoughts that I would never do, but cant control thinking.
  
  My Social Anxiety hurts the fact of me getting to do a lot of group stuff. When Im in a big crowd, I have to be at the end or have an easy escape route, cause I easily feel trapt, stuck, or feel if something happens I wont make it out in time.
  
  My panic attacks are horrible. I get very hot and sweaty, everything gets bright and blurry, my heart starts beating literally 150+ per minute, I get very dizzy and nauseas.
  
  My (what the Doc thinks is) BiPolar makes life hard some days. There are days that I will go to sleep at 2am, be wide a wake at 8am before my Daughter is awake, Im just full of life and ready to go somewhere or do something even if its just cleaning. The next day Im 'normal', but then the next day Im really depressed and just want to sleep all day long if I could.
  
  But with the meds that Im on and the Doc that I have, things arent as bad. My Doc may decide to change my meds due to the fact that I am still have some symptoms that can hurt my relationships with others from pulling away from them or seeming uninterested.
  
  I know, WOW! what a mess! On top of that, Im only 24 years old. Im really hoping I will grow out of all this and not get worse.
  
  Thanks for taking your time to read about my illnesses. I would definitely love to have a support group to help me out when I need to vent or need suggestions.
  
  :-p

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  • family6
  on Feb. 18, 2007 at 11:21 PM

• my first sign is feeling like I cant breath, feel like i have to keep moving,
  hyperventalite, urge to go pee, heart racing .... i have not taken meds yet,
  ive learned & my hubby has learned to take big deep breaths and keep talking about anything and I can usually come out of it alot sooner these days, has
  anyone had these wake you up out of a sound sleep? Or driving? thats been
  my scariest times.

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