Looking for advice

[binx8907]

I suffer with the physical symptoms part of anxiety and often feel really weak and lightheaded. I feel like I’m going to pass out often like I have low blood sugar but I don’t. It gets really intense for me. Anyway. I have been prescribed Zoloft given to me by a physician that doesn’t seem to mind to write out whatever and send me out the door not go over anything with me etc. I see a therapist for the 1st time next Monday. My question is should I take it when I feel so sick and weak like I do? I’m afraid with the way I already feel that I won’t be able to give it a fair shot with the side effects on top of already feeling so bad? Should I wait and see what my therapist says? She isn’t the one who prescribed me this as I mentioned above my family physician did. I’m just wondering what someone else would do in this situation? I know I need help. I know I’m at a point medication is probably something I need but I seriously feel like I have the worst case of the flu I’ve ever had and I’m really not sick just have the feelings of it. I’ve never had anxiety to this extreme and don’t understand why I do now

[Hidden]

Hi binx

If you see your therapist soon , then you could explain it to him /her. They could at least advise you best way forward.

You don’t sound sure or confident about the physician who prescribed the medication...so maybe a chat with your therapist would reassure you, if your not happy speaking to the physician about how you feel.

As we are not medics we wouldn’t want to advise taking or not taking meds..

I’m glad you have a therapist in place 😊

Best wishes to you 🌺🌺🌺

[binx8907 in reply to Hidden]

I’m not sure how I feel about the physician who prescribed to me because this all started a few months ago for me when I was prescribed lexapro and it sent me into panic attacks that I had never experienced before and she quickly switched me to buspar and then Zoloft like she’s just going down the list not going over anything with me or seeming to be considerate of my needs individually as her patient. So I have been hesitant to try the zoloft. I think talking with a therapist who specializes in mental health solely might be a better way to go before I take it.. Thank you for your response ❤️ I just feel so lost. I’ve had anxiety for years and didn’t need meds for it til i had become so overwhelmed I wanted to see if one would help.. wished I had started with a therapist first.. since that experience with lexapro 3 months ago my life has been a nightmare I never knew could exist. I can’t wrap my head around it, it’s like a light switch was flipped and now I’m feeling so sick and lightheaded all the time now and don’t understand why. Ive never been like this

[Amber83]

I get exactly the same symptoms that u have explained. And I’ve also been prescribed Zoloft but can’t bring myself to take it. Some days I feel so ill and spend the whole day trying to make myself believe it’s just anxiety, it’s horrible.

Although I’m maybe not the best person to give advice, I would say wait till u see the therapist. Anxiety effects on our bodies are so complex and we become really sensitive to any chemicals released in response to stress. The slightest thing like standing up and feeling dizzy for example will make us anxious without us even realising and then we release more stress chemicals like adrenaline and a million other chemicals which in excess can make u feel ill, then we get more anxious about that and so it continues. If u do this often enough, it starts happening when we don’t even feel anxious.

Seeing a therapist might help u understand why this is happening and help u believe that changing your thoughts can have a big effect on how u feel physically. I’m going through the same thing and seeing a therapist is helping me. Some days I hold the packet of Zoloft in my hand and feel it’s my only solution, other days I believe in myself and know that my own thoughts are what got me in this state and that I will eventually feel better.

I hope this helps xxxxxx

[binx8907 in reply to Amber83]

I can understand where you are coming from completely. I have experienced days even today and recently when I wasn’t even feeling anxious and just felt so sick and weak. I get frustrated because I think to myself “Im not even anxious why is this happening!?”. It wakes me up too. I wake up feeling like I’m going to pass out and the only thing that’s helped me get through it I’ve found is drinking a small cup of orange juice and something small to eat. But it feels like a race sometimes I have to hurry before I drop. My legs feel weird and sometimes my body feels like a ton of bricks and other times like I’m weightless. I am going to just wait til I see my therapist. It’s only a week away what’s 7 more days of what I’ve already been through for 3 months.. 😏 Thank you for responding and I hope everything gets better for you soon as well!! ❤️

[b1b1b1 in reply to binx8907]

If drinking a small cup of orange juice and having something small to eat helps you, then it does sound like you may have low blood sugar. Orange juice is what doctors usually tell people to have if their blood sugar is low because the sugar enters the blood stream quickly and OJ has a good amount of sugar. Try eating a bit before you feel weak and see if that helps. In general, are you eating enough. Also perhaps try eating a little more frequently. Small snacks between meals can be helpful.

[binx8907 in reply to b1b1b1]

See for awhile I was thinking that. It didn’t make sense to me why my only symptoms were feeling weak and lightheaded along with my hands being shaky. There was a time my sugar was 154 and it’s never been above 112 over the last couple of months but after I ate dinner it went down to 108 and stayed in the 90s after that and was even 90 when I woke up the next morning after sleeping 7 hours. I’m not sure what made it so high that one time maybe adrenaline can cause that? I’m not sure it’s a sugar issue now though because it seems I have to eat/drink something every couple of hours to help how I feel and even then I’m not completely myself but can manage a little better. It’s become a OCD thing now is what it feels like. As soon as I feel it coming on I gotta do something about it before it gets too bad. That’s my everyday from the time I get up to the time I go to bed. I don’t know if my anxiety has just gotten so out of control or I do have some sort of issue with my sugar...

[b1b1b1]

I think doctors are able to test for sugar issues. In addition to OJ, a banana or a handful of raisins also works.

[flaxxy703]

feelings r not facts they lie and deceive you and tell u of danger when there is none.