Anybody experience extreme anxiety and racing heart
#1
Posted 12 April 2008 - 01:08 PM
#2
Posted 12 April 2008 - 01:36 PM
Very intense heartbeat can't be good, if it doesn't stop, please go to a walk in clinic or emergency room.
When I took Celexa the 20 was too stimulating (not in a heartbeat kind of way) for me in the first couple of days, called the doctor who told me to take 10 mg and it took a couple of days to help me balance out and feel human, no over stimulation or agitation. Sorry that you are having a hard time.
You had the racing heartbeat before taking the Celexa? What did your doctor say about that?
#3
Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:24 PM
#5
Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:50 PM
I took Klonopin (anti-anxeity) with the Celexa as little as possible. I came off the Celexa 5 days ago and feel much better, so I am sorry that you are having troubles. While Celexa might not be right for you, something is and you will find it. Just please, if you are taking the Lyrica, call a pharmacy, check online and see if there are interactions your doctor might not have been aware of.
#6
Posted 12 April 2008 - 03:41 PM
I also wouldn't hesitate to go to the ER if the rapid hearbeat and other symptoms continue. It is best to at least have them check out your heart and make sure that your BP is not out of control. At least if you know that, you can then proceed with taking a xanax and know you are not masking symptoms.
Also, I became very sensitive to caffeine after stopping Cymbalta, so if you are drinking it, perhaps you should cut back on that too. Also, eat multiple small meals throughout the day to keep your blood sugar regulated. Just some ideas to help. But don't be afraid to go get medical help, this is not just in your head, it does cause physical issues.
#7
Posted 12 April 2008 - 04:21 PM
Re: Have You Missed Any Work?
by tired08 on Fri Jan 25, 2008 3:43 pm
I am on day 5 with no cymbalta and day 3 of beginning lyrica for my fibromyalga and I feel horrible.
tired08 - this is from one of your original posts, did you continue with the Lyrica?
I can only imagine it would be hard to tell if the Lyrica helped in the beginning especially if you added it in right after stopping the Cymbalta?
#8
Posted 13 April 2008 - 04:32 PM
Have you thought at all about going to a health food store and getting some calming tea for the anxiety? Also look into nutritional supplements, they have helped me balance my systems I believe some the prescription drugs are not as severe.
Remember this is not you it is the drug causing these side effects upon you. Keep talking to your husband about what is going on and what you are doing, keep him in the loop. Also keep checking in here on this website and let us know how you are doing so we can be supportive for you. We are here for you, to help you make it through this and you can and will make it, many have and many more will!
Remember you are not crazy, you are not alone!
Jeff
#9
Posted 13 April 2008 - 05:46 PM
#10
Posted 13 April 2008 - 11:08 PM
No, I'm not taking the lyrica, I think after the 2nd or 3rd day and things started going haywire, I quit it. I wasn't on anything but supplements like a multi-vitamin powder, omega 3, b complex and vitamin D. i am seeing someone who specialzies in Fibro and CFS and she put me on all these supplements. She saw how miserable I was when I started seeing her in about week 4 of withdrawal and she wanted to put me back on Cymbalta for quality of life purposes while she worked on building my immune system and using her treatment protocol, but I refused. I've called them and they have basically just looked at whether the supplements could be causing it but the likelihood of that is slim. She won't really address the heart issue. I just pray that no permanent damage has been done. I'm considering going to the emergency room just to have them check me out again. I went in week 3 and my ekg was ok then but I wasn't having all the heart racing then. Then I thought I was having a full blown heart attack, which turned out to be an anxiety attack I guess. I didn't really know what that was at the time. I was supposed to have a stress echo next week but received a card in the mail yesterday stating that my appointment has been changed to May 8th. I don't know if I can wait that long. If I don't go to the emergency room today, I will definitely call the cardiologist tomorrow. Somebody has got to check me out. My PCP seemed to think as long as it didn't go up over 125 I was ok. What kind of thinking is that? I think he just doesn't know what is wrong. I worry because I have to drive my children back and forth to school and driving adds more stress. I told him yesterday that I need him to stay at home but that is pretty unrealistic. I just don't know what else to do. My husband has left work early so many days and taken off that he can't continue to do that since he is the only one employed. Thank you all for your concern and for responding to me. Its hard for me to believe that this has turned out so bad, all because I wanted to see if I could function without the drug. As miserable as I am, I do believe that there is a purpose for this. I don't believe God would allow it, if He wasn't going to get the glory in the end. It's just probably the most difficult thing I've ever experienced in my life because you don't know the outcome or how long its going to last. I am so happy for all of you that have made it through and are doing fine now. Thanks for coming back and letting us who are still struggling know that there are some positive outcomes. I wish more would come back. When I'm done I definately will because I firmely believe that is one of our purposes in life is to help others especailly if you've been through something they have.
I am so sorry that you are still feeling so bad. If you feel at ALL at risk, go to the ER. Better to have them say you are fine and send you home, than to ignore something serious. If you don't go to the ER, you need to call the cardios office and tell them you can NOT wait until May 8th. The stress of coming off of this stuff, plus worrying about your heart, is just becoming a viscious cycle, and you can't continue feeling like this.
I DO think Cymbalta has some effects on the heart, because I was supposed to have an outpatient procedure done, and couldn't because my ekg came back funky, and I ended up having to have the nuclear stress test to check it out. It came back okay, but still, it is odd that I had the funky ekg too.
Please, take some quick action, don't make yourself wait and worry. Also, post back to let us know how you are doing, okay?
#11
Posted 15 April 2008 - 11:35 AM
The nurse was kind of funny though, she kept telling me and my husband how I needed to have a glass of wine and relax, which was funny because in the past my husband has often said that because I don't drink. He always tells me I don't know how to chill. I can't imagine drinking on top of medication which was her recommendation along with other relaxation methods, like walking, painting or anything I find relaxing. She was very nice just different.
#12
Posted 15 April 2008 - 12:28 PM
Keep us posted on what the cardio has to say, and how your appt goes with the new psychiatrist. Good luck, and keep hanging in there!
#13
Posted 22 April 2008 - 05:06 AM
#14
Posted 22 April 2008 - 05:40 AM
#15
Posted 22 April 2008 - 04:55 PM
I hope you are doing well, and feeling a bit better each day.
Babby
#16
Posted 25 April 2008 - 07:10 PM
Now for the embarassing moment, I had ALL DAY LONG!!!! Very long moment....BUT after I went to the ER yesterday, I came home, my boyfriend had just gotten in from work and informed me they had to work today because their truck broke down on Monday and they had to go home. I guess I had my heart set on spending Friday with him like I always do....so rather than just being dissappointed and leaving it at that, I had to accuse him of everything under the sun. He was meeting another woman, spending the day with another woman....went to bed because I just could not stand myself anymore. I got up this morning, still dissappointed, but hey, it was ok. My chest continued to hurt, breathing seemed shallow.....about as shallow as me.....and started texting him bad stuff. He even called me to calm me down!!! I heard the saw in the background. Wasn't good enough. I KNEW he was at work but I would not shut up!!! I kept on and on and on. Finally I got up, wearing the same clothes I wore all day yesterday and slept in all night, and went to see if his truck was where it is every day, when he meets his crew to go to work. Not good enough. I was so angry I wanted to beat him up. Beat him up? FOR WHAT???
I told him to get ready, I was on my way to the little town they were working.....I was coming to well, excuse the phrase, but to whooop his ass!! He called my Mama and my daughter to check on me. I would not answer their phone calls. I was a wild, messed up woman on a mission. He laughed at me, when I told him I was on my way to beat him up....but he is a pretty big boy, and I'm not a violent person, but he laughed good naturedly, but that fueld my anger!!! When I got to his job site, I could not do that to him, so when he smiled at me, I flipped him off and kept on going. I thought that was a nice christianly gesture. Three times, I ignored 'smart slaps' from God. I guess I was on a mission for the devil. First I passed a church with the sign saying..."Faith is a journey, let it start here." Read it, cried about it, and kept on going. I stayed in the area he was working, for the first part of the day. I just drove around. Second, I came up on a church, that said "Your words are the window to your heart"........well in that case I am OF the devil, after the words I spoke to my boyfriend. He had already invited me to sit with him during his lunch break, via test messaging. I had gone there, attitude blown out of porportion, I got upset and drove away, then decided to go back, and harrass him some more at his job site!! I never bother him with his job. I pulled into yet another church, to decide whether or not I could behave myself and go see him again, I looked over under some trees and there sat a picnic table, with a sign that said, "Come, sit, relax and leave all of your burdens here" Just the simpleness of it, caused me to break down in sobs, but the anger in me, slammed on breaks, and went and harrassed him some more. I came straight home after that but continued to send him mean and accusing test messages. I wanted to go have myself commited but am afraid they will put me on a medication and I DONT WANT THAT!!!! If I dont get help, I am going to end up loosing the only man that has taken as much as he has and stood by me. Not to mention my mind, my creditbility, possibly his job. I realize I made a short story long...lol but guys, I am at a loss as to why I have become this animal. I wanted to go home today, I didnt want to go home, I went to the beach and sat a while, I could not find any peace. I felt as if I was running from myself all day, and that scares me because is suicide next? I know where I should have stopped, at the adorable picnic table, but I know God can hear me now, if I pray, but that place was so special, as if it was put there for me.
Usually when I start to close out an email, blog, post....etc, I start rambling, trying to close it up.....so I will shut up and end the story of my screwed up day, right here!
PS. Now that most of the zaps are gone, I am left with the symptoms I mentioned above, too, my head is killing me, my body feels as though I have been run over, I am freezing and I want to cry everytime I open my mouth. Does this sound normal, as far as having weaned off the Cymbalta in a months time, and now I have been Cymbalta free for 13 days?
#17
Posted 25 April 2008 - 09:57 PM
Please, read the other threads and talk to a doctor about this, I think it really will help you.
Babby
#18
Posted 26 April 2008 - 08:27 AM
#19
Posted 26 April 2008 - 09:48 AM
I am also seeing a cardiologist and had a stress-echo test on Thursday and will see him this coming Thursday for results. My prayer is that there is nothing seriously wrong with my heart. But that is really a two edge sword because if there is nothing wrong with my heart, then that means I'm left with this awful anxiety that hopefully can be controlled. I've read about people being on anti-anxiety medicine forever. I pray this is not the case for me. You know Cymbalta is indicated for major depressive order, generalized anxeity disorder and neuropathic pain. I was taking it for the neuropathic pain associated with Fibromyalgia, but it seems its left me with the other two conditions he treats, depression and generalized anxiety, ummmmh!
Lori, hang in there but if at anytime you feel like you can't take it get help. Don't try and be a superwoman like I did. I think it cost me. I wish I would have gotten help earlier and maybe I would be better now.
#20
Posted 26 April 2008 - 10:45 AM
I read your story and felt like I could have written it about two months ago, with different events. Coming off of Cymbalta turned me into somebody I had never known before. Going to another antidepressant briefly was what I know saved me and helped me to regain my ability to reason and function.
I had gone through the physical withdrawal of Cymbalta, but in my case, my emotional health was down the tubes like you described. That is no way to live. I had never taken any antidepressant before Cymbalta, so it was really hard for me to accept that I had to take something else that might have horrible withdrawal too to get over this - I am off of the second antidepressant, and coming off of that was 2000% easier than Cymbalta, and I am antidepressant free, intact, mentally and emotionally stable, taking each day as it comes. It does get better.
Please, if you are not feeling better today, or are not seeing improvement every few days, please, get with a doctor you trust to help you get through this. You don't have to suffer or destroy the relationships you have.
#21
Posted 26 April 2008 - 11:10 AM
tired08, hang in there, sometimes it takes a few changes to find what will work for you, but you will find something. If you aren't comfortable with this doctor, go ahead and try to find someone else. You can continue the current plan until then. You are ultimately in charge of your health, although I know right now it doesn't feel that way. Again, it is the drug that has altered your brain.
Maybe both of you could take some of the ideas here to your doctors and talk to them about it. Just some ideas.
#22
Posted 26 April 2008 - 03:14 PM
#23
Posted 26 April 2008 - 03:43 PM
#24
Posted 26 April 2008 - 08:48 PM
#26
Posted 26 April 2008 - 11:38 PM
I know there is no way we will ever know, but I would be real curious to know the percentage of people who come off of Cymbalta with no problems at all and why it effects some so much more dramatically than others.
#27
Posted 27 April 2008 - 07:11 AM
I will have to find out more about what you are talking about, Tired08, in regards to setting aside a day. I am still alittle hard understanding some things, but maybe later this afternoon I will have alittle more sense about me and reread it. I am happy this is working for you. How is your husband and children handling all of this? Are they still supportive of you? I know God will never leave me, but like you and Babby both mentioned, I may be focusing on things, such as being commited, the anger consuming my thoughts and the fear of loosing my boyfriend over something Cymbalta is causing. I think that is why I talk so much about him, fearing he will leave me and my being so thankful he has stuck it out this long. But I have to focus on things that make me happy in order to get well.
I am having alittle trouble thinking right now, so I am going to go get a shower, and get ready for church. God bless you, my support team and know you mean so much to me.
#28
Posted 27 April 2008 - 09:12 AM
Hang in there, I am here to tell you, that things do get better.
You are smart to keep people around you, especially ones who can help you keep your mind off of everything. Because it is frightening to not feel like yourself, but this is temporary. And, you are not forsaken, remember that. I intentionally isolated myself, waiting to feel right again, that is not a good thing to do, because you need to get your mind off your mind right now. Don't isolate, watch funny things on tv and GARDEN.
I worked in mine yesterday, I am a perennial kind of woman. Annuals are pretty, but they are bunches of work! Plus, I live in an area that is very salty from Bay exposure, so I have to plant things that enjoy sandy soil and salt air. I tried to look at your photos of your flowers, but I could not figure out how to get to them. But you do have a lovely family!
#29
Posted 27 April 2008 - 03:31 PM
March 10th I started emptying alittle more granules out of the capusles, and I tried to keep aproximately the same, for a week at the time. April 12th was my last one. The brain zaps have pretty much gone away, thank God. I do want to be isolated but I know I can't be. After church this morning, my parents took us to lunch. My boyfriend is working on a drainage thingy, in the yard and after I am done here, I plan on going over to my neighbors, whose husband is helping my boyfriend. Then tomorrow, as I promised my parents over lunch, I am calling for help. I have calmed down alot with the advice you ladies have graciously given me....such as worrying over stuff.
You made a statement in an earlier post about whether or not this behavior had happened before. I have always had a jealous tendency, insecurities within myself, but nothing like this. I have never cursed and flipped out, nor have I ever wanted to hurt or threatened to hurt anyone before, even when my ex husband beat me for 13 years. Too, both husbands, yes I have done it twice, cheated on me. So there is my jealous tendency. If we can see the silver lining in this, my anger coming to a head like this, could actually be the beginning of me getting over my past, which would kill two birds with one stone.
I am having trouble sitting for very long, and it takes a while for me to think of what I am trying to say, I feel like NOW I AM ADHD....LOL What else? But I thank you from the bottom of my heart,for your comment about my family, they are my life. I am so blessed and it hurts not to be able to enjoy what God has given me. But like you said, its just temporary and if nothing else, I must hang on to that. When you click on the link to myspace, right under the tiny picture of my grandchildren, which is my default picture, it should say 'pics'. Once it takes you to my photos, I have many many many photo albums, on the 2nd page of my photo albums, there is one with the picture of a purple pansy on it, which is entitled, My flower garden built by love...thats my little flower garden. I will be back in just a bit to finish what I was trying to say. Thank you Sarah J.
#30
Posted 27 April 2008 - 06:48 PM
I can almost tell when someone has prayed or is praying for me. Sometimes during the day, I am so calm and FEEL NORMAL. But right now, my boyfriend is outside talking to a coworker and I am angry. Why? I dont know. Mama said it may be because he has a 'life' and I feel like I dont. Maybe that is it, but I am angry, and dont want to be angry when he comes in the door. He deserve a happy, smiling, loving woman.
Enough of that subject.....as far as my flowers, most are anuals. I did not want to spend much money because I have lost my job and I guess I feel guilty. I planted quite a few anuals, but then he picked up some perennials as seeds and I have planted them in little plastic containers, my anuals came out of and so far they are sprouting right nicely. This is the first time I have dealt with flowers so I am new to this but loving it!! As you may see from my pretty boring pictures.....LOL BUT they make me so happy. I check on them about every 2 hours, just to make sure they are ok. I wonder if there is a message board for being addicted to flowers?
I hope you have a wonderful evening and had a great weekend. Oh yea, since it seems Cymbalta seems to cause every ailment I have......I wonder if it has caused me to need a root touch up quicker.
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