Question:
Whenever I feel sick, I tend to panic? I accept this, it's one of my
things, so I try not to get into anything that might make me want to
throw up - drinking, eating grease and stuff. Whenever I panic
(independently of how my stomach origionally feels) I tend to feel sick.
The two seem to go together with me. I'm on Prozac and have never had
much in the way of side effects with it for over a year.
Answer:
Whenever I feel sick, I tend to panic. I accept this, it's one of my
things, so I try not to get into anything that might make me want to
throw up - drinking, eating grease and stuff. Whenever I panic
(independently of how my stomach origionally feels) I tend to feel sick.
The two seem to go together with me. I'm on Prozac and have never had
much in the way of side effects with it for over a year.
My friend has recently gone onto an SSRI (I can't remember which one)
and she has since started being really sick if she even has a little
alcohol, which never used to bother her before she went on the AD. She
was talking to another friend who has panic attacks who told her that
her being sick and other symptoms she describes (Being really shakey,
cold and tired) are all the same things she gets when she has a panic
attack.
Is there a known link between panic attacks and SSRI's as well as being
or feeling really sick? Just wondered if anyone else has experienced
anything like that. i am not on any meds, but my panic attacks are almost
always accompanied by a sudden, overwhelming feeling of extreme nausea.
occasionally there are muscle tremors in my legs and hands as well.
sometimes the sick feeling lasts for days after the initial panic
attack. so i guess it isn't *only* a drug-related thing, cause it
happens to me without any drugs. Panic attacks are very common. I'm not sure that one needs to be
sick(not sure how You mean sick) to have panic attacks. My experience
of panic attacks are of this nature. They come out of nowhere
generally and not always, sometimes I panic in repeated episodes where
I have paniced before. The feelings I get are a type of icy cold and
shaking, the thoughts definately insecure thinking processes. It
starts with a thought (insecure one) and tends to escalate from there.
I think depending on what a person's traits and habits are would be
more the occurences of the relating panic attacks. Not necessarily what
they eat or drink, more of what they choose to think about.
If You are having difficulty with panics attacks and would like some
help with this, Recovery, Inc. is a self help organization that can
help You if You are interested. I'm also on Prozac, and a couple of weeks ago I had
a sort of similar experience. I was still working then, and I had a
small argument with my boss, and my mind just went on the run with it. I
already felt terrible during that time in a different way than ever
before, but this just sent me into a complete frenzy. After a couple of
days, I was _positive_ I was going to get fired, it was just a matter of
time. I was constantly cold (well, I always am, but not so extreme),
sweaty, and a couple of times a day I was on the verge of passing out or
throwing up over my keyboard. Actually, everything I feel feels
"different" than during my last major breakdown, when I was on other
meds (amytryptiline , dosulepine, some other stuff). I'm having
trouble recognizing what's exactly happening with me, and I'm not sure
if everything is distorted by the prozac or whatever the hell is
happening to me at the moment. I mean, I've felt worse before, but for
instance I've never had these frantic panic attacks before. Well, maybe
I have, but it probably felt different. See what I mean? Maybe I should
get off the prozac, it's not like it's some magic pill anyhow. And maybe
I'd be a lot worse off without them. I just don't know at the moment.
It's confusing me. Maybe I _should_ feel the pain more, now I just don't
care.Your post really hit home for me. After five years on Prozac, I started
having major anxiety attacks. Went off Prozac and crashed big-time. My pdoc says
that, for some people, Prozac loses its antidepressant effect but still
has the "energizing" effect...and was probably feeding my panic attacks. He said
that often occurs around fifteen months into Prozac therapy. Now I take effexor
and am doing much better.
Any illness makes me feel anxious. I think it has to do with feeling
vulnerable and dependent on others. Scarey stuff for me! And any illness with
symptoms that are like anxiety attacks set me off - respiratory things that make it
hard to breath, nausea, weakness and shaking, rapid heart rate. I have to tell
myself over and over that it's just the illness and not an anxiety thing.
