[RedCaineForNova]

yeah so i havent posted in a long time. im assuming i have really bad anxiety or somthing, i dont know what is wrong with me. The reason i haven't been on this site in a while is cause my dp/dr has faded and im still recovering, but this past week randomly i had the first anxiety episode since july, i was driving home and my mind spaced out or somthing and then i remembered where i was (hard to explain) and i thought i was dreaming or somthing and i started to panic, i could feel the adrenalin rush throughout my body so fast, my hands and feet got really cold and sweaty, and then i couldn't feel my legs, i talked myself out of it and went home and slept(sleeping seems to help alot when i have these episodes).

every day since then i have had more episodes, last night, i had one randomly it started around 8ish and ended around 11ish, it started to happen when i was in the shower, same symptoms kinda.

symptoms:
- dp/dr
- feel like im going crazy
- sweaty palms
- short term memory is bad
- feeling i am just a thought and i will wake up
- very tired

all can last from 10 minutes to 3+ hours, which i dont understand because i didnt think anxiety attacks or episodes lasted that long. it sometimes happens out of nowhere, and saying positive things and thinking of positive thoughts doesn't always help.

please, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[terri*]

Hi,

I have had anxiety cause these feelings and last for long periods of time.
Are you on any meds and, if so, are you taking them correctly?

I'm sorry I don't remember how this started with you. Maybe if you can refresh everybody a bit, it will help to come up with some ideas to help you.

So sorry you are having such a time with it.
terri

 

[Martinelv]

Post-panic attacks can leave you very tired, and still very anxious. Relaxation techniques may help, but that's what it sounds like to me.

 

[RedCaineForNova]

im 17/f. im not on any medication. i believe i got my anxiety from having a bad reaction to a weed brownie last november, i use to have alot of dp/dr but its really gone down, its just alot of anxiety..but i dont know what its from cause im not stressed about anything, im just alittle stressed about college apps and grades..its senior year..a difficult year.

I had a bad year ive been to the ER and my doctor more times than i can count. I had a concussion in june which really made things worse it wasnt even a bad concussion but i was out of school for like 2 weeks because i was having really bad episodes. i was lucky that i had the concussion 2 weeks before school ended so i had the whole summer to recover..and i thought i did.

Im having another episode or w/e right now. It happened out of no where, it started around 12:30pm and is still lasting, i dont understand why its not going away cause im not like panicking or any of the other symptoms i listed, i just feel tired and my short term memory is bad. i feel really tired so i think im going to sleep right now.