Chelsea

So I have GAD and I'm a hypochondriac and I had to have a hysterectomy 10 days ago and my anxiety has been insane! I'm not in any pain really I just feel very tired and weak and loss of appetite and kind of out of it. Now the anxiety is coming in by feeling like maybe I shouldn't have done this cause my body can't handle it, am I ever going to feel normal again, I'm constantly feeling dread since doing this and it's been really hard to start to feel better when the anxiety is keeping me down. Just wondering maybe if anyone else has had surgery and if you felt the same way? Or how I'm feeling physically and emotionally are normal? Please try to keep it positive I don't want to panic lol

Thanks I'm trying :)

So if any of you saw my other posts I was switching from cipralex to Wellbutrin because my anxiety wasn't being as well controlled anymore. My doctor had me take half my dose for a week with the Wellbutrin, then stop cipralex. I got the worst withdrawal and now my doc told me to take 10mg of cipralex to see if I feel Better. I started it yesterday and some of the withdrawal has gone away but I still feel horrible and have bad anxiety so it has to be the Wellbutrin side affects plus the withdrawal I was having. Is it normal for your pupils to dilate when starting the cipralex again? And how long until I feel better from dropping the Wellbutrin and restarting my meds?

I have this feeling like I can't breathe all the time too and I also get palpitations. It's all anxiety related, I promise. If you've been to the doctor and they have ran some tests, if you truly had a problem something would've popped up. Like lone sailor said if it was going to happen it's going to happen, you worrying and getting more anxious or not doing certain things isn't going to stop that. Do you have an iPod? I recommend this to everyone as it really helps me. Distrastion and something to lift your mood is key.

Anyone experience the complete and total draining feeling I feel? I feel like I have zero energy and am weak. I also have no want for food and have to force food down right now maybe that's part of it? Like I said I started Wellbutrin so I'm not sure what symptom is from what, any ideas?

I'm only two weeks completely off of it, I know that's not long and I'm just hoping what it feels like now is as bad as it will get and won't last as long as some people have experienced :)

An iPod is a very useful tool for me, helps your mood and when you're singing along you can't think about things, concentrate on lyrics. Helps me

I have had every symptom under the sun and everytime I look into it it turns out to be nothing. If it'll make you feel better see your doctor and get checked just for peace of mind . anxiety can manifest itself in many ways

Thanks for the replies I appreciate it! I'm trying but I'm tempted to just go back on it

No tapering. I'm switching to Wellbutrin. My doctor told me to take my cipralex with the wellbrutin at half my 20mg regular dose for a week then stop the cipralex. That was about three weeks ago. It feels like it's getting worse not better. I was on Paxil for several years and have been on the cipralex for the past several years. This is how I'm feeling: Electric shocks World doesn't seem real, I don't feel real in it. Senses are messed up Dizziness Clumsy Feeling of no spacial awareness Blurry vision Headache Nausea, but also feel like I can't eat, like I just don't want anything, I'm forcing down food Chills Obviously severe anxiety Really jumpy Extremely tired, fatigue is worse like when you have the flu and can't get up, like feeling very heavy, want to start exercising but feel like I don't have the energy to do anything even clean the house, tried doing some things and almost passed out Ringing in ears Crying

Help! I don't know if I can't handle this anymore I feel so ill. I feel like I should be in the hospital. Has anyone ever died from withdrawal?

Well this is turning out to be quite severe in the sense that I fell so sick I don't want to or can't do anything, that's where the no energy to get active come from. I just feel so sick I'm struggling to go to work today :(

Five or six months?! Great... What kind of symptoms did you experience?

And how long did your withdrawal symptoms last?

Thanks for the suggestion! I just started trying the exercise and I feel like I can't even complete ten mins before I'm ready to hit the floor! I know that sounds horrible but Ive never been a crazy active person but even before I could do 20-30 mins of a workout and now going through this I feel like the life has been sucked outta me. I'm trying to do a little bit everyday but it's really hard