Posted by Greg B on June 27, 2002, at 12:43:53
My situation in life has been horrid. I am tired of it and want to see if any others have seen similarly. Since last spring I went through enormously tough times: losing about $40,000 in one night...2 relatives died, my girlfriend died in a car-accident, my mother had to go into a home due to Pick's disease...and I had to become her guardian..and still am dealing with a lot of the stuff relating to it....STRESSSSS!!!!!
As a result, I have had nasty anxiety. It actually seemed to start heavily after I discontinued use of cocaine a little over a year ago. Since then I have tried countless things to eliminate these physical symptoms of anxiety.
Right now, as per my Neurologist, I am on 2700 mg/day of Neurontin. By itself, it seems to make me kinda robotic. Additionally, though, I take lorazepam daily at different doses (depending on "supposed" need...usually 1.0 mg 2x day). As well, I take 10-12 mg Ambien each night to get to sleep.
Unfortunately, Ive been in serious ruts here financially and have been depressed...and have been adding alcohol to this equation. Everyday now I feel like I am having a heart attack...my heart rate will sometimes sit between 110-130 for hours. Most people will tell me to go to ER then...but it happens so often. This is driving me crazy!!!
I know I need to stop the alcohol as it is probably the biggest problem here...but when I try to stop, I get these nasty physical symptoms of anxiety...like heart-related. AT this point, I want to quit all of my medications...all of which I know I need to wean myself off of. But first and foremost, I need to eliminate these physical symptoms when not drinking. If I can do that, for at least a week, I can quit the alcohol..then slowly work myself off the rest of the meds.
Any suggestions?
poster:Greg B
thread:110929
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