Topic : Fears, Phobias and Anxiety Disorders

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July 3, 2007, 5:20 am PDT

Stressed, Anxiety, Pregnant and Benadryl?

 I have a serious question. The other day disturbing news that my daughter (who has been with me primarily for 3 years, age 7 now and lived with me since a horrible seperation/divorce) would live temporary with her not so nice mental and emtional abusive father for the next few months. It's not premenant. Praise God! However, I'm 5 months pregnant and the night I found out I was a wreck. My heart was broken and I was under serious stress.  I had not slept in 2 days prior to the horrific news, not eaten. I tried to eat, I had an awful headache and took 2 tylenol. I threw everything in my stomach including some blood about 1/2 hour later. My husband called my OBGYN and he recommended Benadryl. My husband drove to the store and returned and I took 2 tablets I felt better then dizzy and dozed off. I expierenced the most horrible nightmare about 3am, jumped out of bed, ran to the bathroom as if I was looking for something and my husband said I was uncontrollable and talking fast and loud and I was hysterical and I felt like a zombie however I remember the dream very clearly. I layed back down on the bed fell back asleep and awoke like this again in a matter of an hour.

This nightmare was absoutley horrible. I have no history of mental illness. Could the medication triggered something that caused this horrific nightmare which seemed so real mixed with what I have expierenced from the abuse and anxiety of my ex-husband? I'm very concerned and will never take that medication again. Is it possible that what I expierenced mixed with the stress and anxiety I was already having caused this to happen?  Keep in mind I take no other medications. My body/chemistry is very sensitive to anything that I have taken in the past and I'm going to talk with someone about this.

 
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July 3, 2007, 7:39 pm PDT

Good job at your smoke-free 12 days

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I made an error in my first entry. According to the 2007 Medicare book, they do pay 50% of licensed social worker visits. (ie; therapy). I should have not said that 'Medicare does not pay for my therapy', but rather 'My local clinic won't accept Medicare for my therapy'. The only local mental health clinic available to me still insists as it has for 4 years that Medicare does not pay for therapist visits. I took this to mean that Medicare had the problem, not the clinic. The point is still moot, as I can't make the place accept my insurance. I still have my original plan to look forward to, which is to pay cash on a 'sliding scale'. Which oddly enough, is still cheaper than paying 50% of each visit. I've been attempting to contact Medicare to see if I have alternatives like billing them myself. But the wait to talk to a Medicare representative is currently at 'a few days or more'. The mental health clinic still hasn't returned my call, as I want to get precise dollar amounts to prepare my budget. I've waited for years at this point. What's a few days going to hurt? I won't even have the money to start for another month anyway.

I'm staying on target, but I'm kicking myself more every day for having been such a tool. For not having put on my 'big girl panties' decades ago and grown up like the rest of the population supposedly had to. Though the tone of it strikes me as something a stone cold battle axe would have said 60 years ago. My broken record goes on, but I'll spare you the other 8 tracks. Of course I know beating myself up does not help my situation at all.

I still have 12 days smoke free, and that's a good start.

You have to keep after the mental health facilities.  There is such a tremendous need, and they don't want to invest time on someone who isn't serious.  That is a different but interesting quote, "Put my big girl panties on and just grown up like the rest of the population supposedly had to."

Why do you feel that way?

 
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July 3, 2007, 7:42 pm PDT

I bet that the stress caused your episode

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 I have a serious question. The other day disturbing news that my daughter (who has been with me primarily for 3 years, age 7 now and lived with me since a horrible seperation/divorce) would live temporary with her not so nice mental and emtional abusive father for the next few months. It's not premenant. Praise God! However, I'm 5 months pregnant and the night I found out I was a wreck. My heart was broken and I was under serious stress.  I had not slept in 2 days prior to the horrific news, not eaten. I tried to eat, I had an awful headache and took 2 tylenol. I threw everything in my stomach including some blood about 1/2 hour later. My husband called my OBGYN and he recommended Benadryl. My husband drove to the store and returned and I took 2 tablets I felt better then dizzy and dozed off. I expierenced the most horrible nightmare about 3am, jumped out of bed, ran to the bathroom as if I was looking for something and my husband said I was uncontrollable and talking fast and loud and I was hysterical and I felt like a zombie however I remember the dream very clearly. I layed back down on the bed fell back asleep and awoke like this again in a matter of an hour.

This nightmare was absoutley horrible. I have no history of mental illness. Could the medication triggered something that caused this horrific nightmare which seemed so real mixed with what I have expierenced from the abuse and anxiety of my ex-husband? I'm very concerned and will never take that medication again. Is it possible that what I expierenced mixed with the stress and anxiety I was already having caused this to happen?  Keep in mind I take no other medications. My body/chemistry is very sensitive to anything that I have taken in the past and I'm going to talk with someone about this.

Do talk with your doc about that.  You want to be careful with yourself.  Good Luck,

Sunshine

 
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July 4, 2007, 8:44 am PDT

Fears, Phobias and Anxiety Disorders

my name is suenday or osafiya i am 16  and i really need help and want to see a docter  i all time have head ache but the docters from where i came frome says it's fits but i don't think so but many peole says i am crazy and i get mad when that happen or i get mad over little stuffs i am livin with my aunt nw just mean she don't give me any space for my self sometimes i go on the balcony  just feelin like to kill my self i kind of hate my life cause i don't kw wat to do if i see a knife i feel life usin it i get mad when someone sayin 1 thing over and over can't help it even my mom thinks i am crazy my whole family thinks so to cause i go to the docters that sees mentally people i was the youngest their so can u plase help me i watch i of ur shows and u say it with the man that he is havin  a panic attack i don't kw if it's the same  with me cause when i am sick i inhale fastester than ever and cry for my head when it is over i forget everything  sometime i don't remember my families  i jus want this to over i hads to sto take my medicine cause it makes me sleep a lot when i get mad sometime i sing jus take things off my mind in my head it all time be blank and they thinks i am studing something but it all time be blank as is i am not in life and i kind talk a lot noone kwows that i am writin to u out of  4 of us in the house i anm the only one watch ur show so  can u please write me back i really askin fpr help that i never ask cause i am kind of shy sometime noone don't seem to sdee wat i am goin through cause they don 't want to listen to me i am from st.vincent and the greandaines but i am in canada for 4 months nw bye when u read my thing u can ask me any question bye bye i jus writes those for nw cause i don't kw if u will get this

 

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July 4, 2007, 7:38 pm PDT

Kissing Phobia

I have a real aversion to being kissed or kissing others.  I went through this as a young child, but it has reappeared as an adult with a vengence.  I can't even tolerate seeing a couple kiss on TV---I have to look away.  All I can think about is the germs, bad breath, saliva, etc.  It gives me a sick feeling.  As I have been married for over 20 years this is certainly not understood by my spouse at all.  I do everthing to avoid being kissed---especially on the lips.  I don't kiss my spouse.  However if it's situation I can't get out of I will kiss him on the top of the head.  I know there are others who fear germs  Just wasn't sure if it impacted even kissing?  Anyone else have this problem?

 

 

 
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July 4, 2007, 7:53 pm PDT

Suenday

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my name is suenday or osafiya i am 16  and i really need help and want to see a docter  i all time have head ache but the docters from where i came frome says it's fits but i don't think so but many peole says i am crazy and i get mad when that happen or i get mad over little stuffs i am livin with my aunt nw just mean she don't give me any space for my self sometimes i go on the balcony  just feelin like to kill my self i kind of hate my life cause i don't kw wat to do if i see a knife i feel life usin it i get mad when someone sayin 1 thing over and over can't help it even my mom thinks i am crazy my whole family thinks so to cause i go to the docters that sees mentally people i was the youngest their so can u plase help me i watch i of ur shows and u say it with the man that he is havin  a panic attack i don't kw if it's the same  with me cause when i am sick i inhale fastester than ever and cry for my head when it is over i forget everything  sometime i don't remember my families  i jus want this to over i hads to sto take my medicine cause it makes me sleep a lot when i get mad sometime i sing jus take things off my mind in my head it all time be blank and they thinks i am studing something but it all time be blank as is i am not in life and i kind talk a lot noone kwows that i am writin to u out of  4 of us in the house i anm the only one watch ur show so  can u please write me back i really askin fpr help that i never ask cause i am kind of shy sometime noone don't seem to sdee wat i am goin through cause they don 't want to listen to me i am from st.vincent and the greandaines but i am in canada for 4 months nw bye when u read my thing u can ask me any question bye bye i jus writes those for nw cause i don't kw if u will get this

You need a new doctor.  See a doctor in Canada.  There is no "fits" as a medical diagnosis.  Tell your Aunt you need help.  Keep seeing this doctor for the mentally ill, and tell him as much as you can about whats going on.  Take your medicine if you can.  Ask the doctor to prescribe you new medicine.  There ae lots of medicines for this, and one will work for you.

(((((((((HUGS)))))))))

Sunshine

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July 5, 2007, 8:44 am PDT

sickness

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You need a new doctor.  See a doctor in Canada.  There is no "fits" as a medical diagnosis.  Tell your Aunt you need help.  Keep seeing this doctor for the mentally ill, and tell him as much as you can about whats going on.  Take your medicine if you can.  Ask the doctor to prescribe you new medicine.  There ae lots of medicines for this, and one will work for you.

(((((((((HUGS)))))))))

Sunshine

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well since i am up here i never got to see a docter, and my aunt don't even study me she all time on her phone and goes to work or she will be sendin me by her brother her brother children gave me head aches i just hate to be around them i jus can't take my life they don't even ask me wat i don't want .I miss my mom and dad and sis. it looks  as if i live in jail here it look more like hell i am 16 y can't they see that they won't let me do wat a 16yrs should do all they thinkin bout is that i crazy i don't fine my self crazy if they carry me to a docter they will know i told my aunt i needed to see a docter but she alltime forgets u all r the first i am tell wats goin on with me,if i tell others she will be mad with me all i can say is that i am really sick when i am writin here tears r fallin from my eyesi can't take it anymorei was about to jump from the balcony yesterday then i remember that i had write a massage here so i change my mind of doin it.i want to go to the police but i am afraid they might take me away and i can't left the house to see no docter cause my aunt don't allowed me to go out side i am jus vex and frustrated  and i can't seems to fine my rest medicine i don't know were they r and i reall need to take 1 nw i will jus drink lots of water bye thanks sunshine and i hope the drphil can see wat i goin through his shows r the best

 
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July 6, 2007, 6:13 am PDT

hi

i mean it'e not fits it's fixs the sickness is call i had spelled it wroung i all time got locked up in this shitin house she is goin to send me by my uncle that's all she ever does send me over there and i don't like to go i want to kill my self before anything can kill me i am down to earth
 
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July 6, 2007, 7:25 am PDT

disorder

the docters says it seizures and i take tegretol it makes me sleep alot but i stop takin them cause it makin my body weak since i stop take them i can't even sleep at nights i jus need to see a docter so they can see wat i am goin through everyday my head keep hurtin me can u help me
 
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July 7, 2007, 10:55 am PDT

Keep taking tegretol til you see another doc

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the docters says it seizures and i take tegretol it makes me sleep alot but i stop takin them cause it makin my body weak since i stop take them i can't even sleep at nights i jus need to see a docter so they can see wat i am goin through everyday my head keep hurtin me can u help me
Then ask for Lamictal.  Look it up it is very good.
 

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