[Wild Coyote]

If you were there for 7 hours and they'd noted high blood pressure, it's probably not simply anxiety. I have never heard of an anxiety attack lasting 7 hours.

I'd complete the follow-up.


WC

[xRavenx]

Anxiety is my main problem. I'm going to a Halloween party for an hour or two. It's been a long time since I've been to a Halloween party. To be honest, I kind of feel like just being in my house, wearing my pajamas, by myself. Plus, the weather is the kind of weather that make you not want to dress up and leave the house.

It is my friend's party, who I haven't seen in a long time. I've had my ups and downs with her. We've clashed at times, but we've moved past that, and she has been loyal. We only see each other once in a while anyway, so that's the main reason why I am going.

I have a ton of anxiety, but hopefully it will be okay. It's not far from where I live, so if I get too anxious, I can always just stay a little while and go home. I am not sure if I should take my klonopin or not. Maybe I'll feel out the vibe when I get there, because I can always take it later I suppose, if needed.

[downandlonely]

I like the idea of dressing up for Halloween, but have trouble finding a costume that actually fits and looks decent on me. I have kind of an unusual body type, and I can't sew so I can't design my own costume.

[Fuzzybear]

it’s nearly time for another bath

I don’t like water. I’m not a normal bear

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by Moose72

Spent today in the ER. Woke up to sharp pain in mt chest on the left side. It happened twice. I called primary and she said to go to ER if i had shortness of breath or dizziness.

So I stood up out of bed and felt very dizzy. I called 911 and an ambulance took me to the hospital. After 7 hours the discharged me with nothing wrong but high blood pressure. Am to call primary to get a follow up. Btw the bp was 200/135 or something at first but went down gradually.

Do you think this couldve been an anxiety attack?

Could be. Did you have any other symptoms? Besides a pounding heart & dizziness, I usually have difficulty breathing (feel I can't get nearly enough air), tingling (mostly in the extremities), heightened reflexes. I've often described it to H like the feeling you get when you are nearly in a car crash (excepting if I have a chest pain, usually I don't though, just wildly pounding heart that feels like it wants to jump out of my chest).

I'm glad you're OK. Do you have any idea what caused the high blood pressure? Was it stress over thinking you had a heart issue? What did the doctor say regarding that?

Were you able to contact your pdoc?

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

If you were there for 7 hours and they'd noted high blood pressure, it's probably not simply anxiety. I have never heard of an anxiety attack lasting 7 hours.

I'd complete the follow-up.


WC

7 hours no, and especially not for blood pressure that prolonged. But I have had panic attacks lasting 3-4 hr., which is why I now have low dose Seroquel to stop them. I don't think the Seroquel really stops the high anxiety but slows the reflexes enough I can calm down. Panic attacks that long are rare but have been known to happen.

[Blueberrybook]

Originally Posted by xRavenx

Anxiety is my main problem. I'm going to a Halloween party for an hour or two. It's been a long time since I've been to a Halloween party. To be honest, I kind of feel like just being in my house, wearing my pajamas, by myself. Plus, the weather is the kind of weather that make you not want to dress up and leave the house.

It is my friend's party, who I haven't seen in a long time. I've had my ups and downs with her. We've clashed at times, but we've moved past that, and she has been loyal. We only see each other once in a while anyway, so that's the main reason why I am going.

I have a ton of anxiety, but hopefully it will be okay. It's not far from where I live, so if I get too anxious, I can always just stay a little while and go home. I am not sure if I should take my klonopin or not. Maybe I'll feel out the vibe when I get there, because I can always take it later I suppose, if needed.

I hope you have fun. Look at it this way...it's tons better than going around to 2 trunk or treats and a Halloween carnival for a nearby city (where at least the prizes are nearly all toys, not much candy). I will be SO glad when my daughter decides she's too old for that. It is so stressful, keeps her up late, tired for the next day of school. People are everywhere, and the 2nd trunk-or-treat is at one of my daughter's best friends' churches. That girl's grandparents (both sides) and parents practically run that church. So she and her sisters (and hence we) are pretty much the last to leave. We rarely make it home before 11 PM, and my daughter has school the next day and is hopped up on sugar and usually can't fall asleep.

[Moose72]

Originally Posted by Wild Coyote

If you were there for 7 hours and they'd noted high blood pressure, it's probably not simply anxiety. I have never heard of an anxiety attack lasting 7 hours.

I'd complete the follow-up.


WC

I bet i will be put on bp meds when I see my primary. High bp can lead to horrible things so id rather not have it. And this damned metabolic syndrome- its slowly killing me.

[Fuzzybear]

That dog shut the **** up . Sounds like the maternal units dog

Can’t wear ear plugs

“just get a grip paws” - thank you PUS for you zero support

Bad paws

[Daonnachd]

Not feeling well. Tending toward depressed. Fighting the urge to purge all my painting and sculpting supplies and products.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by Moose72

I bet i will be put on bp meds when I see my primary. High bp can lead to horrible things so id rather not have it. And this damned metabolic syndrome- its slowly killing me.

Make sure they take your BP again. You can have it taken automatically at some drug stores, too. I'd want to be very sure before taking BP meds. Yet, you are right, delay in medicating high blood pressure can be dangerous!

Metabolic Syndrome sucks!

Some people get their blood pressure down by losing weight. It's very difficult to lose it with metabolic syndrome, as you know!


WC

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by Fuzzybear

That dog shut the **** up . Sounds like the maternal units dog

Can’t wear ear plugs

“just get a grip paws” - thank you PUS for you zero support

Bad paws

(((((( FuzzyBear ))))))

I hope you find relief soon!

WC

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by Daonnachd

Not feeling well. Tending toward depressed. Fighting the urge to purge all my painting and sculpting supplies and products.

Oh no! Those sound very interesting! You may be very sorry at some point for throwing them out.

I hope you get some relief soon.

WC

[Wild Coyote]

Cold, dark rainy day!

Enjoyed aromatherapy from the kitchen; had chili simmering for hours in the crock pot. Was delicious! Threw it together at 10 a.m. Ready for dinner!

Found a huge block of ice filling the bird bath. I love the birds! They are long gone now!

Depressed. Trying to get through.

Love to All!

WC

[TheSeaCat]

I got dragged to a Halloween party by the boyfriend and some friends. I did not want to go since I knew it would have booze. I haven't had a drink since I was diagnosed and I've read terrible things about combining my meds with any sort of drink. So I stood angrily in a corner. Fun night.

My anxiety has snowballed after reading that there is a shortage of my anxiety medication and with me about to start a new job I do not need to be running out of the medication that makes me not want to hide under my bed for the rest of eternity.

I'm also mad that no matter how much I exercise the Zyprexa weight refuses to come off. I'm starting to get scared with the weight, high blood pressure, high pulse, and everything else that I might be getting close to having Metabolic Syndrome. I'm doing everything to lose the weight it just refuses to budge.

I'm grateful for my therapist; but I still don't trust him. Granted I don't trust anybody. I've had people too close before and it always ends up biting me. I like my nice brick wall, I feel safer that way.

Hugs to everyone

[xRavenx]

Originally Posted by Blueberrybook

I hope you have fun. Look at it this way...it's tons better than going around to 2 trunk or treats and a Halloween carnival for a nearby city (where at least the prizes are nearly all toys, not much candy). I will be SO glad when my daughter decides she's too old for that. It is so stressful, keeps her up late, tired for the next day of school. People are everywhere, and the 2nd trunk-or-treat is at one of my daughter's best friends' churches. That girl's grandparents (both sides) and parents practically run that church. So she and her sisters (and hence we) are pretty much the last to leave. We rarely make it home before 11 PM, and my daughter has school the next day and is hopped up on sugar and usually can't fall asleep.

Thank you! Wow, that is tiring and stressful!
The party went fine, as expected, but I'm relieved it's over. I had a nice talk with my friend, and it was nice to see her (it's been so long). I stayed for about 2 hours. There were a ton of people, but she spent time with me and was understanding when I left a little early.

Originally Posted by xRavenx

Thank you! Wow, that is tiring and stressful!
The party went fine, as expected, but I'm relieved it's over. I had a nice talk with my friend, and it was nice to see her (it's been so long). I stayed for about 2 hours. There were a ton of people, but she spent time with me and was understanding when I left a little early.

I'm glad you went to a halloween party.

I'm not doing too much for halloween (I've got some decorations, and some candy for myself), but I'm not going to be entertaining the trick or treaters/ going to parties, not my style

in previous years I've left little tubs of chocolate outside my door for the trick or treaters, (mainly so I didn't have to deal with them myself), but I stopped that when it became clear that most of the chocolate was ending up in my tummy rather than the trick or treaters bag

their's my confession

Don't worry about it, ragingvortex. My husband and I stopped giving out candy years ago. It was actually my husband's decision, but I was relieved. Instead, we created a tradition of having our first fire in the fireplace in autumn on Halloween. It's nice.

It's heading towards 2:30 am and I can't sleep. Normally I sleep well when stable, but I'm kind of nervous. Something triggered me, plus at 8 am my siblings are picking me up to go with them to a suicide awareness walk. I'm nervous that the speeches will be hard for us to listen to, especially for my sister and me. Also, our neighbors were screaming loud for hours. They are university graduate students who were obviously having a party. I need not only complete darkness, but quiet to sleep. Though it is quiet now.

Originally Posted by BirdDancer

Don't worry about it, ragingvortex. My husband and I stopped giving out candy years ago. It was actually my husband's decision, but I was relieved. Instead, we created a tradition of having our first fire in the fireplace in autumn on Halloween. It's nice.

It's heading towards 2:30 am and I can't sleep. Normally I sleep well when stable, but I'm kind of nervous. Something triggered me, plus at 8 am my siblings are picking me up to go with them to a suicide awareness walk. I'm nervous that the speeches will be hard for us to listen to, especially for my sister and me. Also, our neighbors were screaming loud for hours. They are university graduate students who were obviously having a party. I need not only complete darkness, but quiet to sleep. Though it is quiet now.

what a lovely tradition

let us know about the awareness walk, hope all goes well

[BeyondtheRainbow]

I can't sleep. This klonopin thing is not fun. I've not been feeling that bad but tonight I just can't settle. I had to divide my clozaril up between 2 days because someone made an error in the blood draw path but I don't think this small cut in clozapine is entirely at fault; I've cut it before without issues. I took my PRNs but I'm still very anxious.

I had a pretty good day. I even got load of laundry going which is a big deal right now. I also unloaded and loaded the dishwasher. So I'm doing well and then suddenly the klonopin thing hits. Hopefully it will continue to space out. I'm hoping I have some hydroxyzine somewhere.

Originally Posted by raging vortex

what a lovely tradition

let us know about the awareness walk, hope all goes well

Thanks, raging vortex! Unfortunately, I have just sent my sister a note cancelling my participation. She will have to go with my brother only. It is now after 3:30 am and I have no idea when I'll fall asleep. I'll try again now. I ate a yogurt. Sometimes that helps. Even if I fall asleep now, I'll surely have a Seroquel XR "hangover". That's what happens when I don't fall asleep until after 12 or 1 am. Probably this whole day will be ruined for me.

[BeyondtheRainbow]

Originally Posted by raging vortex

I'm glad you went to a halloween party.

I'm not doing too much for halloween (I've got some decorations, and some candy for myself), but I'm not going to be entertaining the trick or treaters/ going to parties, not my style

in previous years I've left little tubs of chocolate outside my door for the trick or treaters, (mainly so I didn't have to deal with them myself), but I stopped that when it became clear that most of the chocolate was ending up in my tummy rather than the trick or treaters bag

their's my confession

It's not a big deal. When I lived at my old house I'd buy candy and few people came to my house. Now we have a long driveway and no little kids nearby so we don't even buy candy.

They get plenty from other people. I've seen what my nieces come up with and it's impressive. (Of course they are the sweetest children in the world and are probably given extra candy at every house ).

[Sunflower123]

Had another quiet, relaxing day at home yesterday cuddled up on the couch with my pets. I must get some things done today as I have another busy week starting Monday.

It’s been cold and dreary here but my SAD hasn’t been too bad. I’m using my sun lamp every day so that helps.

I have a medical test Tuesday to rule out cancer. I’ve been in a state of worry over this. I know it’s seemed like I’ve had a lot going on lately health wise but that’s the exception and not the rule. It’s been a coincidence and hopefully it calms down soon because I’m running out of patience and money. Fingers crossed that there is an explanation other then cancer.

When I post here, it’s for several reasons: to help others, to get things off my chest in order to keep things manageable irl and because you guys truly understand when nobody else does. Just typing things out helps me to vent and process things and put things in perspective. Plus the feedback I’ve received has been priceless like for my hand and eyes and for the nerve conduction test. I do not always see things in a positive light and that’s one thing I work out on this forum.

I’m grateful for this forum and for its participants.

Warm wishes to all for a peaceful Sunday.

[Wild Coyote]

Originally Posted by Jennifer 1967

Had another quiet, relaxing day at home yesterday cuddled up on the couch with my pets. I must get some things done today as I have another busy week starting Monday.

It’s been cold and dreary here but my SAD hasn’t been too bad. I’m using my sun lamp every day so that helps.

I have a medical test Tuesday to rule out cancer. I’ve been in a state of worry over this. I know it’s seemed like I’ve had a lot going on lately health wise but that’s the exception and not the rule. It’s been a coincidence and hopefully it calms down soon because I’m running out of patience and money. Fingers crossed that there is an explanation other then cancer.

When I post here, it’s for several reasons: to help others, to get things off my chest in order to keep things manageable irl and because you guys truly understand when nobody else does. Just typing things out helps me to vent and process things and put things in perspective. Plus the feedback I’ve received has been priceless like for my hand and eyes and for the nerve conduction test. I do not always see things in a positive light and that’s one thing I work out on this forum.

I’m grateful for this forum and for its participants.

Warm wishes to all for a peaceful Sunday.

Thinking of you!

So sorry you must go through testing to rule out cancer!
I am hoping it's not cancer!

I also feel a lot of gratitude for the forum and for you, Jennifer.

Please keep us posted!

Love and Prayers,

WC

[yellow_fleurs]

Quite irritable. Trying to not take it out on those around me. Need to get a punching bag or something.