Neuro App Results & Panic Attack

[mommyLDN]

I know alot of you were wanting to know how my Neuro app went yesterday, and I did post on that with several responses (thank you for that). But an interesting part of my story that I just sent someone a pm about that I thought you all might want to hear it as well. Ok, when I was waiting to go to my Neuro app yesterday, I was in FULL BLOWN panic mode, I mean BAD, couldnt breath, room was spinning, and I felt so weak I called an extra person to come over and go with me a my hubby to app in case I couldnt walk. This person got here at my house and I was so weak and dizzy it felt like I had to be pealed from off the couch. We left to go to my app, me, feeling like I could barely walk and was just going to fall over or pass out. Got back in the room, Neuro came in, and he said "so whats new", I said I feel like I can barely walk, feels like I'm going to fall over, and it feels like I'm drunk. He said "Let me see you walk" so I did, and he said "I dont see a problem", so I said can I open the door and walk down the hall, "he said sure". I walked up and down that hall probly 20 times and he stood there and said "I dont see a problem, at all, your walking is fine". The more he said that, the easier my legs where moving, and the less unstable and strong I started to feel. I walked around all night, afraid if I sat back down, that it would go away, LOL. Just what I thought was interesting on how strong the mind really is and the power of suggestion, and just what anxiety is really capable of.

 

[MarioMasher]

My neuro told me that he once had a patient who was so affected by anxiety that it ended up putting her in a wheelchair. She literally couldn't walk, couldn't move, anything. Once they got her anxiety under control (which took more than a year), she was able to stand up and walk normally again. Just more proof that rampant anxiety is nothing to mess around with. It really can cause physical symptoms if you don't get control of it.

 

[mommyLDN]

Well Mario, as much as I hate to admit that anxiety can do that much damage, I have too, just because of what happend to me yesterday. And today I'm still mulling over the fact my Neuro was tap dancing so much, that my anxiety is trying to go back up, and my walking issues are all but returning, I've been trying to fight meds for a long time, I'm loosing the fight. :crying:

 

[MarioMasher]

I fought meds for a long time, until my GP finally talked me into trying Lexapro. I was on that for 6 months and it was the most glorious time in my life, I hardly had any symptoms whatsoever. Once I realized that Lexapro did help (which in turn proved my symptoms were mostly anxiety) I was able to wean myself off afterwards and just work on fixing things naturally (meditation, more sleep, less stress, no more symptom googling, etc.) Since then I have been drug free for more than a year. I think for most people the breakthrough that your symptoms can go away if you do something about them is a big mental leap. Once you get to that point there's really no looking back.

 

[MarioMasher]

By the way, for you here's my recommendation. Do a search through the archives for a user named Basso. Read some of his posts about how BFS is a blessing and how it will make you appreciate all the things you have in life. I think for you his posts will be particularly helpful. It's a shame he doesn't post here much anymore.