i have a serious question

[smallmovesal]

today i was really overtired... and i am also on antidepressants

well i was upset about something and it made me so upset before i could cry i just shook and got lightheaded and started kind of hyperventilating... and my body tingled (even my teeth).

is it lack of sleep or what? i really scared myself. i thought maybe i was going to pass out.

 

[Austin316]

Id get it checked out if I were you, thats not a good thing

 

[Shrebly]

What meds are you on? Lack of sleep can make an emotional event worse - same thing with certain meds.

 

[BigDdaGanjalist]

If the tingling felt like light electrical shocks, I'd say it's the meds.

It's happened to me before.

 

[Johnny Zampon]

drop the antidepressants, start eating properly. start getting some proper sleep and fuckin relax. what the hell got you so upset that you started doing the funky chicken?

 

[smallmovesal]

like that bigda

 

[smallmovesal]

stress winny

 

[DcupSheepNipples]

start eating properly

Eat, Eat, Eat. And like I said before smalls Swallow, Swallow, Swallow!

 

[smallmovesal]

yeah my eating hasn't been good lately... i'm going to make a conscious effort to keep that up though.

 

[Johnny Zampon]

stress winny

unless its family stress, then there really shouldnt be something else that could stress you out to the point of convulsions and blackouts. drop the meds.

 

[J-DAM]

unless its family stress, then there really shouldnt be something else that could stress you out to the point of convulsions and blackouts. drop the meds.

Meds are a cop out. Life is meant to be lived.

 

[Garza]

today i was really overtired... and i am also on antidepressants

well i was upset about something and it made me so upset before i could cry i just shook and got lightheaded and started kind of hyperventilating... and my body tingled (even my teeth).

is it lack of sleep or what? i really scared myself. i thought maybe i was going to pass out.

Do you have an extra chromosome?


But seriously, who knows....just be careful.

 

[smallmovesal]

unless its family stress, then there really shouldnt be something else that could stress you out to the point of convulsions and blackouts. drop the meds.

it's personal stuff... and school stress a bit. more personal.

 

[Taps]

Freaky.

The _exact_ same thing happend to me today. Felt like a panic attack. They arn't pleasant, but I've had worse before.

I'm 99% sure it's stress related. I'm checking in with my doc tomorrow. I'll let you know what he says...some of the info may be useful for you.

 

[smallmovesal]

thanks

 

[thebabydoc]

You're describing a panic attack.
Try to wean the antidepressants, get into a better exercise and diet routine, get more rest (don't forget the bedtime snack-protein+carbo+fat), and RELAX!!!!!

 

[smallmovesal]

yeah shit is getting to me

i've never felt like that before. i thought my heart was supposed to pound for it to be a panic attack.

 

[thebabydoc]

not always, sometimes you just feel the edges blacking out and tingling (resulting from hyperventilation, usually)

 

[smallmovesal]

very odd

this past year i've become such a different person since the trauma of my experience at grad school.

i'm so disappointed it's affected me so much.

 

[thebabydoc]

Smalls:

I wish there was something more I could tell you other than it's part of growing up and will help make you the person you will eventually become.

Everything happens for a reason, just remember that. maybe one day we can chat and you'll see what I mean, not that I'm special, but when you break 30, well, we all have stories of how we got there...

 

[smallmovesal]

yeah i guess... i hear the 20's suck because everyone's still finding themselves... so far i have to agree.

6 years to go... and counting

 

[RADAR]

Hello Smalls i use to have those also you will eventually grow outta it as you get older !!! So hang in there!!! RADAR

 

[RADAR]

I sent you some good Karma to help ya feel better!!! RADAR

 

[MuSuLPhReAk]

You're describing a panic attack.
Try to wean the antidepressants, get into a better exercise and diet routine, get more rest (don't forget the bedtime snack-protein+carbo+fat), and RELAX!!!!!

That's exactly what I'm thinking. My sis had this for about 3 yrs and she was on a lot of medication at the time..not eating properly and not taking care of her health. Once she started taking care of herself and learned how to relax she got a lot better.

 

[tripleV]

smalls......i had no idea you were so stressed and having personal issues. please email me, i can help, of course ive been there before and im a certain shitty sitch myself right now (divorce) im 29, as you know, ive had more probs than you can prob imagine,,,,,,,however i never took any meds......these i think make you depenedent on them and perhaps make you believe you will always be sick or that you are sicker than actual.

please talking can really make a difference....email me if you want to talk, i wont bug you about it. i am so worried about you girl...... i wanna help, you are definitely a sweet, lovable, kind and sassy girl.....

take it easy girl......

 

[Fonz]

today i was really overtired... and i am also on antidepressants

well i was upset about something and it made me so upset before i could cry i just shook and got lightheaded and started kind of hyperventilating... and my body tingled (even my teeth).

is it lack of sleep or what? i really scared myself. i thought maybe i was going to pass out.

Why on earth are you taking anti-depresants????

In the long-run they do more harm than good.

Use Nootropics like Piracetam and Hydergine.
MUCH BETTER.

Fonz

 

[Steroid_Virgin]

Anti-Depressants suck.. period... they change how a person thinks, they dont fix the persons problems..

 

[DAISY]

I always find it good to talk about your problems with a best friend. Helping getting it off your chest could be good recovery. You'll get thru it.

 

[thebabydoc]

You're describing a panic attack.
Try to wean the antidepressants, get into a better exercise and diet routine, get more rest (don't forget the bedtime snack-protein+carbo+fat), and RELAX!!!!!

I forgot light!!!

As the days get shorter (Winter) people are more easily depresed;
make sure you get more light; even tanning once a week will make you feel better believe it or not!

 

[HappyScrappy]

the world is a big and complicated place.
if you let it get to you, it will win.
it has more resources.

when I was going through all of my fucked in the head depression shit (am I still?) I felt like every time I was trying to get up from some setback I was getting knocked back down on my ass and I felt helpless.

I was fortunate in some ways in that I got eventually put in a loony bin and got to see people with really serious fucked up problems. I have about 10 hours worth of stories from that.

prior to that, people used to say chin up, face it and deal with it, to me. and I got pissed b/c I thought it was easy for them to say that.
but in reality they really were right.

look out for yourself as number one, fuck the rest of the world. get up, stand up, walk on and don't look back.

there is no practice run, this is the real thing - live your life and enjoy it, no sense hating it since this is what you get.

 

[Gilbyag]

couldve been an anxiety attack, those are brought on by stress mostly.

Girl, you seem to me like a happy go lucky perosone, never thought youd be on anti deps. cheer up.

 

[Honeynut]

today i was really overtired... and i am also on antidepressants

well i was upset about something and it made me so upset before i could cry i just shook and got lightheaded and started kind of hyperventilating... and my body tingled (even my teeth).

is it lack of sleep or what? i really scared myself. i thought maybe i was going to pass out.

Sounds like you were hyperventilating. That's happened to me before. All you can do for that is breathe into a paper bag until your breathing slows down so you don't take in too much oxygen.

 

[gotmilk]

yeah I guess... i hear the 20's suck because everyone's still finding themselves... so far i have to agree.

Nope..still lost. 29 and I'm regressing.

School can be a pain in the ass if you have outside factors bugging you.

I hope you're not mixing your depressants with GHB like you were going to do. It might work at first but it's not a permanent solution.

 

[AziaReign]

Maybe you just need to eat!

 

[buksoon]

Smalls, you used the word "trauma" to describe grad school. I don't mean to make light, but I think maybe you're letting your mind screw with you, get all worked up.

I mean, EVERYONE fucks up. Let me rephrase that: everyone who is at all interesting fucks up!! Everyone searches a while before they find their way.

It's like that cheesy "Sunscreen" song: Some of the most interesting people I know are still confused at 40.....

24 is still soooo young. Never crucify yourself because you tried something and it didn't work out. Commend yourself for taking a risk. And laugh. My big life advice is: Grasp for reasons to JUST LAUGH the way you might grasp for oxygen if you were drowning. Seriously, fight that hard if you have to. It's sooo medicinal.