i went just recently for a diabetes test and when i drank the drink that they give you i started panicking but i had to stay there so i sat it out and about five minutes later i was fine and my spacey feelings that i have all the time were gone. so i was conviced that i had diabetes and the drink is wht brought me out of my spaciness and to be honest i felt relieved cause that means im not crazy i just have diabetes. well when i got the results back that i was fine my spacey feelings came back so idk know anymore. any one relate?idk anymore
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i went just recently for a diabetes test and when i drank the drink that they give you i started panicking but i had to stay there so i sat it out and about five minutes later i was fine and my spacey feelings that i have all the time were gone. so i was conviced that i had diabetes and the drink is wht brought me out of my spaciness and to be honest i felt relieved cause that means im not crazy i just have diabetes. well when i got the results back that i was fine my spacey feelings came back so idk know anymore. any one relate?-
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Hi Space Caddet,
It's me again, imageman. I added another reply to your intial post if you are interested. I think you will see that this is pretty standard behavior for someone who has suffered through a major anxiety attack, generalized anxiety, or depression. Until you're satisfied that you don't have some underlying disease or medical issue, you will continue to go from doctor to doctor getting the same results. Not only does this take a long time, but it costs quite a bit out of pocket, takes a toll on you mentally and physically, and leaves you more anxious than before.
If you've been through a full physical exam since your anxiety and depression set in, and none of the tests, blood work-up, or any other procedures came back positive, chances are extremely high that there is nothing physically wrong with you. That doesn't mean you don't have issues, they simply are not physical in nature. Trust me, each time you put yourself through yet another medical procedure, and get back negative results as the findings, it will only make you more anxious and depressed. This is the one time your mind is in total control over your body and the symptoms you feel physically. Eventually you will exhaust all avenues to discover a physical ailment, and realize most if not all of the problems you're dealing with have been brought on by negative thoughts, fear, over analyzing everything and desperation to figure out what's wrong with you. While I believe you should rule out any critical illness, at some point you have to quite looking for something that is just not there.
It gets down to the leap of faith and trust you put in your doctors. If they've checked you over with a fine toothed comb and your problems still persist, there is obviously something else making you sick, your brain!!! Remember your brain runs the body and everything in it. The symptoms you have are the bodies way of telling you there is a system or two out of whack, and you've ruled out any physical causes. The sooner you come to that realization, the sooner you can be on the road to recovery. It really is that simple, yet you go on trying to convince yourself and others that a medical problem exists when it doesn't.
There is no hard, fast rule or length of time it should take to come to this conclusion, but if you want to start feeling better sooner rather than later, I would urge you to work hard with your therapist to begin turning your life around. That includes medication, it's not a death sentance, and unless you take a lot of anti-anxiety drugs, you're not going to become addicted either. Anti-depressants work on balancing the chemicals in your brain, they are not, and I repeat, not "HAPPY PILLS!" They take time to achieve a specific blood level in your body before showing signs of working properly, so be PATIENT!!! Yes there are side effects. One of the worst and most troublesome for many is the lack of sex drive, just deal with it. There are a few others like Welbutrin that lower this side effect in some, and completely remove it in others. Personally it didn't work for me, but don't give up hope.
I said this before, getting over anxiety and depression is a process, it takes time and comitment on your part to work. Use everything in your arsenol, with the exception of street drugs, alcohol, or abusing prescription medications to get your life back. Chances are you crashed for a reason, like neverending stress at work, home, or both. You have to identify what is causing your anxiety so you can change your behavior to lessen or stop it all together. Don't think any one thing will provide a cure, it typically takes a collection of therapy, medication, behavior changes, meditation or quiet time, and a willingness to stop or greatly reduce all the negativity in your life. Think back on how different (maybe even GREAT!!!) your life was prior to being overwhelmed with anxiety and depression, that alone should be the nudge you need to take back control of your life. Rememeber it takes baby steps to beat this or get it under control. If you think you will be a shiny new penny overnight, you will only set yourself up for HUMONGOUS DISAPPOINTMENT.
It's me again, imageman. I added another reply to your intial post if you are interested. I think you will see that this is pretty standard behavior for someone who has suffered through a major anxiety attack, generalized anxiety, or depression. Until you're satisfied that you don't have some underlying disease or medical issue, you will continue to go from doctor to doctor getting the same results. Not only does this take a long time, but it costs quite a bit out of pocket, takes a toll on you mentally and physically, and leaves you more anxious than before.
If you've been through a full physical exam since your anxiety and depression set in, and none of the tests, blood work-up, or any other procedures came back positive, chances are extremely high that there is nothing physically wrong with you. That doesn't mean you don't have issues, they simply are not physical in nature. Trust me, each time you put yourself through yet another medical procedure, and get back negative results as the findings, it will only make you more anxious and depressed. This is the one time your mind is in total control over your body and the symptoms you feel physically. Eventually you will exhaust all avenues to discover a physical ailment, and realize most if not all of the problems you're dealing with have been brought on by negative thoughts, fear, over analyzing everything and desperation to figure out what's wrong with you. While I believe you should rule out any critical illness, at some point you have to quite looking for something that is just not there.
It gets down to the leap of faith and trust you put in your doctors. If they've checked you over with a fine toothed comb and your problems still persist, there is obviously something else making you sick, your brain!!! Remember your brain runs the body and everything in it. The symptoms you have are the bodies way of telling you there is a system or two out of whack, and you've ruled out any physical causes. The sooner you come to that realization, the sooner you can be on the road to recovery. It really is that simple, yet you go on trying to convince yourself and others that a medical problem exists when it doesn't.
There is no hard, fast rule or length of time it should take to come to this conclusion, but if you want to start feeling better sooner rather than later, I would urge you to work hard with your therapist to begin turning your life around. That includes medication, it's not a death sentance, and unless you take a lot of anti-anxiety drugs, you're not going to become addicted either. Anti-depressants work on balancing the chemicals in your brain, they are not, and I repeat, not "HAPPY PILLS!" They take time to achieve a specific blood level in your body before showing signs of working properly, so be PATIENT!!! Yes there are side effects. One of the worst and most troublesome for many is the lack of sex drive, just deal with it. There are a few others like Welbutrin that lower this side effect in some, and completely remove it in others. Personally it didn't work for me, but don't give up hope.
I said this before, getting over anxiety and depression is a process, it takes time and comitment on your part to work. Use everything in your arsenol, with the exception of street drugs, alcohol, or abusing prescription medications to get your life back. Chances are you crashed for a reason, like neverending stress at work, home, or both. You have to identify what is causing your anxiety so you can change your behavior to lessen or stop it all together. Don't think any one thing will provide a cure, it typically takes a collection of therapy, medication, behavior changes, meditation or quiet time, and a willingness to stop or greatly reduce all the negativity in your life. Think back on how different (maybe even GREAT!!!) your life was prior to being overwhelmed with anxiety and depression, that alone should be the nudge you need to take back control of your life. Rememeber it takes baby steps to beat this or get it under control. If you think you will be a shiny new penny overnight, you will only set yourself up for HUMONGOUS DISAPPOINTMENT.
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WOW--
that was very well said. And true too.
Space Cadet- Maybe you panicked because you knew you had to sit there after you drank the junk. And you probably felt better after drinking the sugar solution because your blood sugar raised up. Bodies don't like to have big dips in Blood sugar and when it's too low, you release adrenaline to get your muscles to release glycogen so your brain can have food from blood sugar. There is nothing really magic about it-- but our bodies are amazingly and wonderfully made and complex and beautiful. Yours is working as it should.
I agree with the constant checking of yourself at doctors offices. Once they rule out all physical reasons why you feel bad then you start to think then it must be that you are nuts.
I vote for getting on the self improvement path in many ways like imageman said. That is what I found helped me alot. Learning about anxiety, working on what I let myself think about, waiting until there is an actual problem before I fret, taking sugar and processed stuff out of my diet and daily exercise. And learning to trust God since He is in charge anyways.
My best to you.
that was very well said. And true too.
Space Cadet- Maybe you panicked because you knew you had to sit there after you drank the junk. And you probably felt better after drinking the sugar solution because your blood sugar raised up. Bodies don't like to have big dips in Blood sugar and when it's too low, you release adrenaline to get your muscles to release glycogen so your brain can have food from blood sugar. There is nothing really magic about it-- but our bodies are amazingly and wonderfully made and complex and beautiful. Yours is working as it should.
I agree with the constant checking of yourself at doctors offices. Once they rule out all physical reasons why you feel bad then you start to think then it must be that you are nuts.
I vote for getting on the self improvement path in many ways like imageman said. That is what I found helped me alot. Learning about anxiety, working on what I let myself think about, waiting until there is an actual problem before I fret, taking sugar and processed stuff out of my diet and daily exercise. And learning to trust God since He is in charge anyways.
My best to you.
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thank you both for your response to that post. i should have mentioned in there that i am pregnant and the diabetes test is routine for pregnancy. im not one to run to the doctor i always run to mental health if anything. i do know there is somthing wrong with my head. ive always know this ive always been different than everyone else. and i do not really care if i contract a disease its the mental diseases that scare me. id rather die then live a long life with a mental illness. so what is that called. that sounds very dark but that is reality for me. it would have been nice to have diabetes and have to take insulin shots then live in this mental hell every day. sorry for ranting.
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Oh honey-
First off- congrats on the pregnancy. You must be pretty far along to do the diabetes drink thing. I know you said that you'd rather have diabetes than anxiety/panic but you wouldn't really. Having multiple daily shots, checking blood sugars, having horrible complications-- ICK. You have pretty much pinpointed the problems it sounds like to me. You feel different than other people. Are you more sensitive? I found a book at the library about being sensitive (Can't remember the exact title) and when I read it, it was like she was talking about me. Then I realized that if someone could write a whole book about it, then it couldn't be SO uncommon. And I've come to embrace my sensitivity. Some days my husband thinks we should rent me out to sniff for gas leaks in homes, as my nose is as good or better than their equipment. I can hear a water leak dripping thru closed doors and having a fan on when the water is hitting carpet. It is actually kind of silly and we laugh about it. Then we make jokes about how he is deaf and wouldn't get out of the house if there was a gas leak because he would never smell it. And a tornado siren- he'd sleep right thru and that would be that.
I think it takes all kinds of people and you should embrace who God made you. Definitely work on yourself with therapy and meds if need be, to where you feel healthy and can cope and then you'll have to ride out the rest. There are blessings to being sensitive just as there are blessings to being non-sensitive. And vice versa. Don't be so hard on yourself- there is no blueprint for a "perfect" person. We are all unique and it's OK if you have anxiety or whatever.
If you are afraid of mental illness, don't read about it or talk about it or look it up. I get freaked by heart issues, so I skip over that stuff. I know my status and figure that I can't really help anyone else who has a real problem and I know I will freeze up and panic if I dwell on it, so I pass over the subject. Kind of like not watching TV news or listening to radio reports ad nauseum about stuff that bothers me. I get enough info. to be informed if I wish and then shut it off.
You'll be a great mom because you will care deeply for your child and choose to do a great job raising him/her. I found that taking care of someone else gave me something else to focus on besides me and my symptoms and I greatly improved anxiety-wise after having kids.
First off- congrats on the pregnancy. You must be pretty far along to do the diabetes drink thing. I know you said that you'd rather have diabetes than anxiety/panic but you wouldn't really. Having multiple daily shots, checking blood sugars, having horrible complications-- ICK. You have pretty much pinpointed the problems it sounds like to me. You feel different than other people. Are you more sensitive? I found a book at the library about being sensitive (Can't remember the exact title) and when I read it, it was like she was talking about me. Then I realized that if someone could write a whole book about it, then it couldn't be SO uncommon. And I've come to embrace my sensitivity. Some days my husband thinks we should rent me out to sniff for gas leaks in homes, as my nose is as good or better than their equipment. I can hear a water leak dripping thru closed doors and having a fan on when the water is hitting carpet. It is actually kind of silly and we laugh about it. Then we make jokes about how he is deaf and wouldn't get out of the house if there was a gas leak because he would never smell it. And a tornado siren- he'd sleep right thru and that would be that.
I think it takes all kinds of people and you should embrace who God made you. Definitely work on yourself with therapy and meds if need be, to where you feel healthy and can cope and then you'll have to ride out the rest. There are blessings to being sensitive just as there are blessings to being non-sensitive. And vice versa. Don't be so hard on yourself- there is no blueprint for a "perfect" person. We are all unique and it's OK if you have anxiety or whatever.
If you are afraid of mental illness, don't read about it or talk about it or look it up. I get freaked by heart issues, so I skip over that stuff. I know my status and figure that I can't really help anyone else who has a real problem and I know I will freeze up and panic if I dwell on it, so I pass over the subject. Kind of like not watching TV news or listening to radio reports ad nauseum about stuff that bothers me. I get enough info. to be informed if I wish and then shut it off.
You'll be a great mom because you will care deeply for your child and choose to do a great job raising him/her. I found that taking care of someone else gave me something else to focus on besides me and my symptoms and I greatly improved anxiety-wise after having kids.
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thank you newrunner.
i do all that already i cannot watch the news or bad shows. this will be my third child and i am hoping and praying that it changes me for the better ive never felt this horrible. thank you all for your support its is definitly needed and appreciated.
oh ya im am very sensitive not really with my nose tho lol thats funny and im with ur hubby about the whole tornado thing. i wouldnt know it until it ripped the bed out from under me lol. thats cute. but im sensitive very much so to critisium and im always thinking that people dont like me so im really kept to myself most of the time. which probably make me seem like a bitch and thats why they dont aprouch me. idk im rambling.
i do all that already i cannot watch the news or bad shows. this will be my third child and i am hoping and praying that it changes me for the better ive never felt this horrible. thank you all for your support its is definitly needed and appreciated.
oh ya im am very sensitive not really with my nose tho lol thats funny and im with ur hubby about the whole tornado thing. i wouldnt know it until it ripped the bed out from under me lol. thats cute. but im sensitive very much so to critisium and im always thinking that people dont like me so im really kept to myself most of the time. which probably make me seem like a bitch and thats why they dont aprouch me. idk im rambling.
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too sensitive... My fiance comes from a family where they tease each other a lot. He picks on me sometimes like with his sister or his Mom and it just kills me. Then he's frustrated because he can't understand what made me so upset, it was just a joke or a suggestion or whatever, and I can't handle anykind of criticism or joking around. What's crazy is I know how much he loves me and how he's not trying to upset me and I feel awful anyway. I don't want him to be on eggshells around me but I'm neurotic about my clothes and cooking more than ever now because of a couple of careless comments that he made. He doesn't even remember that he said something 'mean' most of the time, because he didn't intend it to be 'mean'. I just shouldn't take things so personally.
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Withthe spacing out problem... it still could be related to blood sugar even if you're not technically diabetic. I'm not, but I burn through sugar quickly and if I don't eat every three hours or so I space/fade out. Have also got shakes really bad, get angry for no reason, feel very weak, and even go blind for a few seconds ( that one's scary let me tell you) It's all directly related to controlling how I eat, but as I learn more about anxiety I can see how it sure has aggravated my mental strain to be dealing with the physical roller coaster...what's from needing to eat, what's really a panic attack or just anxiety?