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Judecat42
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I am 55 years old, female, married with no kids/ 2 cats. I work full time in logistics, and my hobbies include knitting/crocheting and making music. I'm into sci-fi/superheroes, cats, spirituality and nature. 

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Beta Blockers and Anxiety
Anxiety Support / by Judecat42
Last post
 12 hours ago
...See more Hi everyone, So I have taken propranolol as needed for anxiety off and on for a couple years and it's worked fairly well for me (this is in addition to regular 75 mg daily of sertraline). Last month, however, my doctor put me on metropolol because my blood pressure was up...100 mg at first but the cardiologist knocked it down to 25. Even at that dose the side effects of dizziness, weakness, palpitations and chest tightness were intolerable. I got off that and went back to propranolol ...3 20 mg a day (similar to what I used to take). Only now I'm still experiencing the dizziness and fatigue and my anxiety is up. I have an appointment for a heart monitor next week and I'm nervous about what they're going to find. I'm also nervous about the meds. Anyone else take beta blockers? Like.i said, I never had a problem with propranolol before and it worked OK but now not so much. Argh.
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Metoprolol withdrawal?
Anxiety Support / by Judecat42
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 Sunday
...See more Hello again, When I was ill a few weeks ago, my pcp put me on 50 mg metoprolol then upped it to 100 because my blood pressure was high and I had heart palpitations. She sent me to a cardiologist, who said my condition didn't call for that high a dose and he reduced it to 25 mg once daily. Well, I found the side effects of fatigue, shakiness and dizziness to be intolerable so I asked to wean off metoprolol. They told me to take half pill every day for 3 days then every other day for 3 days. I'm in the middle of the last part but find I'm experiencing more of the shakiness and heart palpitations. This includes some anxiety. Has anyone else been through this? I used to take 20-40 mg propranolol up to 3x a day for anxiety and never had a problem with it but this metoprolol has been rough!
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Anxiety, panic and blood pressure, oh my..
Anxiety Support / by Judecat42
Last post
 January 24th
...See more So it seems I'm going through another gorram anxiety cycle, despite my positive thinking and all. It was triggered by the health issues I've been having lately....but now I'm having a hard time distinguishing what's my body and what's the anxiety. For example, I've had heart palpitations and raised BP lately but that always seems to go with the anxiety. When I'm not anxious my BP is fine. The doc did put me on metropolol, first at 100 mg/day but that was too much and the cardiologist reduced it to 25 mg. It was making me tired and dizzy and now I'm wired and dizzy, lol. I'm trying to not worry so much about my health. Usually docs find nothing wrong with me outside of high A1C, which I'm working on. I'm just hoping this levels out soon! Anyone else go through these kinds of episodes?
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Health Anxiety
Anxiety Support / by Judecat42
Last post
 January 30th
...See more Dangbit, I Let my anxiety get the better of me again. I've been sick so I went to the doctor and got some tests and meds. But then I started bugging her with too many calls and messages with questions about my condition and meds. Now I'm afraid that even though shes been very patient, she'll ditch me, and she's such a good doctor. So I hope not. Thing is, I'm not usually this way...just when I'm sick and this has been a weird and difficult illness. How do you cope with health anxiety?
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I Let It Get Me Again!
Anxiety Support / by Judecat42
Last post
 January 20th
...See more Dang it, I let my anxiety get the better of me again. I've been sick and since I have health anxiety that stirred things up. I've been to the doctor and I keep messaging and calling with questions and concerns about my meds, how I feel, etc. I try to hold off bugging them but then it just gets so worrisome that I cave and call or message Now I'm afraid that even though my doctor has been very patient, she's going to dump me because I'm too much. But I'm not usually like this--only when I'm sick and this has been a really weird and debilitating illness! How do you cope with health anxiety?
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Long Illness
50 & Over Community / by Judecat42
Last post
 January 23rd
...See more Hi, I just need to talk to someone. I've been ill for going on a month with a weird bug that somehow morphed into an atypical UTI which has caused debilitating fatigue along with heart palpitations and blood pressure spikes. Took docs 2 weeks just to figure out what was going on. I'm on antibiotics and beta blockers now. I've missed more work than I can afford to and am quite stressed and anxious. I know things will turn out OK but I keep wondering how long this is gonna last? I've never been sick this long. It's like my worst fear has come true. I know there are many people out there who have worse health situations and they manage to cope,often with such grace. I guess I'm just impatient. But I so hate not feeling like myself and not being able to do and enjoy my usual activities! How do you cope?Thanks for lending an ear...or an eye, as it we're.
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I Need Help with My Boss
Work & Career / by Judecat42
Last post
 January 6th, 2024
...See more Hi, I'm Jude. I started what I thought was my dream job with a non-profit organization last August but it soon turned into a nightmare because of the boss! She is a micro-manager, and very difficult for everyone to work with. She talks so fast it's hard to understand what she wants but she gets mad when you ask questions... you're supposed to figure stuff out yourself. Sometimes she says one thing and then contradicts herself. But you were supposed to know that. She has had me in a Several closed door interrogations regarding why I am not getting my job, and how frustrated she is. I made the mistake of telling her i have anxiety and now she thinks i have a mental problem. But she won't fire me. some really weird things too...things that totally throw me off...like one time she was in my office talking to me and she asked why I was looking at her outfit (I wasn't). Today I heard her say to my coworker "you're smiling, that means you want me out of your office" and then "I hear you laughing in here" (he wasn't). She can be quite intimidating and she's made several people cry. A few weeks ago I had a panic attack in the office because I had torush doing somethingand i messed it up...the boss wasn't there but she heard about it and scolded me for not telling her. Well I just don't feel comfortable talking to her about anything! I'm looking for another job but need help coping in the meantime.
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Struggling with meds
Anxiety Support / by Judecat42
Last post
 March 13th, 2023
...See more Last week my GP doc upped my dose of Zoloft and added Gabapentin to help with anxiety and sleep. The Gabapentin didn't help, just made me dizzy and the Zoloft increase caused intolerable anxiety. So, after chatting with the doc, I backed off on both. She mentioned that Abilify could help but I'm afraid to try it. Has anyone had any experience with Abilify? I have an appointment with a psychiatrist in a month so im thinking of waiting til then to try anything new.
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