help me please, i am scaring myself....

[Sweetlady66]

just over the last few weeks i have been so depressed and i have been getting like panic attacks, i wake up or i am just sitting watching tv, and my heart starts pounding and i get scared and panic for no reason.

i have also been very dizzy and fatiuge, so tired, like i cant move.

i dont have health insuarance so i dont know what to do but i am tried of being dizy and sick of being depressed and thinking about sucide.

[CarolynF]

Get to your doctor tomorrow..This is not right. So what if you don't have insurance..your life is more is important than that..Go..

[Sweetlady66]

how much would that cost me? i am sure they are going to have to run tests and give me meds

[debkeversole]

hang in there hon...this is a great place for support but it sure sounds like there is something medically wrong...is there a school nurse you could have screen you so you would know for sure about going to the doctor? when we didn't have ins. my kids school nurse was a life saver

[kristinalyn2001]

Know that this situation will get better and these horrible feelings will pass. I have anxiety disorder and have had times when I felt like I wanted to die to escape the horrible feelings of the panic attacks. I felt the same way you are describing. I now take Paxil and that has saved me. Your life is worth more than any amount of money. Even if you have to find a free clinic, you need to tell someone that you are thinking of hurting yourself. If you went to an ER and told them that, I doubt they would turn you away. With the proper medication and therapy you can beat this....it will pass if you hold on

[CarolynF]

Originally Posted by Sweetlady66

how much would that cost me? i am sure they are going to have to run tests and give me meds

It doesn't matter if it saves your precious life. You will probably be put on meds, which probably will make life alot more pleasant..

Some places don't charge and others have a payment plan.

Just go..and let us know.

[amiga74]

maybe there is a hotline you could call in your area that could give you advice or a referral somewhere? check your phone book?

[rockgal]

That's a good idea - see if there is a HELP line listed in your phone book. This sounds like anxiety attacks, which I have too. Medication is what helps me. I take sarafem which is just prozac by another name.

[Houston Heather]

They will have you go to an ER and get seen. That's what happened with me.

I did the whole mental health/uninsured thing years ago which led me to being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. DH was so happy it was something treatable that he didn't complain about the bill.

For me, everything cost less than a months' pay and I went to the local hospital. They were very kind. I was in and out the same day and I had been actively sucidal for a while.

The county mental health clinics can be pretty grim, but they do have a sliding scale.

[poe2you]

hang in there.. i have terrible anxiety..panic attacks..i take wellbutin but its not as effective as paxil....just finding people who have the same symptoms help me.. this board has been a great help to me.
take care and hope you find relief..they're right..can't put a price on your health..

[debkeversole]

howdy Sweetlady66! hope you are having a better day today

[debbiedo]

I think you should go to the ER. Let them have the needs assessment person assess you and they will give you community resources. There is also a crisis center in most communtities. They can give you places to go. I know my families psychiatrist also works at one of the community clinics funded by the county.

If you say the word suicide it tells me you need to go to an ER NOW!!!!!!!!

I work in an ER and they must see you and they must have a psychologist or social worker see you.

Please tell us how you are doing. I do worry about you!!!

[kristinalyn2001]

Any update on how you are feeling? Just let us know if you are OK. A lot of us have been through this and are speaking from experience and our hearts.

[magickal1]

look for a guidance center they will take u with out insurance i have panic and axiety attacks fight depresssion they will seeu look it up for ur area , they will take u with no insurance and help u get medicine.

[ollamo]

I hope you are feeling tons better today! I hope reading everyone's love and support will help you. I too would also suggest you find a clinic. You can get a payment plan for your health, but you can't get one on your life.

[Stackeyha]

Praying for you...

There are a lot of things that come to mind physically that may or may not be helpful in the interim while you are finding a dr or free clinic...

Are you drinking ANYTHING with artificial sweetners??? watch this (Free Movies & Documentaries - Sweet Misery: A Poisoned World (2004)) and read the thread by fawn here (http://www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/ma...et-misery.html)

Are you drinking enough water??? Dehydration messes with your mind.

Are you getting enough sleep??? Are you super stressed about something??? I've found that Vitamin B really helps me with panic AND depression...I take a B100 Complex, first thing in the morning and at lunch (not at night because it keeps me awake.)

What is your diet like? Are you low carbing??? Mixed carbing??? Low fatting??? I get crazy with high carbs...literally can not think.

I hope something helps very soon, and as I said before I'm praying for you.

[Sweetlady66]

i am still so dizzy and depressed, i made an app with the doctor for tuesday at 2pm but i am prob going to be working and not be able to go, but if i keep feeling this way by tuesday then i am going to tell work this is an emergency and have to take the day off or just go to the doctor at 2

this is scarying me so much with being dizzy. nothing will stop spinning, nothing, ever,

[debbiedo]

sweet lady go to the ER and screw work. you have a health reason. they don't need to know what it is. the ER will give you a note to be off work.

Dizzy can be lots of things. They will probably give you something like Antivert which helps dizziness but makes you sleepy.

I remember you mentioning suicide. I truly believe if you have thoughts like this and a plan of any sort you need to go to the hospital!!!!

[magickal1]

depression can make u feel suicidal , i found out last year i ws bi polar and i was blown away couldnt sleep was dizzy stayed up all nite was living practically with no sleep had terrible thoughts , there is a guidance center in almost every state i drive 45 min but its worth it they will help u and u dnt havto pay a dime and they will givreu mnedicine if u tell em u dont have money for it or insurance they will see u , but if its that bad go to the er now , not later not tomorrow go now , u are important and ur job will get a note stating u were in the hopital , but plz just go , ihave been there and i know how scarey it can be , so plz just go u will feel so much better , just a note most medicines take 4 weeks to work so ask then for something for panick attacks and anxiety at first they will make u sleepy but then they wont good luck and keep us posted , very concerned about u ....

[DebM]

I had the same thing and my thyroid was acting up. Was immediately put on a beta blocker and it was a godsend. Still working on the thyroid issues so not totally resolved