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hello I'm new here but have had anxiety and panic attacks since i was 18. I've had my ups and downs but right now I'm pretty low let me explain I'm married and have 4 kids i was working as a machinist for about 5 yrs but about 2 mo ago i got the flu and bronchitis's the doc put me on methle predisone(steroid) and after i was done taking it i started having palputation's pretty bad so i went to the doc and they checked me out and said everything was fine but i didnt feel fine so after about a week i tried to go back to work and just could not handle it and quit so i went back to the job i had before(it paid a little less but alot less stress) worked one night and had panic and anxiety pretty bad, the next day got the flu again got over that and was really depressed and was still fighting anxiety so i ask my job if i could take time off to try to get help they said okay. i went back to the doc and this time just kind of ignored me this was not my original doc so i decided to pay a little more and go to my doc that prescribed me zoloft about 6 yrs ago so when i explained everything to her she checked me out and said everything is good but she was going to up my zoloft to 150mg and prescibed me atavan. i'm the kind of guy that is pretty scared to take a new med but i did and i just felt really out of it so i quit taking it. i also started to see a therepist this week and really been learning more about this condition but i have all kind of symptoms from my heart palpatations, dizzy, tingling in arms and legs and face, sweaty hards, cold and hot flashes, uncontrollable fear, i also have a numbness on my left side, somtimes right side and sometimes both in arms legs and face and was wondering if any body else had that feeling before? i've had cat scans done before about this problem but it all came back good and my doctor said just anxiety also wanted to get some feedback on going back to work maybe some tips or something as me and my wife are having some money issues and she understands my problem pretty good but i feel it wearing thin she is usually a homemaker but feels like she needs to find work PLEASE SOMEONE HELP chris
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Hello mate, tho i may not be able to give you great advice i thought id offer my support. I have been suffering with anxiety at work for 2 years now... has reached the point where i quit my job the other day! Just hang in there bro and hopefully youl be able to find a job that is more suited to you... iv been honest with the women i saw at the job center and hopefully shel help me find something better... fingers crossed for the both of us!
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Oh yes the wonder drug Prednisone. This past winter (2007/2008)I had, what I and Dr. thought. was Pleurisy. He put me on Prednisone 3 different times. In thinking back Im sure my anxiety was taking over and making me think I had Pleurisy, because I had it the winter of 2006/2007. Im retired and live in Utah and this past winter has here has been an unusual snowy and cold one. Im an outside person, love to ride my motorcycle, and work in the yard. In the winter not much to do and leaves ones mind time to wonder, one gets cabin fever easy. Back to the Prednisone. If you look it up on the internet you will find it has a lot of bad side effect and they are real, but I have found if you add anxiety to it makes things a lot worse. I never did finish up my last pill of Prednisone. Been 2 week now and am starting to fell a lot better. Dr had me on Benicar for high blood pressure, and I am finding it had a lot of side effect that were messing me up, and making my anxiety worse. Been off the Benicar for a week now and am starting to feel much better. Im like everyone else who suffer from anxiety had all the medical test and never find anything wrong. Here is a web were you can look up some drugs and make comments about your experience with them. It does list most but a lot of folks havent list comments on many. http://www.iddb.org Hope things get better for you
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Yes I've had the tingling in the arms and legs and numbness in the side of my head and face at one time. I to had a cat scan and all was fine. Anxiety can cause so many physical symptoms its incredible. I also worked in a very stressful place at one time but here I am looking for another job as well. Now I'm a bit depressed and anxious at what I can do and who in the world would want to hire me. I keep telling myself things will work out. I hope they do for you as well.

Kim
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