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As all of us Hydro takers, we know the med itself has a calming property. 2 months ago, I had my first panic/anxiety attack. At the time, I did not know what it was, I thought I was having a heart attack. I felt a sudden rush of tingling sensation go threw my head, hard to breathe and both of my hands went numb and could not swallow.
I remember, right before I had the attack, I took a hydro for my cervical sprine.
So I stop the hydro for 2 months. Today, my neck was acting up so bad, I broke down and took a hydro. A 1/2 hr later, I had a full blown anxiety attack, this time with my legs in tremers, felt almost like I was having a seizure. I went to the E.R. I told the doc what I took, and he gave me a xanax and everything was back to normal again.
Has anyone experience this....Please share your stories w/me cause I feel like I'm going crazy.
Hello,
Feeling like your losing your mind is also a classic symptom of a Panic Disorder.
However, I don't know which came first, the meds set it off or your prone to them and the meds aggravated it.
I have the same reaction to the Hydro and have to always take an ativan with it. Otherwise, I will have a full blown panic attack and they're scary!
Along time ago, before I had any anxiety at all, my physician prescribed me Percodan for pain, and that night I took it at bedtime, only to jump out of bed an hour later in a full blown panic, I tried to calm myself, I didn't have any antianxiety meds so I ended up having a few beers to calm it. It was my first experience with meds setting off a panic attack. I couldn't take the pain med unless I had a few beers first, even though they say don't drink with it, but it was that or suffer in real pain.
Some docs will think your crazy and act like they have never heard of such reactions with pain meds, but beleive me, you are definetly not alone with this symptom.
I also now take an antidepressant to keep this under control, but when I take the hydro I have to take the antianxiety med without exception.
Hydro seems to irritate my nerves, not calm them. I don't get sleepy, I get active and my mind races.
It's a pain in the butt!
YOUR NOT LOSING YOUR MIND! It's just the chemical imbalance sending wrong messages to you as I was told by my doc. The messages aren't real. You are normal.
Feel free to PM me anytime.
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"Sometimes we fear something so much, we become what we fear".
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