I just started Klonopin on Wednesday and Saturday my mom made me stop taking it because she said I was acting blurred and sleepy! And I was sleepy, but the doctor said after two weeks he’d knock me down to .5 mg, if I still had these side effects. Anyway to convince my mom to let me back on them?

i woke up very early this morning, after a kind of crazy dream, and my heart was racing… i tried to be calm, i tried to meditate to slow it down, but i almost felt like i was going to die… i thought heavily about calling 911… i laid there, tried to relax, eventually, fell asleep i guess, cause an hour later i woke up and i felt ok.. i went into work and i was talking with someone about it who said i had an anxiety attach.. that it used to happen to his mom all the time… is that really what is was? what causes them? is there any other way to treat them, should it happen again, asside from getting meds? it was very scary.. should i call the doctor about it monday? is it likely to happen again? why did i have it?

Long story short as I can be, our cat had kittens 5 of them, 10 days later the mother got deathly sick and I became a mother cat, bottle fed, potty and slept with these guys on a heating pad, liter trained them and everything. The runt of the litter tended to be with me a lot more often as they became mobile, as the others would beat her up out of the food and just flat out pick on her a lot. SO I fed her separate of the others, she was behind a bit developing. 100% set up for Separation Anxiety for this little gal. Turn for the worse at 6 weeks old she jetted under one of my kid’s feet and got stepped on. she was in very serious condition, and I held her, brushed, petted and talked to her 24/7 no rest for 4 days nursing this kitten to survive. She was my special girl before the accident, even more so with another 10 days of intensive kitten care. drops of water for 4 days, then watered down moist food for 3 days, she is doing fantastic now. Until…

Ok I have gone out of the house since she is mobile again, shopping, taking kids to things at school and so forth, Thanksgiving day we were ALL gone for about 6 hours. Came home and they all sat up yawned at me like "oh you were gone?"

Suddenly Tues night my daughter needed a ride home from work, so I ran 6 blocks to pick her up and came home to a semi comatose kitten. I always shut my bedroom door when I leave so the dogs don’t go in after the kitten food, and the kittens don’t run about the house getting into trouble as they can manage a lot of.

I shut my door and leave, About the time I made it out of the front door, my 2nd oldest heard this blood curtailing scream coming from my room, she ran up open the door and the kitten was against the door and fell out of the door way, ripped down the steps into the bathroom.. NO MOM!!! She went into a hysterical run all over the house making rounds to every room screaming, till she finally just collapsed panting like she was dying, not 5 minutes went by and I was back home, to my daughter standing there holding this limp dead looking cat, and my daughter crying saying "mom, somethings wrong with her"

Of course as much heart as I put into this kitten to save her life now in her short little life of now 9 weeks, I screamed and ran toward her. The sound of my voice she jumped up suddenly ALIVE!! and jumped on me up to my face, licking me purring hysterically loving me to death. Now not 2 minutes before that, she was limp and my daughter couldn’t get her to "come around" She had run her self around hysterical and I guess passed out.

Again today 1st time I have left her and not "taken her along" since Tues night. I drove my son about a block and half to the bus stop and right back, I timed it and was not gone a full 3 minutes. came home to her running hysterically to find me and saw me, climbed me kissing me to death again.

All the causes for this kitten to be this way is there, I get why she is like that I seriously do. I spoil her to death to which doesn’t help. Scrambled egg in the morning, Super is moist food, and a treat at bed time, she has her own little bedroom and toy room cubes… She will continue to be spoiled for the rest of her life.

But, I also have NO doubt, that if I leave this kitten behind again for more then 5 minutes she could very well have an anxiety attack that she may just lay down and die over it. She is only 9 weeks old.. seriously do I want to drug this little thing that already had such a ruff start?

I have to drive to NJ to get my husband returning from Iraq next week, and already going shopping for travel needs for her.

My question is I guess, would be, any suggestions on how to start gradually fixing this sudden onset? I can’t think of a thing to have caused it that changed from Monday to Tues. Monday i went shopping with my daughter for 2 hours, left her here with my other kids, she didn’t care less about me going away. NO house changes happened to cause Tues reaction to me leaving for 5 minutes…

She literally was limp and gasping for air…

So any suggestions on where to go from here on getting it better aside from Drugs?
TY for responses so far, yes I knew this was a possibility for all 5 of them, but esp this gal with all she has been threw.

The good part is the ONLY aggression she shows at all is if I am sleeping and someone comes near me.. LOL

My husband has been in Iraq for a year and comes home next week.. what a welcome home.. huh? snarl snarl HISS HISS get away from my mama!!

but if the person is in the bed before me, like my son fell asleep on my bed the other day and I moved him over and the kitten and I went to bed, he was ok.. but don’t try to get near me after I’m sleeping.

It’s been a long haul with these guys. I am momma… no doubt about it. I read so much information when I had to take over.

I already take her with me everywhere I go, but soon i’ll have to go to the grocery store, and she can’t go there. 5 hours to pick up hubby I guess we’ll see how she rides long distances now too!

First off, I plan on going to the doctor, however, I’m a student and with my schedule and lack of money, it’s going to be a week or two before I can go. So, I’m just using this as a reference point.

I am an incredibly stressed, and anxious person. I have a ton going on in my life that places a huge burden on me. For the past five months, I’ve been getting what I assume are PVC’s (My mom has them, my dad has them, my sister gets them, I know it’s not an appropriate diagnosis though). Basically, I feel a "flop" in my chest, followed by a moment of breathlessness that usually goes away very quickly. I’ve only had one episode where it’s lasted for I’d say 30 seconds. I’ve noticed they are much worse when I am stressed or when I focus on them. I’m prone to anxiety attacks, which incidentally, the PVC’s prompt me to go into a panic attack, which in turn makes me feel like I’m dying, and makes me scared that I am. Vicious cycle, huh? I’m also a hypochondriac. Since I was little I’ve thought I’ve had every disease or illness from AIDS to cancer, to heart failure…and I just realized how insane this post is making me sound. Haha…

Anyway, the past few days I’ve been exceptionally stressed. Sometimes I get the fluttering in my chest, but it will go down my arm, and I feel weak. Then my heart starts thumping, and I get really hot and sometime I feel nauseated. I believe these are also panic attacks, only they feel different than they used to, but I am under a lot more stress which could be the reason why. If my boyfriend starts talking to me, trying to calm me down, or I focus on my breathing, it tends to go away. But I’m also thinking it could be my thyroid, or something along those lines. I don’t know exactly what my question is, but I suppose it would be nice to hear from people who have had similar symptoms, or have been treated for them, and what it ended up being. I’m placing my money on anxiety, but the hypochondriac in me thinks it’s heart disease, or heart failure, or cancer…you get the idea.

Any input would be helpful. Thank you so much.

I can’t go to the gynocologist. Every time I try to I go into a horrible panic attack. I know she’s not going to hurt me, I know it needs to be done for health reasons…I just can’t do it. I start crying and freaking out and I can’t breathe and I just feel like I’m about to die. It’s horrible. I’m 21, almost 22, so I’m long past due for all sorts of tests. I’m still a virgin, so at least I’m STD free(thank you hatred of my body, you keep my disease free)..and the gyno knows that I was molested as a child and she’s said that she won’t do anything until I’m okay with it…but I don’t think I’ll ever be okay with it. And when it comes to the topic of sex, I either think feel like I should just sleep with someone I’ll never see again to get it over with or that I’ll never do it. I’m going to be a virgin forever because I’m so fucked up. I need help. But I can’t afford a psychiatrist. So yeah, how can I stop the panic attacks without medication…because my mom thinks they’re nonexistent.

I don’t understand why doctors in my area refuse to adequately treat anxiety. I lost my mom a little over a year ago and have developed well-documented case of PTSD, anxiety and depression since then. The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is also an anxiety disorder. I had a breakdown in April, and two months later nobody will prescribe me anything other than a SNRI (antidepressant) for my anxiety.

I guess there is a lot of drug abuse where I live but I am one who plays by the rules. I live in chronic pain and have been on the same meds and in a pain management clinic (VERY STRICT) for 7 years. Why won’t doctors give me anything for the days when the panic and anxiety attacks are really bad (2-3 times a week) at least for a couple of months while I’m in the worst of it???? What are they so afraid of?
I am in counseling with a psychologist… I see a psychiatrist. I can’t work because the anxiety has been so bad as to affect my ability to sleep, work, and usually drive.

One time, my mum and I went to a local grocery store, to make long story short, she thought she lost her pouch inside the grocery (I was holding it)… She was suddenly like, "where’s my pouuuch???? where’s my pouch!!!," she panicked! What the! Her face looked really weird and worried! I told her I have it.. Whoah…
It happens most of the time.
Now my question is, if that happens, does that trigger her blood to rise up again? (high blood pressure?)
Could it be a panic disorder or just from her high blood pressure?

It is summer right now in ur place, temperature is always around 32ºC – 38ºC. It also contributes in having high blood pressure, right?
What’s the best thing to do then?

Mom is only 57.

I have failed the driver’s test 4 times. But, I am a very good driver. I’m almost 17 so I’ve been driving for almost 2 years. With my mom, my grandpa, or my friends in the car, I am comfortable and drive fine. Every time I have taken the driver’s test, I get so nervous that I fail instantly because my nerves drive me to do something stupid like go the wrong way. I know I wouldn’t do if the officer wasn’t in the car. Last time I tried took the test, I had a panic attack and cried in the dmv’s bathroom, still took the test and failed. Please give me advice as to how to make myself not nervous or if you are aware of any anxiety medications.

well I am a gay and I have been suffering anxiety since I am 18,I tried some medications before because of doctor, I feel horrible my stomach and cold in my foot, and I feel my hands sweating and.. I speak too fast, I am taking now efexor again but now 150mg, some nights, I can’t sleep so I have to clonazempa, well I live in mexico in a small town, I feel sometimes, I have accepted myself but some parts of me are so sensible when someone asks me if I am gay or mom is crying, because I told her I have seen a handsome guy, etc.. I don’t know what to say,sorry if you can’t my understand my questions. please tell me something, I have visited a psychiatric, two psychologists.. sorry for my bad spelling too. I am confused with this website now
well according one psychologist, she told me nobody was born gay and the other told me my psychologist tests told her, I could change if I want to be straight, she told I should try with a girl.. well actually.. I don’t want to do it.. I don’t feel good to do it..
btw I don’t want to spend more money with those things of going to doctors..

I have depression, but take medicine for it and I’m just fine, but recently I’ve been getting panic attacks, and I’ve never had them before. They come out of nowhere, and I think I’m dying even when I know what they are. What should I do to stop them, and what triggers them. My twin sister recently moved away to college, and my mom thinks that could be a trigger, but even when she is home visiting I get them. What should I do?

I’ve had about 4-6 panic attacks today and my mom was talking to her friend about it and she mentioned that it could be from wisdom teeth and mine have just started coming in weeks ago. could it be true?

Where do you go to get help for social anxiety disorder? Do you go to the doctor or go to a psychologist or something like that?

How much does it cost or is it covered by insurance ( the visit + medication) I’m 17 and i doubt my mom would want to pay for it.

I have panic disorder brought on by PTSD. One day I was just "different" and then I have a Panic Attack.

I am now on medication and have finished thearpy. I still get the start of attacks but now where near how it was in the beginning. I am pretty good at controlling.

My biggest and WORST symptom is the "unreal" feeling. As though I am watching my life from outside. It is SO SCARY. Dr has told me that it is just a part of it.

My husband and I just bought a new house, I lost my best friend and my Mom is getting married in a week. I have had a lot going on and I feel as though I have been handeling things OK but tonight I sort of freaked and felt "out of it" and as if I was going to go crazy.

I am stuck awake and can’t sleep. I don’t want to eat and dont’ know what to do. It is just hard to feel alone in this.

I am just wondering what other people feel. Do you actually feel stressed when it happens or does it just come on like it does with me?

Blessings.