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Default Mar 02, 2019 at 05:52 PM
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For the past week I have been very anxious could be because of the storms two of them and the fact I have to see my shrink this Tuesday I may have to cancel though,I have taken all of my meds and my legs feel awful especially from my thighs to my chins .I just cannot seem to get rid of these feelings.I have tried taking a nap no help there I have been knitting and yes I even read a book yet those feelings like you want to jump out of your own skin are still with me.It feels like restless leg really bad I am on meds for that however if these feelings are really bad no amount of medication is going to work.I do suffer with tremors and I am on inderol for that.I first thought I had these feelings because of the land lady coming today she always makes me nervous and I think she knows that too.It still didnt disappear after she left the feeling is more like from my ankles and up the chin area. Does anyone have any idea how to help with this problem.I even tried to lay down to relax my body.
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Hi Carol, sorry you’re having a tough time with things at the moment, it sucks when there seems to be no relief from symptoms!

Can I ask why you might need to cancel the visit to your shrink? He might have to review your medication, or at the very least he might have some tips and strategies to help you cope better.

Also, I don’t know if you’re familiar with mindfulness techniques, but I’ve found them to be very helpful in the past.

Hope things get better for you soon. :-)
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Hi Carol, sorry you’re having a tough time with things at the moment, it sucks when there seems to be no relief from symptoms!

Can I ask why you might need to cancel the visit to your shrink? He might have to review your medication, or at the very least he might have some tips and strategies to help you cope better.

Also, I don’t know if you’re familiar with mindfulness techniques, but I’ve found them to be very helpful in the past.

Hope things get better for you soon. :-)
Well they are saying a huge snowstorm on Monday I think that maybe part of my problem I f I know there is a storm coming I just get very anxious but I have had enough of these feelings sometime this will happen just before my gerd acts up.Like when I swallow it is like something is making me gag my doctor did tell me it is the gerd,I just dont understand why I have to get so restless before this happens plus I am a nervous wreck on what to do.If the roads and sidewalks are clear by then I can go but it is Tuesday,Also I got this awful feeling that my best friend wont be here and when that happens I feel alone and scared.The appointment is for Tuesday see I have to use a walker and I dont want anymore bad falls I had one about ten years ago .Landed in the hospital for a few days then awg this is awful a nursing home for about 3 months.Believe me I would not go to one of those again if they paid me.The nursed are rude they dont care about the patients.I would rather go to see my doctor that way I can get my meds I am only there anyway to do that.He knows about my pins and needles feelings he said it was from one of the meds so I have to take some meds to help get rid of this feeling it is not working it feels like a feeling of withdrawal but I am taking my meds .Today it is about from the beginning of my chin to my toes it just a feeling like you want to jump out of your own skin,it comes and goes but since Friday it has been like this.I hope my friend can stay tomorrow cause she has a way of making me feel better.I have tried even rubbing my legs ugh,some say rain some say 4-8 of snow.i didnt mind snow when I was a kid so naturally if it is slippery out I cannot go anywhere.I think maybe once I do see my doctor perhaps all of this may go away but then again sometimes it just comes for no reason,it is so annoying ,no pain at all just annoying.I suffer with tremors to and I am on inderol for that.
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Well they are saying a huge snowstorm on Monday I think that maybe part of my problem I f I know there is a storm coming I just get very anxious but I have had enough of these feelings sometime this will happen just before my gerd acts up.Like when I swallow it is like something is making me gag my doctor did tell me it is the gerd,I just dont understand why I have to get so restless before this happens plus I am a nervous wreck on what to do.If the roads and sidewalks are clear by then I can go but it is Tuesday,Also I got this awful feeling that my best friend wont be here and when that happens I feel alone and scared.The appointment is for Tuesday see I have to use a walker and I dont want anymore bad falls I had one about ten years ago .Landed in the hospital for a few days then awg this is awful a nursing home for about 3 months.Believe me I would not go to one of those again if they paid me.The nursed are rude they dont care about the patients.I would rather go to see my doctor that way I can get my meds I am only there anyway to do that.He knows about my pins and needles feelings he said it was from one of the meds so I have to take some meds to help get rid of this feeling it is not working it feels like a feeling of withdrawal but I am taking my meds .Today it is about from the beginning of my chin to my toes it just a feeling like you want to jump out of your own skin,it comes and goes but since Friday it has been like this.I hope my friend can stay tomorrow cause she has a way of making me feel better.I have tried even rubbing my legs ugh,some say rain some say 4-8 of snow.i didnt mind snow when I was a kid so naturally if it is slippery out I cannot go anywhere.I think maybe once I do see my doctor perhaps all of this may go away but then again sometimes it just comes for no reason,it is so annoying ,no pain at all just annoying.I suffer with tremors to and I am on inderol for that.
Sometimes I have an awful feeling in my legs, sometimes other places as well. I think it started years ago when I was on an SSRI. It felt kind of like there was an electrical current in my veins, and like my legs were moving or needed to be moved. I eventually concluded it was restless leg syndrome. It seems to happen when I am tired. Makes me feel like I want to jump out of my skin. Very intrusive. It may have been caused by the SSRI - I have other symptoms that started then & didn’t go away when I went off the meds years ago. Was only on them a couple of months. Dunno whether this is the same thing you have. Not fun. Sorry to hear you are having to deal with this.
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Sometimes I have an awful feeling in my legs, sometimes other places as well. I think it started years ago when I was on an SSRI. It felt kind of like there was an electrical current in my veins, and like my legs were moving or needed to be moved. I eventually concluded it was restless leg syndrome. It seems to happen when I am tired. Makes me feel like I want to jump out of my skin. Very intrusive. It may have been caused by the SSRI - I have other symptoms that started then & didn’t go away when I went off the meds years ago. Was only on them a couple of months. Dunno whether this is the same thing you have. Not fun. Sorry to hear you are having to deal with this.
That is exactly how I feel sometimes it feels like it is in my arms to.Very annoying there just doesnt seem like there is a way to get rid of it.
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Are you on topamax by any chance? I get awful pins and needles and Charlie horses on that. I can’t sit on reclining sofas or chairs. I can only sit on my chaise lounge.

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Are you on topamax by any chance? I get awful pins and needles and Charlie horses on that. I can’t sit on reclining sofas or chairs. I can only sit on my chaise lounge.
No .What is Topamax anyway?I do take benzaphorine something like that because I take some meds which can cause side effects and this meds are suppose to help with involuntary movements like restless leg but I feel like the restless leg is in my arms to at times.I do have neuropathy maybe it is that.It is so frustrating because no matter what u try to do to relax you just cannot.I do my chair exercises that I learned from when I fell.Sometimes it helps but lately it doesnt to much.It is so annoying
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Topamax is used mainly for migraines I think. I use it off label for hunger and weight control.

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No .What is Topamax anyway?I do take benzaphorine something like that because I take some meds which can cause side effects and this meds are suppose to help with involuntary movements like restless leg but I feel like the restless leg is in my arms to at times.I do have neuropathy maybe it is that.It is so frustrating because no matter what u try to do to relax you just cannot.I do my chair exercises that I learned from when I fell.Sometimes it helps but lately it doesnt to much.It is so annoying
I get it in my hands a lot & sometimes in my arms & other places. Makes it a bit hard to relax. My Dr told me to try Ativan for it but i’d Really rather not. Only meds I am on are Omeprazole for acid reflux & a blood pressure med. at one point she also told me to try orange juice w some kind of fancy (not regular,mind you) Himalayan sea salt. I forget whether that was for that issue or some kind of cramp thing. Couldn’t afford it anyway. I have read that CBD might help it but have yet to try it for that purpose.
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Well they are saying a huge snowstorm on Monday I think that maybe part of my problem I f I know there is a storm coming I just get very anxious but I have had enough of these feelings sometime this will happen just before my gerd acts up.Like when I swallow it is like something is making me gag my doctor did tell me it is the gerd,I just dont understand why I have to get so restless before this happens plus I am a nervous wreck on what to do.If the roads and sidewalks are clear by then I can go but it is Tuesday,Also I got this awful feeling that my best friend wont be here and when that happens I feel alone and scared.The appointment is for Tuesday see I have to use a walker and I dont want anymore bad falls I had one about ten years ago .Landed in the hospital for a few days then awg this is awful a nursing home for about 3 months.Believe me I would not go to one of those again if they paid me.The nursed are rude they dont care about the patients.I would rather go to see my doctor that way I can get my meds I am only there anyway to do that.He knows about my pins and needles feelings he said it was from one of the meds so I have to take some meds to help get rid of this feeling it is not working it feels like a feeling of withdrawal but I am taking my meds .Today it is about from the beginning of my chin to my toes it just a feeling like you want to jump out of your own skin,it comes and goes but since Friday it has been like this.I hope my friend can stay tomorrow cause she has a way of making me feel better.I have tried even rubbing my legs ugh,some say rain some say 4-8 of snow.i didnt mind snow when I was a kid so naturally if it is slippery out I cannot go anywhere.I think maybe once I do see my doctor perhaps all of this may go away but then again sometimes it just comes for no reason,it is so annoying ,no pain at all just annoying.I suffer with tremors to and I am on inderol for that.


Oh dear, I can certainly see how you’d be worried in weather like that!

It sounds like you have a lot of health/medication related issues that are causing you a great deal of anxiety, and as a daughter of an elderly mother independently living at home, who also has mobility issues, my heart goes out to you.

I really hope your friend can come to visit, and that that chirps you up for a time, at least until you can see you your shrink!

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Oh dear, I can certainly see how you’d be worried in weather like that!

It sounds like you have a lot of health/medication related issues that are causing you a great deal of anxiety, and as a daughter of an elderly mother independently living at home, who also has mobility issues, my heart goes out to you.

I really hope your friend can come to visit, and that that chirps you up for a time, at least until you can see you your shrink!

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It has been a bad day all around they cancelled everything so that means my friend wasnt able to come and see me.What a wasted day the snow already stopped by 7 am then the sun was out at 8 so they didnt have to cancel schools and meals.She my friend doesnt like it either when they cancel her meals on wheels.She has told me plenty of times she would have rather been here with me to sit and have a good laugh.I was okay but I just kept on falling even with a walker I was falling then I had the big one I fell and crashed into my glass entertainment center. Blood was everywhere I got stuck in a nursing home for three horrible months, the nurses were rude and could have cared less. I had to do physical therapy at least they were nice up there.i am just so scared of falling and on top of that my stomach is bothering me now.Dont need a stomach ache when I have to go out.
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