24/7 nervous feeling

ihatezaps · 01-01-2007, 01:35 PM

Hello and Happy New Year to my friends at PaxilProgress. I'm writing today to vent about this nervous feeling I have in my stomach all the time. Literally all the time, I wake up in the middle of the night and it's still there. It's like butterflies only worse and I'm very shaky and I have no appetite. I'm losing more weight because of this and I think I am too skinny now. I need to put on a little weight but eating makes me sick and exercising is the only time I feel better because I'm able to expel this nervous energy. I don't know why I am having it. Withdrawal? Or am I nervous because in just a few short weeks I am quitting completely? Does anyone else have this?

Katesmom · 01-01-2007, 02:10 PM

I have had that in withdrawal. For me, I can nearly always trace the feeling back to an inciting incident. The weird thing is that it is nearly always rooted in something bizarre that should not make me feel anxious. Knowing what 'caused' it helps me to mentally dismiss the feeling. Unfortunately, it will creep back in over and over again for a while; each time I have to remember that it was something stupid that started it so I could go on with my day. Eventually, it just went away on its own.

rdjanis · 01-01-2007, 02:21 PM

This will pass!!
look forward to getting off, don't fear it.

Charlie · 01-01-2007, 03:19 PM

Hi Katie
Hope your holidays were great! How long have you had this nervous feeling?

It could be any or all of the things you mentioned or it could be your body telling you it's had enough paxil and it's time to move on.

safarigal · 01-01-2007, 04:11 PM

The nervousness is probably because you aren't eating and therefor your blood sugar levels are low.

It is very important to eat healthy and maintain a constant blood sugar level especially during withdrawal.

Perhaps you should see your doctor to find out why you aren't eating. This is pretty serious.

Scott · 01-01-2007, 04:48 PM

are you at 6 or .6mg?

as for the feeling.. i had terrible anxiety all through my body that i couldn't get rid of. This last summer was the last time it happened and was there a few months. The only break i had was a few hours before going to sleep.

ducktail · 01-01-2007, 04:53 PM

There are some preparations from the health food shop that can help stimulate appetite - wormwood tea being one of them. Julie has a point that eating well is important, have you had problems with eating in the past? Our brain needs a good diet to function properly, and when we are in w/d our brains need all the support they can get.

Having said all that, I too have a constant nervous/anxiety feeling at the moment, from w/d I believe, I am trying to stabilise. This feeling keeps waking me up early in the mornings and I find it hard to get back to sleep.

Kelli

Homerbcool · 01-01-2007, 04:56 PM

Eating and drinking...get some electrolytes back into yuor ssytem...you can buy this at the drug store...get some crackers...soup..toast...you have to eat..period!!!

If not it would be like putting Mario Andretti in a race car with 1 cup of gas and tell him to go out and win the Indy 500...

Until yuo get some semblacne of protein into your system..it would be impossible to tell what is cuased by the meds..what is cuased y withdrawal...what is caused by hunger....

ihatezaps · 01-01-2007, 05:07 PM

I know the reason for not eating much is the nervousness. Whenever I am very nervous I have zero appetite. And I'm sure not eating makes me more nervous so it's a vicious cycle. I am forcing myself to eat everyday, so I'm not starving to death or anything. Just not eating like I used to. Scott, I am at .6 mg (approximately). I will be done very soon!

Scott · 01-01-2007, 05:10 PM

the best way i can describe my feelings when they happened was an intense feeling of stage fright or the anticipation of it.. or anything you can think of that would give you anxiety like that.

babs · 01-01-2007, 08:03 PM

I think this is part of your withdrawal and it will come and go as your healing progresses. I lose my appetite when I'm really nervous, too. One thing you can do is drink Slimfast or Ensure in the morning to get some protein and vitamins. That's what I did when nothing appealed to me. My appetite ultimately returned with a vengeance .. now I'm having to watch what I eat again.

tybr61 · 01-01-2007, 09:48 PM

I had that terrible nervous feeling 24/7 as well. This is withdrawal. Since you have done such a slow taper, perhaps it won't last long. I KNOW how miserable it makes you feel. I'm sorry that I don't have any good suggestions. When I was at the peak of that feeling I was taking fish oil, magnesium, walking, etc. I continued to have the anxiety even with all of that. I too didn't eat much and lost weight. I would have oatmeal for breakfast which helped keep my stomach calm. Sometimes for lunch I would have a peanut butter sandwich because it's the only thing that sounded good to me. I would drink the slimfasts sometimes too. I came to the PP board a lot and also did some EFT. I found it to be very helpful to do right when I got up in the morning and if I started feeling that way at work I could go to the restroom and do the EFT. I thought it was helpful.

Hang in there and feel free to PM me. There were several here that I PM'd when my anxiety was at it's worse and it was helpful to have that connection. Talking to someone who understood and had been there helped me a lot.

01-01-2007, 01:35 PM	#1
ihatezaps Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 819	24/7 nervous feeling Hello and Happy New Year to my friends at PaxilProgress. I'm writing today to vent about this nervous feeling I have in my stomach all the time. Literally all the time, I wake up in the middle of the night and it's still there. It's like butterflies only worse and I'm very shaky and I have no appetite. I'm losing more weight because of this and I think I am too skinny now. I need to put on a little weight but eating makes me sick and exercising is the only time I feel better because I'm able to expel this nervous energy. I don't know why I am having it. Withdrawal? Or am I nervous because in just a few short weeks I am quitting completely? Does anyone else have this? __________________ -Katie Approximately 8 years Paxil 20 mg. Side effects: weight gain, personality changes, no motivation, memory loss, stomach problems, dizziness, headaches, excessive sleeping and eating, vivid dreams. Did a very slow taper, dropping 1/2 mg at a time using liquid Paxil. Paxil free as of 1/13/2007

01-01-2007, 02:10 PM	#2
Katesmom Moderator Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 13,706	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling I have had that in withdrawal. For me, I can nearly always trace the feeling back to an inciting incident. The weird thing is that it is nearly always rooted in something bizarre that should not make me feel anxious. Knowing what 'caused' it helps me to mentally dismiss the feeling. Unfortunately, it will creep back in over and over again for a while; each time I have to remember that it was something stupid that started it so I could go on with my day. Eventually, it just went away on its own. __________________ Katesmom aka Kim started Paxil Oct. 2003 for PIH Paxil free since 19 Jul 2005 ". . .the cruelest lies are often told without a word. . .the kindest truths are often spoken, never heard." -- Ben Folds

01-01-2007, 02:21 PM	#3
rdjanis "has a lavender scented keyboard" Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Ontario Posts: 22,238	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling This will pass!! look forward to getting off, don't fear it. __________________ Rita

01-01-2007, 03:19 PM	#4
Charlie Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,562	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling Hi Katie Hope your holidays were great! How long have you had this nervous feeling? It could be any or all of the things you mentioned or it could be your body telling you it's had enough paxil and it's time to move on. __________________ The truth is the truth even if no one believes it, and a lie is a lie even if everyone believes it." Knowledge speaks ....... Wisdom listens Charlie www.ThePaxilProtest.com

01-01-2007, 04:11 PM	#5
safarigal Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 4,891	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling The nervousness is probably because you aren't eating and therefor your blood sugar levels are low. It is very important to eat healthy and maintain a constant blood sugar level especially during withdrawal. Perhaps you should see your doctor to find out why you aren't eating. This is pretty serious. __________________ Julie Paxil free since Nov 2002! Forum Rules Withdrawal FAQ

01-01-2007, 04:48 PM	#6
Scott Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 11,616	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling are you at 6 or .6mg? as for the feeling.. i had terrible anxiety all through my body that i couldn't get rid of. This last summer was the last time it happened and was there a few months. The only break i had was a few hours before going to sleep. __________________ Scott aka Scott What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments

01-01-2007, 04:53 PM	#7
ducktail Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 334	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling There are some preparations from the health food shop that can help stimulate appetite - wormwood tea being one of them. Julie has a point that eating well is important, have you had problems with eating in the past? Our brain needs a good diet to function properly, and when we are in w/d our brains need all the support they can get. Having said all that, I too have a constant nervous/anxiety feeling at the moment, from w/d I believe, I am trying to stabilise. This feeling keeps waking me up early in the mornings and I find it hard to get back to sleep. Kelli __________________ Started Aropax 40mg June 1997 Aropax causes me extreme lethargy, brain fog, weight gain, emotional numbness Tapered to 35mg Jan 2006 Tapering by 2.5mg every 2-3 weeks Down to 18mg April 2006 Starting to wake up and feel again!! Tapering by .5 to 1mg at a time Down to 8mg Sept 2006 Down to 5mg late Nov 2006 Back up to 5.5mg late Dec 2006 Down to 3mg June 2007 Down to ZERO 16 September 2007 Stopped taking Murelax Jan 2006 Weight loss: 15kg since Sept 2006

01-01-2007, 04:56 PM	#8
Homerbcool "colors outside the lines" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 15,949	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling Eating and drinking...get some electrolytes back into yuor ssytem...you can buy this at the drug store...get some crackers...soup..toast...you have to eat..period!!! If not it would be like putting Mario Andretti in a race car with 1 cup of gas and tell him to go out and win the Indy 500... Until yuo get some semblacne of protein into your system..it would be impossible to tell what is cuased by the meds..what is cuased y withdrawal...what is caused by hunger.... __________________ That's one of the curses of anxiety--we make possibilities into certainties.....Tim

01-01-2007, 05:07 PM	#9
ihatezaps Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Virginia Posts: 819	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling I know the reason for not eating much is the nervousness. Whenever I am very nervous I have zero appetite. And I'm sure not eating makes me more nervous so it's a vicious cycle. I am forcing myself to eat everyday, so I'm not starving to death or anything. Just not eating like I used to. Scott, I am at .6 mg (approximately). I will be done very soon! __________________ -Katie Approximately 8 years Paxil 20 mg. Side effects: weight gain, personality changes, no motivation, memory loss, stomach problems, dizziness, headaches, excessive sleeping and eating, vivid dreams. Did a very slow taper, dropping 1/2 mg at a time using liquid Paxil. Paxil free as of 1/13/2007

01-01-2007, 05:10 PM	#10
Scott Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 11,616	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling the best way i can describe my feelings when they happened was an intense feeling of stage fright or the anticipation of it.. or anything you can think of that would give you anxiety like that. __________________ Scott aka Scott What has happened to it all? Crazy, some are saying Where is the life that I recognize? Gone away But I won't cry for yesterday There's an ordinary world Somehow I have to find And as I try to make my way To the ordinary world I will learn to survive surviving an ssri reaction alternative anxiety treatments

01-01-2007, 08:03 PM	#11
babs Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 4,939	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling I think this is part of your withdrawal and it will come and go as your healing progresses. I lose my appetite when I'm really nervous, too. One thing you can do is drink Slimfast or Ensure in the morning to get some protein and vitamins. That's what I did when nothing appealed to me. My appetite ultimately returned with a vengeance .. now I'm having to watch what I eat again. __________________ Babs Paxil 20mg 1994-2005 2 failed attempts to quit Tapered Jan-April 2005 Paxil-free since May 1, 2005 "Glinda the Good Witch informed her that she had the power to go home all along; all she had to do was click her heels together. Why hadn't she told Dorothy that in the first place? Because, explains Glinda, she wouldn't have believed it, she had to learn it for herself."

01-01-2007, 09:48 PM	#12
tybr61 Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,899	Re: 24/7 nervous feeling I had that terrible nervous feeling 24/7 as well. This is withdrawal. Since you have done such a slow taper, perhaps it won't last long. I KNOW how miserable it makes you feel. I'm sorry that I don't have any good suggestions. When I was at the peak of that feeling I was taking fish oil, magnesium, walking, etc. I continued to have the anxiety even with all of that. I too didn't eat much and lost weight. I would have oatmeal for breakfast which helped keep my stomach calm. Sometimes for lunch I would have a peanut butter sandwich because it's the only thing that sounded good to me. I would drink the slimfasts sometimes too. I came to the PP board a lot and also did some EFT. I found it to be very helpful to do right when I got up in the morning and if I started feeling that way at work I could go to the restroom and do the EFT. I thought it was helpful. Hang in there and feel free to PM me. There were several here that I PM'd when my anxiety was at it's worse and it was helpful to have that connection. Talking to someone who understood and had been there helped me a lot. __________________ Took Paxil for 3 years for anxiety and slight depression Quit cold turkey/found PaxilProgress 6 months later Paxil free since July 23, 2005

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