I'm having severe adrenaline surges right now little scared

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Little scared of panic attacks and adrenaline surges ...feel totally numb in body , headache , heart pain a bit ...feeling little scared ....need reassurance ....having right now ...very intense . Anyone has it intense at 9 months? Will this ended please

 

Tracy

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Yes its normal for 9 months. . i still get them but only when my anxiety is severe which is very rare... But at 9 months it was out of control

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Yes its normal for 9 months. . i still get them but only when my anxiety is severe which is very rare... But at 9 months it was out of control

 

 

Did you have anxiety before ? I'm feeling scared if this is me forever .

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Yes its normal for 9 months. . i still get them but only when my anxiety is severe which is very rare... But at 9 months it was out of control

 

 

Did you have anxiety before ? I'm feeling scared if this is me forever .

 

What are the topics of the thoughts?

 

Forever is intrusive 

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Little scared of panic attacks and adrenaline surges ...feel totally numb in body , headache , heart pain a bit ...feeling little scared ....need reassurance ....having right now ...very intense . Anyone has it intense at 9 months? Will this ended please

 

Tracy

 

Hang in there Tracy, sorry your struggling right now, withdrawal symptoms can be relentless!  This is all normal! I  had extremely intense symptoms at 9 months out.  You have to push through it, keep reminding yourself "its temporary" It will get better!

 

Try and distract from the symptoms if you can...it will ease off!!

 

Magrita

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Little scared of panic attacks and adrenaline surges ...feel totally numb in body , headache , heart pain a bit ...feeling little scared ....need reassurance ....having right now ...very intense . Anyone has it intense at 9 months? Will this ended please

 

Tracy

 

Hang in there Tracy, sorry your struggling right now, withdrawal symptoms can be relentless!  This is all normal! I  had extremely intense symptoms at 9 months out.  You have to push through it, keep reminding yourself "its temporary" It will get better!

 

Try and distract from the symptoms if you can...it will ease off!!

 

Magrita

 

Well my panic attacks lasted 3 hours is this normal ? I had panic attack before benzo but lasted for only few minutes . This is too long .

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Little scared of panic attacks and adrenaline surges ...feel totally numb in body , headache , heart pain a bit ...feeling little scared ....need reassurance ....having right now ...very intense . Anyone has it intense at 9 months? Will this ended please

 

Tracy

 

Hang in there Tracy, sorry your struggling right now, withdrawal symptoms can be relentless!  This is all normal! I  had extremely intense symptoms at 9 months out.  You have to push through it, keep reminding yourself "its temporary" It will get better!

 

Try and distract from the symptoms if you can...it will ease off!!

 

Magrita

 

Well my panic attacks lasted 3 hours is this normal ? I had panic attack before benzo but lasted for only few minutes . This is too long .

 

Might not be a panic attack. Could be the glutamate storm raging through your body with no gaba to regulate it. Could be cortisol surges or adrenaline . I would get these (panic attack feeling)type waves that would last hours all the time and I still do now . From what I have read most everyone experiences this during recovery , I'm sure some worse than others

 

. Your honesty probably gonna keep getting them for a while, then they will go away. Then they will come back and then they will go away and then come back, just like everything else during recovery. It is the nature of the healing process. 

 

What does it feel like exactly? What are the symptoms of this panic attack your experiencing? Hope you feel better dood. Try to stop focusing on all of your symptoms so much and instead focus all of your energy into accepting this situation fully. Fighting this only makes everything feel worse and brings with it hopelessness . Remember these are all just " symptoms" they are not forever once you are healed there will be no more symptoms but for now you just need to accept them all fully and mindfully deal with them.

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I feel for ya tracy and im right there with you! But believe it or not i truly feel im having a break thru today at ten months and hopefully you do to soon!. I feel better compared to the MONSTER tinnitus fueled wave i had last week. Thought i was gonna die. Do you have a Dr? If so i would consider discussing clonidine with him to see if he would possibly advise/prescribe you some. Its a blood pressure lowering/anxiolitic (lowers anxiety) that is well known for its withdrawal smashing effects in rehabs etc. i had it before withdrawal for high bp and i truly believe its helped thru this hellish journey. Anyway-just an idea i thought id throw ur way. Hang tough girl!

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Little scared of panic attacks and adrenaline surges ...feel totally numb in body , headache , heart pain a bit ...feeling little scared ....need reassurance ....having right now ...very intense . Anyone has it intense at 9 months? Will this ended please

 

Tracy

 

Hang in there Tracy, sorry your struggling right now, withdrawal symptoms can be relentless!  This is all normal! I  had extremely intense symptoms at 9 months out.  You have to push through it, keep reminding yourself "its temporary" It will get better!

 

Try and distract from the symptoms if you can...it will ease off!!

 

Magrita

 

Well my panic attacks lasted 3 hours is this normal ? I had panic attack before benzo but lasted for only few minutes . This is too long .

 

Might not be a panic attack. Could be the glutamate storm raging through your body with no gaba to regulate it. Could be cortisol surges or adrenaline . I would get these (panic attack feeling)type waves that would last hours all the time and I still do now . From what I have read most everyone experiences this during recovery , I'm sure some worse than others

 

. Your honesty probably gonna keep getting them for a while, then they will go away. Then they will come back and then they will go away and then come back, just like everything else during recovery. It is the nature of the healing process. 

 

What does it feel like exactly? What are the symptoms of this panic attack your experiencing? Hope you feel better dood. Try to stop focusing on all of your symptoms so much and instead focus all of your energy into accepting this situation fully. Fighting this only makes everything feel worse and brings with it hopelessness . Remember these are all just " symptoms" they are not forever once you are healed there will be no more symptoms but for now you just need to accept them all fully and mindfully deal with them.

 

Thank you so much Remy. I get these almost everyday, but mostly very mild. Today has been very intense. I will try my best to describe because I am confused if they are panic attacks. I am also confuse between cortisol or adrenaline surges. I used these terms because I notice the buddies on here use it.

 

Let me try  my best to describe. This could happen anywhere, but I notice it happens more on weekdays at work around 10AM-3PM. But usually the intensity lasted about 2-3 hours.  For example at work sitting,  It started with something raging over my body from my feet to neck, a very strong feeling, my body started to feel depernalisation, like it feel really weird, kind of like out of body experience, or numbness when I touch my hands, the feelings so intense making me scared and want to run away. I also feel like I am going to lose it?  am going crazy and going to die? Those are fear thoughts. Then the heart started to hurt a bit and the dizziness kicked in a bit and the headache. So then sometimes it made me get away, when I stood up and walk, I still feel those feelings and everyone looks extremely off to me. I could hear them talking but I could not connect to them and my head hurt and I just can't follow them talking or asking me and I just want to hide , do not want to talk to people unless have to. Sometimes sitting, I feel like I could pass out any minute. Yet I was sitting and trying to eat and function. It is EXTREMELY difficult. But I have these kind of episodes for months now. This seems like a panic attack but sometimes I feel like its dp/dr?

 

 

Tracy

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I forgot to add when I had these episodes...when I walk I feel dizzy and feel like going to fall over...I also feel like my body is numb and I know my body is attached to my head and I am me but I sometimes feel not connected to it, and wondering how I could still walking when I don't feel my body...so difficult to explain but that was how I was feeling.

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I feel for ya tracy and im right there with you! But believe it or not i truly feel im having a break thru today at ten months and hopefully you do to soon!. I feel better compared to the MONSTER tinnitus fueled wave i had last week. Thought i was gonna die. Do you have a Dr? If so i would consider discussing clonidine with him to see if he would possibly advise/prescribe you some. Its a blood pressure lowering/anxiolitic (lowers anxiety) that is well known for its withdrawal smashing effects in rehabs etc. i had it before withdrawal for high bp and i truly believe its helped thru this hellish journey. Anyway-just an idea i thought id throw ur way. Hang tough girl!

 

Hi there thank you. Do you have the panic attacks? I feel 9 months is a long time and wondering why it hasn't let up.

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Little scared of panic attacks and adrenaline surges ...feel totally numb in body , headache , heart pain a bit ...feeling little scared ....need reassurance ....having right now ...very intense . Anyone has it intense at 9 months? Will this ended please

 

Tracy

 

Hang in there Tracy, sorry your struggling right now, withdrawal symptoms can be relentless!  This is all normal! I  had extremely intense symptoms at 9 months out.  You have to push through it, keep reminding yourself "its temporary" It will get better!

 

Try and distract from the symptoms if you can...it will ease off!!

 

Magrita

 

Well my panic attacks lasted 3 hours is this normal ? I had panic attack before benzo but lasted for only few minutes . This is too long .

 

Might not be a panic attack. Could be the glutamate storm raging through your body with no gaba to regulate it. Could be cortisol surges or adrenaline . I would get these (panic attack feeling)type waves that would last hours all the time and I still do now . From what I have read most everyone experiences this during recovery , I'm sure some worse than others

 

. Your honesty probably gonna keep getting them for a while, then they will go away. Then they will come back and then they will go away and then come back, just like everything else during recovery. It is the nature of the healing process. 

 

What does it feel like exactly? What are the symptoms of this panic attack your experiencing? Hope you feel better dood. Try to stop focusing on all of your symptoms so much and instead focus all of your energy into accepting this situation fully. Fighting this only makes everything feel worse and brings with it hopelessness . Remember these are all just " symptoms" they are not forever once you are healed there will be no more symptoms but for now you just need to accept them all fully and mindfully deal with them.

 

Thank you so much Remy. I get these almost everyday, but mostly very mild. Today has been very intense. I will try my best to describe because I am confused if they are panic attacks. I am also confuse between cortisol or adrenaline surges. I used these terms because I notice the buddies on here use it.

 

Let me try  my best to describe. This could happen anywhere, but I notice it happens more on weekdays at work around 10AM-3PM. But usually the intensity lasted about 2-3 hours.  For example at work sitting,  It started with something raging over my body from my feet to neck, a very strong feeling, my body started to feel depernalisation, like it feel really weird, kind of like out of body experience, or numbness when I touch my hands, the feelings so intense making me scared and want to run away. I also feel like I am going to lose it?  am going crazy and going to die? Those are fear thoughts. Then the heart started to hurt a bit and the dizziness kicked in a bit and the headache. So then sometimes it made me get away, when I stood up and walk, I still feel those feelings and everyone looks extremely off to me. I could hear them talking but I could not connect to them and my head hurt and I just can't follow them talking or asking me and I just want to hide , do not want to talk to people unless have to. Sometimes sitting, I feel like I could pass out any minute. Yet I was sitting and trying to eat and function. It is EXTREMELY difficult. But I have these kind of episodes for months now. This seems like a panic attack but sometimes I feel like its dp/dr?

 

 

Tracy

 

Yeh the terms cortisol/adrenaline surges are used loosely around here because we aren't certain which it is that is causing the surge for each wave. Though generally if it's happening around 3-4 am it's gonna be a cortisol surge.

 

What you described is how I felt for months almost constantly. That is roughly what a bad wave is like for me plus some physical stuff. I don't think it's a panic attack at all it's just our bodies stuck in a hyper vigilant state which might as well be a constant panic attack because I think chemically , what is happening to our bodies when these horrific waves hit is very similar to a panic attacks .

 

Since it has to do with the limbic system  and basically our whole central nervous system ,is going hay wire releasing adrenaline and all kinds of other chemicals in our bodies  . Wreaking havoc without any gaba to help regulate or calm down the cns . So then we are stuck in this chemical terror for hours or days . I had it non stop for ,months. I wouldn't be surprised if it caused me adrenal fatigue ,from the constant release of adrenaline in my system. Now I get it like you for a couple hours or more for a couple days on then off .

 

The heart thing is scary for sure but once you can fully accept it is a symptom . I believe you will be able to cope with these intense waves better . I get the same feelings as you it's just chemical terror(just lol). I can go from feeling somewhat good to oh shit , I'm gonna flipping die , for real this time.  scary scary scary but it is just another symptom and nobody understands .

 

The good news is you won't die and your brain isn't just bieng an asshole, it's just trying really really hard to get back to normal . You are brave to work through these waves , make sure to pat yourself on the back from time to time Tracy . What your doing isn't easy at all but you are doing it right. You are doing something great right now and amazing . You are amazing for doing it , try to remember that. When things get hard.

 

 

 

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Hi TracyNGLE. Like u suggested i have read your post. I have read it before. And i remember telling myself that the same symptoms i have at almost 3mths CT you are having 9mths out.

 

The full body numbness is jus crazy. Hope u get much ease and peace soon!

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TracyNGLE though im only CT almost 3mths i have been suffering since last October (bad reaction to lorazepam...life threatening). Then i literally had about 40 symptoms or so. And they were debilitating til was bedridden at one point and in a psych ward at the beginning CT.

 

Anxiety adrenaline rush and high blood pressure was insane. Didnt even believe i  (or this pregnancy) wudve made it this far. These symptoms eased and returned like a storm at sea jus raging to topple over my ship.

 

But i can truly tell u it has eased much today. I feel the calmness. First time in a very long time. Long story short...i know its nerve wrecking but like i said before you have made it thus far, you know your history and how far you have come from so i knw if i was at death's door and life has kept me YOU WILL NOT BE LIKE THIS FOREVER.

 

Its easy for us all to say it gets better...hang in there...distract yourself...but the truthful person knows those words at times seem to mean nothing that a tidal wave hits. Some days my head my so numb and spaced out words dont even penetrate my mind.

 

But im saying all this jus to say YOU WILL NOT BE LIKE THIS FOREVER. THE GREATER THE STORM...THE GREATER THE CALMNESS AT THE END. STRUGGLES DO NOT LAST FOREVER. EVERYTHING IN LIFE HAS A BEGINNING AND AN END.

 

Somedays i simply throw out a post to enquire from others if there symptoms are similar to mine but thats jus to comfort myself that it is indeed all recovery and healing. I dont even refer to it as withdrawal (that was at the beginning. The same way your brain and nerves got into this mess...it knows exactly how to reverse and get itself back out.

 

Peace

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TracyNGLE though im only CT almost 3mths i have been suffering since last October (bad reaction to lorazepam...life threatening). Then i literally had about 40 symptoms or so. And they were debilitating til was bedridden at one point and in a psych ward at the beginning CT.

 

Anxiety adrenaline rush and high blood pressure was insane. Didnt even believe i  (or this pregnancy) wudve made it this far. These symptoms eased and returned like a storm at sea jus raging to topple over my ship.

 

But i can truly tell u it has eased much today. I feel the calmness. First time in a very long time. Long story short...i know its nerve wrecking but like i said before you have made it thus far, you know your history and how far you have come from so i knw if i was at death's door and life has kept me YOU WILL NOT BE LIKE THIS FOREVER.

 

Its easy for us all to say it gets better...hang in there...distract yourself...but the truthful person knows those words at times seem to mean nothing that a tidal wave hits. Some days my head my so numb and spaced out words dont even penetrate my mind.

 

But im saying all this jus to say YOU WILL NOT BE LIKE THIS FOREVER. THE GREATER THE STORM...THE GREATER THE CALMNESS AT THE END. STRUGGLES DO NOT LAST FOREVER. EVERYTHING IN LIFE HAS A BEGINNING AND AN END.

 

Somedays i simply throw out a post to enquire from others if there symptoms are similar to mine but thats jus to comfort myself that it is indeed all recovery and healing. I dont even refer to it as withdrawal (that was at the beginning. The same way your brain and nerves got into this mess...it knows exactly how to reverse and get itself back out.

 

Peace

 

Hi Jus jus. Thank you. I am better today. But you need fighting and battle this benzo wd sucks big time.  I am losing my energy and so tired. I am having intrusive thoughts all day and I am practicing not care attitude to the intrusive thoughts. I notice it does feel better but extremely difficult on tops of other symptoms and life itself. But it is OK.  I made it this far.  I just need to hang in there and do the best I can in this benzo wd.  Life will be better. Im so glad you feeling better 3 months is a huge. Please keep going.

 

Tracy

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Same to you Tracy

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I forgot to add when I had these episodes...when I walk I feel dizzy and feel like going to fall over...I also feel like my body is numb and I know my body is attached to my head and I am me but I sometimes feel not connected to it, and wondering how I could still walking when I don't feel my body...so difficult to explain but that was how I was feeling.

 

This is exactly what im feeling

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I feel the detached weird frozen cant think or function too. It has been going 3.5 weeks. Ugh i hope it stops soon. Praying for you both.

I forgot to add when I had these episodes...when I walk I feel dizzy and feel like going to fall over...I also feel like my body is numb and I know my body is attached to my head and I am me but I sometimes feel not connected to it, and wondering how I could still walking when I don't feel my body...so difficult to explain but that was how I was feeling.

 

This is exactly what im feeling