Can someone, anyone, please help me figure out what is wrong with me? I posted this on /b/ as well just because I'm turning anywhere I can looking for help. I've been to doctors and they all seem to have no idea or just chalk it up to stress. I'm at my wits end. I've just been managing the symptoms with diazepam for about a week now. I'll lay out all the symptoms and anything that could be tied in because I don't know what is and isn't related.>I've smoked since I was 18, now I'm 31>drink relatively often but not to the point of severe alcoholism or anything; about 1-2 drinks per night>have asthma and have used an inhaler since I was a child>been on Breo for about 4 years now>was prescribed vyvanse for adhd roughly 7 months ago>have lost weight on the vyvanse but am still not considered underweight for my height>have had what looks like foliculisis on my sides and shoulders for almost a year>took minocycline for the skin issue recently but did not clear it up and symptoms have worsened since>for a week now I've been experiencing severe panic attacks that come and go>random roaming pains or hyper sensitivity in right forearm, sometimes hips but usually not both together>bulging veins in right arm when it hurts or feels weird>went to ER and sat connected to EKG for several hours but no arrhythmias were detected, they also did a 12 point EKG as well>trying to remove substances to see what changes, been off vyvanse for a week now but symptoms still persist>changed environment for the past few days to rule out something in my environment, little to no change>still smoking>drinking 1-2 drinks per night as I'm told cutting out alcohol cold turkey could be too dangerous>roughly 6'2" and 162lbs male>live in Florida with high heat and humidityI'm losing my fucking mind guys. Yes I know I'm dumb and probably did this to myself. Insult me all you want, just please someone help. I don't know what to do.
>>16886808Stop smokingTake long walksGo to another doctor (not ER)Try to hang out with friendsWrite a journal point out good days and bad daysFor the foliculisis, try pic related, the helped me, (if its not an underlieing systematic issue)Maybe get a dog?
forgot the pic lol
>>16886812Thank you for the advice. I'll try all of it. I know the smoking obviously must be contributing but feel like such an idiot for still doing it, but when I'm stressing out it's usually what I turn to. I don't have many friends but I've been trying to spend more time with family to compensate. My biggest fear is that it's some underlying illness that I kicked into overdrive with the round of antibiotics. I am slowly working my way down to taking nothing at all in terms of smoking or drinking or daily medications. It's just like once a day my panic spikes and I can't stop thinking about it until I take a Valium and let it take effect. The hardest part is just not having a single clear cause. I've been having to work really hard to keep my mind occupied so I don't spiral into panic.
Also the doctor situation is so fucked because they keep raising my insurance and anytime I try to make an appointment anywhere I either get told they aren't accepting new patients or that I can only get an appointment way in the future. I'm no commie but healthcare in this country is fucked one way or another man.
>>16886808contaminated vyvnase or a viral infection.
>>16886808not a doc, nor is this medical advice. first, probably most of these issues aren't quite related. you ARE getting older, things change. some of meds you mentioned have overlapping targets. nicotine, your inhaler med, and vyvanse are all prone to hitting the same types of receptors in different ways, and all of those plus alcohol have a tendency individually to increase blood pressure or otherwise artificially stress your whole body, which is not an unlikely source for issues with blood pressure or arm pain, and will be prone to putting you into panic states. you would do well to cut alcohol out of your life, as well as smoking, and learn how to manage panic attacks without diazepam and i reckon you'll see those improve.
how the fuck do americans get to do all these drugs, treatments, cigs and even alcohol so young and for a long time?>>16886808how much meat/fatty foods/sugar/salt do you eat/drink per day? is there something you eat or drink daily that isn't absolutely necessary you could mention, like energy drinks, some other pills or whatever?couldn't you, like, stop fucking drinking and smoking and taking to many pills? jfcone last suggestion: maybe take a short vacation, move elsewhere for a week or something and see if things improve? if this helps, it would mean something in your environment is causing either stress or actual health effectsnot a doc either, btw.
>>16886949>>16887032Sorry for the late reply, and thank you for your responses. I was just dealing with all the shit and was able to get a video call with my doctor so I got distracted with that for a while. I did consider the environmental angle though, and have been away from home for about a week now with no real major improvement but I think being more occupied with people over here at my family's house where I've been staying has helped a little. I'm thinking a bit more clearly at the moment. It is almost certainly just overlapping effects from all the nonsense I've been putting my body through for far too long now. My constant attempts at finding a single source of all the symptoms has likely been feeding into the stress as well and making the whole situation worse. I just need to cut out all of the smoking and drinking and pills. I have not been kind to myself in a very long time and it's funny how the time gets away from you when you're basically speedballing every day for years. The only thing to figure out is how I can cut the substances out one at a time, or at least in an order that won't kill me. I believe I can manage it though. My doctor wants to put me on an ssri for a little while while I taper off everything else, and I'm wary of adding something like that into the mix but I admit I might need it just so all the different forms of withdrawal back to back don't fry my brain completely. Fingers crossed that I don't get serotonin storm and die lol. I've already been off the vyvanse for around a week now though so I'll keep not doing that one and I suppose cut out the cigarettes next since quitting them is less dangerous than quitting the alcohol. I've already been slowly lowering my alcohol consumption as well though too. I just know I can't do that one cold turkey. I have no woman, no friends I see regularly. But I'm motivated to see what I could do sober for the first time in over a decade.
try antihistamine. seriously. you probably have multiple things wrong, but histamine intolerance and/or MCAS could cause some of this - it did for me. cetirizine or loratadine are cheap as hell from the store and work quick. worth a shot
