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what can be causing my jitters? I suffer from anxiety and panic attack disorder and I'm currently waiting to be prescribed prozac, but until then i have been so tense and on edge. I never used to be so bad until i started getting help. First i saw a therapist and that's what sparked my first panic attack in forever. After that day, i constantly feared a panic attack and because of that it happened so many time more. Basically i created my own problem. lol sick life! anyway I have been doing much better, no panic attack in more than 2 weeks. Just on edge of one occasional. But last week i got sick with like a respiratory infection or something and i felt SO sick. not like a normal cold. i felt super nervous all the time, and woke up each morning verynauseouss dizzy, jittery, and weak. I even lost 5 pounds/ which makes me 15 pounds underweight :O I ended up getting a bunch of extensive blood test so my mom could prove to me that im not dying and everything came back perfect. So i started stuffing my face ( appetite was slowly coming back) and so far ive gained like a pound or two. I'm working hard to get myself back to 110. I felt so much better after eating more, i went to school feeling pretty good, and spent the night OUT in the mall with my friend which i seriously started to fear because " what if" i have a panic attack there. Well it went great and I can see that I'm slowly picking up the pieces of this mess. Hopefully the medication will work well and not mess me up! anyway last night i went to bed, couldn't fall asleep bc of background noises from my parents suddenlynlyi felt that horrible jittery feeling again. I felt like everything was getting hotter and i just felt sick. Could this be a panic attack and im just not aware that it is? I ignored it and fell asleep and woke up feeling better and happy but now as i type this the jitter feeling still lingers in my body and im not even nervous. could it be because im hungry? it's only 10 am so i didn't eat breakfast yet..sorry this is long but any advice?

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It's not hypoglycemia..... It's anxiety pure and simple.As to the cause there are many reasons why people develop this order. It stems from fear. A fear of something happening or not happening... For example, I used to get panic attacks just *reading* about panic attacks. My mother used to get panic attacks whenever she got behind the wheel of a car... It seems you fear anxiety it's self.You need to figure out what triggers you have, and for the meantime at least - avoid them. I will say I know what you're going through, and it's absolutely horrible, the symptoms you are describing point to anxiety and it's important to remember that it's only a panic attack.. No one has EVER died from a panic attack... it's just adrenalin being released into your blood stream that causes all the symptoms is all :) Once you understand that they aren't harmful and come to terms with what's happening to your body, you'll soon get over them.Good luck

Prozac medications taken second daily alright?
if you mean every second day, not alright, to start, google for effective dose range and take half min dose every day, cut tablet if needed using pillcutter from pharmacy

Did you know that two handfuls of cashews has the same therapeutic effect as a prozac. Try that as an alternative!

I'd just like a few words of advice - I'm really disoriented? I'm 18 years old, and had anorexia for 5 years of my life. Since age 13 (when I was properly diagnosed), I've been to endless doctors, therapist, psychiatrists, and admitted inpatient for 8 weeks when I was 16. I was admitted after having a cardiac arrest and being in the hospital for 1 month and a half. After 4 months, I was judged recovered and was able to continue on with my life normally, though I still went to therapy (and I still do). For these past two years, everything seemed great, I was able to graduate early from high school and entered university, I found a job and finally appeared to be normal and stable for once. I also felt and agreed to be recovered all throughout these two years.These past month though, everything seems to have gotten out of control for me. I've stopped eating, not because I feel the need to lose weight but because food doesn't appeal to me anymore and I find myself never hungry. I haven't slept more than 1 hour each day in the past week. I just feel very numb and empty, which makes me anxious because I feel as though I don't have a heart or bones (literally) and I'm always pinching my skin and punching my arm and chest to make sure there is something there; I feel as if I'm only a reflection with nothing inside. I've also been very impulsive, and its causing me to do reckless and negligent things. I don't want to tell these things to my therapist or parents, just because I'm afraid they might flip out and send me inpatient again. I'm extremely afraid of that, because first, I don't want to put my education on hold (I'm on my sophomore year), and I just do not want to go inpatient again, all my while there I just wanted to escape and I also don't want to be put on any medication, which only makes me (more) numb, and I'm sure they'll put me on prozac or the like, but I am not depressed, and it'll only make me anxious.I'm sure it'll be soon enough until my mother notices my sudden lost of appetite and she'll know something is up. I just don't know what to do anymore. I'm desperate to find anything that'll calm me down. If anyone could offer me any advice, I'd greatly appreciate it.Thank you for your time.
There are things you can do for yourself and the earlier in life you learn them the better your life will be compared to those who don't. How many times in my life, after learning something that helped me, did I say: "I wish I would have known this a long time ago." Well, this is one of THOSE things; and really, it has helped me more than any one thing I have ever learned and i really do wish I would have learned it a long time ago, like when I was going thrue emotional trauma when I was young. It is called "tapping" or "EFT" (emotional feeling technique) It is FREE, easy and quick. Anyone can learn to use it. They give you instructions right on their website along with other pertinent information - Interesting and fun. Something you do for YOURSELF. In todays world, with all the focus on the "living in the NOW", this will show you how to do THAT and develop into the person you are meant to be! Go there now - put the focus on you and take it off the things you aren't responsible for and can't do anything about. There is nothing like learning to love yourself - JUST THE WAY YOU ARE!

You should t=do something to get your mind of your physical health problems. I think you may be stressed out about something. Even thought you don't want talk to your parents you should at least eat. Probably the reason your feeling numb is because YOUR NOT EATING. Even if your not hungry you should eat.

You must not fall into the habit of keeping the truth, good or bad, from your mother or your therapist. Anorxia is manageable but if it is not managed, it is fatal. You made such good progress and accomplished so much in a relatively short period of time and now you've hit a bump in the road. How you handle this, what you decide to do, can mean the difference between having a good life and losing everything you've worked so hard for. Of course you don't want to go into treatment; of course you don't want to be medicated. I can understand that. Of course you don't want to put your education on hold. But sweetheart, sometimes you have to take the hard road for awhile in order to get back on track. You are to be commended for the progress you've made. Don't give all that up, please. Tell your mother and your therapist everything you just told me. Tell them what you fear and tell them what you want for your life. Ask for help. And I'm going to put you on my contacts so you can let me know how you're doing. Please contact me any time. I want to hear good news from you. God bless you and please, please ask for help so you can find some answers.