help i am freaking out

[donnauk]

I am sorry if this is the wrong board but i feel this is relevant, and maybe someone out there can help me, also sorry for posting this message on a few boards i dont want it to be missed.

Hi, i am 23 yrs old and have severe anxiety/panick attacks i am currently taking 30mg of remeron have been on it for 6mnths.. and at this moment in time i am freaking out, the thing is, i have had tonsilitis since last mnth i was given penicillin didnt work had another course of penicillin didnt work, (doc on call) went to my doctor last monday and was given amoxillin well within a few day my throat pain went away, i still took my amoxillin till yesterday (monday 7 day course) last week i noticed a tiny lump (looks like a wart but it isnt) on my tonsil my right one, with a hole just above it, anyways that is what is hurting me now, i went bk to my doctor this morning and he had a look and said ''oh it still bad, ok i am gonna write to the ent specialist, in the meantime i am going to give you a stronger antibiotic as it seems you must be immune to antibiotics'' , so he gave me Augmentin 375mg, i hate meds but i know i have to take these, along with this mild throat pain, i have lumps in my neck, my neck isnt stiff just hurts on the top of my spine, my head is all hot, and i feel so week and tired and unwell, i am so freaking about other diseases, but my doctor assures me it is just severe tonsillitis, i am scared, my questions are why am i freaking? what is this lump (my doctor didnt say anything about it) ? and am i the only one that this has happened to, being resistant to antibiotics? any help advice please i am desperate i am worrying myself sick. thankyou

[ShaynaPunim]

Well I don't have anxiety attacks personally, but I have had problems with antibiotics getting rid of my tonsillitis. For me, I would take the antibiotics, usually augmentin and most recently biaxin for about 10 days, and after the infection would clear up, I'd feel better for a week or 2, and then I'd have the sore throats again, being bedridden and having no energy. For me, it was best to get my tonsils out. While I am only on the day after recovery, you should consider the surgery. I am not in as much pain as some have described, but my procedure might have been different than some who have posted on this board, and also, I am taking a mixture of meds. I took Biaxin starting the week before my surgery, as well as Vioxx 3 days before my surgery. That could have helped with inflammation and infection too. Good luck!

[donnisdee]

Originally Posted by FLGirlyLawyer

Well I don't have anxiety attacks personally, but I have had problems with antibiotics getting rid of my tonsillitis. For me, I would take the antibiotics, usually augmentin and most recently biaxin for about 10 days, and after the infection would clear up, I'd feel better for a week or 2, and then I'd have the sore throats again, being bedridden and having no energy. For me, it was best to get my tonsils out. While I am only on the day after recovery, you should consider the surgery. I am not in as much pain as some have described, but my procedure might have been different than some who have posted on this board, and also, I am taking a mixture of meds. I took Biaxin starting the week before my surgery, as well as Vioxx 3 days before my surgery. That could have helped with inflammation and infection too. Good luck!

donnisdee
I do have panic dissorder. And it is the worst thing I've ever delt with.I have only had it for almost 2 months. It came out of the blue one evening.I am on meds for it now and it is'nt as scary as it was.But if you are anything like me you think you're gonna die from anything!And this antibiotics thing has just got you afraid,and you'll just have to tell your self that you are ok.And don't let your brain run away with you.Because that is what I do to myself.I can't have just a plain headache , to me it has to be a stroke.Or any pain has to be fatal, and I have to convince myself that it is'nt. Hope you feel better!

Hello

I feel for you my friend. I've had panic attacks for years and they are no fun, that's for sure. I'll have a mole on my arm or something and then I start thinking about it real hard, going to medical sites on the internet, reading "mole horror stories", etc and within an hour I just KNOW in my mind that I am going to die of cancer. In fact, by this time I have already begun to mentally plan my funeral arrangements, what my "last words" will be, etc. Then this horrific feeling of certain doom and gloom comes over me and I just feel like it's the end of the world.

It does'nt help that I am a hypochondric or suffer from OCD, GAD and depression either...ugh!. Anyway, I know just where your coming from bud. If you don't want to take an SSRI (which can have some pretty severe side affects) I would definately ask your doctor for some Buspar and possably Xanax to get yourself under control. Xanax will bring immediate and powerful relief while the Buspar will bring long term relief for your symptoms. Give em' a try and good luck!.

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