Hi!My first time here.........60yr old F used to be a sefl sufficient rock! A few weeks before scheduling colon resection surgery (april/08) to remove infected diverticuli I started with AM shaking, sweating, tight muscles,rapid heartbeat, nausea. ect Went to GP and he gave me a few Ativan to take prior to surgery. I was terrified of not being pain free and sure enough the nurses neglected to plug in my epidural pain pump for 15 hrs, called me a sissy and to walk it off till the anesthesiologist noticed it and took care of me. After comiing off the painmeds and Ativan I developed the same sysptoms prior to surgery only worse! I was in the fetal position, crying, trembling, vomiting,sweating etc. My gp and Surgeon both said I was in opiate withdrawl (been 3 weeks since any meds) and they didn't "do rehab" and to go to my ER. What a horror show! 3 drug filled days later discharged, no meds and an appt to see a bcbs dr in one month (earliest they could get) Diagnosis? Surgery mental issues. Went out of newtwork to a referred psychiatrist who put me on remeron and diagnsed post traumatic stress disorder. Drug worked immediately & ok if you don;t mind eating everything in sight and feeling like you have the emotions of a piece of cardboard and having it **** out on you after about a month. So then she tried Xanax (which from all of the dependence and withdrawl nightmares I read about I am afraid to take but did. Even with it, I experienced daily Morning Panic and was not able to function for work till after noon. Does this sound familiar to anyone? My GP thought the Xanax was biting back so took me off of 1mg of it a day and switched me to 1 mg of valium a day which in 15 hrs put me back in the ER,,,,(oh yeah, the psyc was not answering our calls),,,,,,,,,,,,,shaking,vomiting,twitching,sweating etc,,,. This all happened the day before yesterday......The ER DR switched me to Ativan and am having the same Morning Horrors,,,,,,,,,,,sweats, no appetite, gagging, shakes, muscle twitches etc , I dread going to bed knowing what awaits me in the morning......it even happens if I take a short afternon nap! I see no end to this and I am getting very very tired of not being able to understand or get help!!! I just want my life back! Any ideas? Now the DRS are all suggesting different doses of the meds........take 1.5mg of xanax a day no no take 1mg ativan every 8 hrs nono go back on the light dose of valium!
HELP! Is there help out there for me? I need to get back to my life and to my work! What is happenig to me? Any suggestions from you all experienced sufferers would be welcomed........thank you!!!