Everyday at 4pm I get a PA...

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Everyday at 4pm I get a PA...
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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 5:07pm

...most of the time I can work through it without taking the Klonopin, but I just hate this time of day. All I have to do is make dinner and that's not hard or stressful. Now I know my Geodon might be wearing off about this time because I take it after supper. But I just wonder if others have a time of day that just causes an attack?


Sincerely,


Julie

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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 6:03pm

Hi Julie :)

Sheri Ann

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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 7:17pm
Julie Believe it or not my time was after dinner
when everything settled down and was quiet---- my brain
could not take it I guess! I do not have that anymore
good thing since I am retired now. I suppose it seemed like
I had the whole night ahead of me and wondered how I would
occupy my mind-------- instead of taking things as the come
I worried about keeping busy all the time!! Maybe your meds
are wearing off that could be- maybe ask your doc??? Judy
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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 8:19pm
FWIW, Julie. Once even a slight pattern develops, it gets stuck in my brain. If I had a PA 2 days in a row @ 4pm, you can bet your bottom dollar that it would be weeks before I got myself *righted* again. That's the nature of my anxiety. It could be a drop in your med's blood level or even a drop in your blood sugar. That is nearing dinnertime as you say. Do you have someone around who has a glucose monitor that could check it
 

 


 



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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 8:37pm

Julie-

How is your blood sugar? Before I found out I was hypoglycemic, I would crash every afternoon. By the time I got home from work I was very scary to be around--hypersensitive, moody, short-temper--plus felt lousy with headaches, tachycardia, confusion, etc. I would freak out at the slightest conflict, either yelling or crying.

Try eating an apple and some cheese around 3 for a few days and see if it helps...

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Amy

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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 9:33pm

That's a really good point, Amy.

Sheri Ann

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Tue, 01-24-2006 - 10:10pm
Yes, around lunch time, usually between 12 and 1pm I start with the rapid heartbeat, feelings of dread, etc. It is really awful. I also wake up between 4 and 5 am with anxiety and bad dreams. Maybe the meds do wear off at these times. I'd check with your doctor to try and get some relief. Good luck. Susan
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Wed, 01-25-2006 - 9:15am

Hi Julie,
I haven't got to welcome you and intraduced myself I am lynn and I am sorry I haven't said hello before now, but Jan is right, because I would have that feeling around 8;30am when coffee was my breakfast and when I when I had a milk shake It went away. Boy I hated those I though I was going to have a heart attact, but I knew better and tryed food and bingo it worked. I hope things get better for you truly, Please lets us know!! again welcome from me.

In My thoughts
Lynn

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Wed, 01-25-2006 - 1:21pm

Thanks everyone! I am going to try and see if it isn't the sugar thing. I have an Eating Disorder so it may very well be food related. My diabetic friend suggested I drink some orange juice and see if that helps. Thanks again for all the suggestions.


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Julie

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Thu, 01-26-2006 - 9:30am

Jan,


Actually I think this may be the problem that I am afraid of it happening again at this time. So yesterday I

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Thu, 01-26-2006 - 10:34am

YVW, my bestest friend, Julie. I really don't want you to be *odd* like me, but anxiety does seem to set these little traps for us. Like Aunt Jules said, it can poke holes in the best attitude. I have found that forgiving yourself, saying *so what* like you did will help alot in moving forward. Pretty soon 4PM will not mean anything @ all to you(in a bad way.) But for me, it'll always mean Judge Judy's on. LOL Good luck & GBU! (((hugs))) jan