Hi There,I just came across your stories and would like share mine with all of you.
Iam 26 years of age, came from a very healthy and sporty background, I have played many different sports always felt good and healthy, always had a healthy apetite and could eat pretty much anything I ever wanted and as much as I ever wanted.
In june 2010 I had a very bad stomach pain after a night of having sushi. I went to the doctor and he prescribed me with klacid. Ny first dose of klacid was 1000mg. Took the medication first thing in the morning before any breakfast. After eating breakfast I headed home and felt so tired I crashed out.I slept from 11am until 6pm.I couldn't believe it,I've never slept so long and I'm not the type to take naps during the day because I always feel energetic.
Next day I returned to work,I admit that the stress at work was relatively high and by lunch time I went to eat.had a plate of rice and took my next dosage of klacid, 500mg. Between 2pm and 4pm that day I didn't feel good and the stress was really kicking in as well.then suddenly whilst on the phone I sudden had to take a large gasp of air.it felt like my heart just stopped, a few seconds later I started to tremble reli badly, my eyes were blurry and I felt like I was in a state of shock and panic. I left work early and went straight to the hospital, by the time I reached the hospital I had this foul taste in my mouth and started feeling something is definitely wrong.they took my bp and did a ecg scanright away. They called the doctor that prescribed me klacid and told him that I had a reaction to it. They put me on a drip and within 2 hours I felt better and went home to rest. Little did I know for that entire week since visiting the hospital I would experience the same feelings again. They told me I had anxiety and gave me xanax- it was hell for me,I've never experienced such uncontrable feelings and it was like I was on a high dose of adrenaline, I was worried and scared for my life. I've never once in my life felt like this.
After the week passed by I felt a lot better, went to play golf and was back at work feeling like I got a really good rest, but then something weird happened that never happened before, I started waking up in the middle of the night shivering, having palpitations, feeling like I was going to die, my muscles were twitching and I felt like my wole body was cramped up, I had a tingly feeling in my fingers, my feet was all sweaty and my legs felt like jelly. This went on for sometime, about a month, I lost sleep and this resulted in me losing weight.within 6 weeks I had lost 7 kg.
I started to feel very depressed, and I would suddenly feel like this for 2 hours during the day, I would loose my apetite, my eyes would go dry and I'd loose my focus where I'd have accidents of knocking over the glass at the dinner table, my spacial awareness would deteroriate and I'd become clumsy- this was just becoming to much for me to handle. So I started checking my bp, and when I was in this mode my bp readings were as high as 190/110! I was sitting down and resting, how could the reading be so high?I couldn't believe it, so started taking my bp at regular intervals,I noticed my diastolic would not settle below 90, it caused an uncomfortable feeling in my chest.
I continued to monitor my bp and noticed my bp was unusually high.a week later I got a sudden panic attack and felt like I couldn't breath.I was rushed to the hospital and they checked my bp level, it was high and they decided to emit me.I stabilised after an hour and was asked to take a stool sample, blood test and was put on flagyl and xanax as they suspected bacteria in my stomach. All test result came back fine.
After 3 days of being in hospital I was discharged. I felt weak and would fall into this state of anxiety during my time in hospital and thereafter, my diastolic would not settle below 90 and doctor wanted to prescribe beta blockers, I rejected it and said I wasn't going to take it. I was still on flagyl, I felt bad, I couldn't function properly, adrenaline was being released uncontrollably causing me to shake and my heart to pulpitate. One night I woke up and my heart was pumping like mad it felt like it was in my throat, I had this sudden sharp pain in my heart and felt like was having a heart attack. I felt I was going to pass out from the pain. Fortunately I didn't and I took a xanax and fell back to sleep for another 6 hours. I stopped taking the flagyl and just stuck with the probiotics I was prescribed.
Went for regular check ups with the same doctor from the hospital and I told him how I was feeling, I did lots of tests, heart scan, stress test, 24 hour ecg, blood test, mri's. Everything came out normal. The doctor said I have involuntary panic disorder. I could tell he was becoming fed-up of me so I didn't go back. Instead I tried to just get over it.
9 months later, after taking klacid, I get frequent headaches, I still wake up with palpitations in the middle of the night, I still shiver, I have a lot of gas in my stomach, my bp can be slightly elevated at times, I feel anxious, I get sweaty feet, my hands feel tingly, there was a day where I couldn't even stand up jst recently because I felt so weak, why?why?why?. I tried getting back into my exercise by playing soccer and going to the gym but as soon as I feel my heart beating hard I get scared and stop the exercise immediately. This has taken a toll on my life and its quite sad for me coming from someone who was confident, very energetic and fit with a good healthy lifestyle. I'm still young, arnt these days meant to be the best times of my life?
Feel like I've done every test possible but still haven't got an answer.apologies for the very long reply but I hope someone reads this and can shed some light to my condition. Its very worrying to me. I have seen 3 doctors, they all say its anxiety.
Thanks for reading.