I have u months sober. Been kickin ass as well. Work gotcrazy hectic and I had a relationship end. Unfortunately I stayed as a "friend". I knew these were all triggers,but continued. Boss did lighten my load last 2 weeks tho, I told them so many times it was too much. The boyfriend thing was just unreal. Day after day I learned more..wasnt good.I lost it the 23rd. Mania delusions depression confusion memory loss mental fog insomnia. I remember bits and pieces.Finally able to see the therapist in person yesterday. I lost my job Sunday, and been in the house since.Calmer today..but still loosing and forgetting things. Went to get gas.... Passed it twice and curb checks, like before. Cant handle talking to people or noise. Got Seroquel yesterday til I see med management Thursday.This is confusing..what if its permanent? Any thoughts?(NO cravings since first day..)
What drug have you been sober from? I had a Nervous breakdown like most adults here, and my nervous breakdowns never lasted longer than an hour. People don't get prescribed Seroquel on the spot (at least where I live) I think seeing a doctor and a psychiatrist is a good idea, thats great that you are already doing this
Im sorry ..alcohol. I also have anxiety and depression. My med management called them in. Its only 25 mg 2 times a day. My therapist related it to the nervous breakdown ..Doctors dont use that term anymore. Mania lasts about an hour. Cupcake21 added 3 Minutes and 12 Seconds later... Excuse me..mania can last an hour.
Thanks for letting us know. I myself have been struggling with binging on alcohol for few years. Alcohol like benzos tends to make people more nervous after they quit drinking too much. It will pass. Yes, doctors don't use that term anymore. Have you tried SSRI or benzo drugs? You have been prescribed an anti-psychotic, the heaviest of mental medications. THat means the doctor is taking your case seriously which is good. Lets see others' replies
Lol you are cute. You didn't ask what other meds I was on?? The seroquel is to take the edge off..as it made me lethargic in the past..The mania was a general description..the severe panic and panic attacks I was having daily..as well as the shaking. I see why doctors don't use that term now. It was never used in your definition ,by a doctor. Anxiety after alcohol is a given..especially in withdrawals. I am a binge alcoholic. Years of straight vodka in heavy doses damages your body long term. Withdrawals can be deadly depending on your use. So me overdoing work getting wrapped up in a man..and the shock of I learned and saw, my loss of a family finally..its not good for and addict. I'm not drinking..but I still have the thinking. And addicts can be extreme people. Do some research. Check your facts on medications, alcoholism etc before you make condescending remarks. Maybe a hobby so you don't bother people with issues. Or just go sit in detox or Immanual and observe . I'm bored now..go away
Yes I have earlier this year and alcohol abuse played a part. I was hospitalized twice in two weeks in the psycho ward at two different hosptials. I wont go into gory detail but each time I had to stay over a week so I could get stabilized on the almost daily changing mes they were feeding me. I'm still trying to get care I deem fitting. But being there did give me the space and time I needed to pull me out of my state. I still find the pressure of full time work incredibly difficult for a number of reasons among other thing which require human interaction. No medicine they have put me on seems to fully and now not even moderately working to help me with my depression and anxiety and other undiagnosed issues. Just throwing pills at me and seeing what sticks. I have been on at least 6 different anti-anxiety, ant-depressant and anti-psychotic meds since April. Stay strong
It seems they do throw those pills dont they? O was put on haliperdol after my last drunk. That nite I really lost it. That stuff made my legs twitch and I was moving them constantly. People were noticing and watching. New doc said I never shoulda been given it. I took other meds for 6 months to get rid of the effects from it.Im sorry youve had it too. The symptoms were just so extreme it scared me. I had used "Stop thought"when I got sober to ease my constant worry, after bout 6 weeks I felt content . It was amazing. Lost it overnight tho. Starting over.
ive had a nervous break down,it had nothing to do with drugs. my husband was in the hospital for 9 days in serious condition,some would have died. I started my menstrual cycle nowhere near the right time,and it lasted for 22 days. that's 22 days of cramps of bleeding. sweat so bad had to bring extra shirts to the hospital,and if I tried to eat I'd vomit. couldn't sleep if my life depended on it. It felt like being stuck in a panic attack. even If I didn't have OCD and GAD I probably would've fallen apart. the good news about having a nervous break down is,things can only go up from there. hopefully! and once you've been there,you know exactly how much stress you can actually handle. and,it makes other stuff seem not so serious.
I developed ptsd- which is kinda nevous breakdown. I think it made me want to self medicate just to get through what I was going through. I never wanted to go backward to the addict that I used to be, I just wanted to cope I got though it in the end with some minor relapses but its hard. I have alot of flashbacks and nightmares. I didnt think I was going to survive it at the start but now I can see how far I have come. Being self aware and knowing that relapse can be possible under these circumstances is a great advantage for you.
Yeah I've been through similar shit here and there - I'd be surprised if the bulk of this forum hadn't. Mine were not always drug induced but it'd be a stretch to say any of em were not drug related. Tho I don't use the term "nervous breakdown," as I was taught to say other things, anybody will know what you mean. Times I'm thinking of would probably be called "psychotic episodes," and rightly so, really. I have a diagnosis of schizophrenia, which is pretty well managed by the methadone I take, but life isn't seamless, it just used to be way worse. Used to be roughly twice a year I would find myself somehow under a load of stress I'd taken on, feeling cavalier and hypomanic I guess, and would then "crack" into states where I was isolating myself in a world of hallucinations and delusions of grandeur - each time seemed to have a central event or theme - like once a fight w my folks (not isolated, one out of a pattern) had me feeling a sudden "click" in my head, and then it was like watching a movie of someone who looked a lot like me (how did I see myself?) setting his bed/bedroom on fire. I have no recollection of consciously thinking to do that, and once my folks came running up the stairs and shouting it was like I woke up with my eyes still open, and I could see the situation with all the horror and abhorrence of someone "normal." Another time I felt the "click" (almost like something huge has just changed about everything but you can't tell what is so different) and next thing I knew I had three classic "grey" space aliens in my room telling me how to "escape the current time loop." Again, it was a thing where I went and tried it, totally dissociated from any kind of conscious thought, almost like I was hypnotized (conscious, but with huge gaps) and once I "woke up" into myself and saw what I was doing (say, hiding in a steel oil drum with my eyes shut and trying to "escape the current time loop") I realized I had been insane and went back to real life with my tail between my legs. But the fogginess, the overstimulated feeling, the general agitated confusion, all sounds quite familiar. I could keep going but it'd just be repeating myself for the most part. A word of caution - try not to take antipsychotics unless they are helpful and anything else is not. I have to run right now so I must be lazy, but please look up on Wikipedia "akathisia" and "tardive dyskinesia" to see what I mean. I'm convinced that I did some lasting damage to my nervous system and overall ability to "relax" by trying those drugs too liberally. Seroquel is not as risky as haldol, to my memory anyway, but it all bears scrutiny. Gotta run - take care, hope you feel better soon. It does "unclick" eventually. Stay brave til then. Cheers
Oh god cupcake this sounds like me a few months back. Exact same problems. And yes its very confusing. And scary. But it will end. I actually switched from a severe heroin addiction to methadone. And i was having real problems adjusting. I didnt realize how much heroin played a role in my life. When i got on methadone i lost everything. All my friends. Everything in my life changed. And i continued using heroin. I felt like a failure. And at the same time my boyfriend and i were fighting. Work was way to much pressure. And i became severly depressed. Ended up becoming a person i hated. I was angry bitter and totally different then who i was. fter a really bad overdose i ended up in a mental hospital. Stayed there for three days. Hated it with a passion. So i told them what they wanted to here and got out. Nothing changed. I was still in a state of depression. Hated myself and my life. A few weeks went by and i ended up back in the hospital. Which this time was great for me. I started therapy and got put on escitalopram. An anti depressant around the same time. And both helped me tremendously. I really wanted to get better. I was having really negative thoughts at the time. And was just totally not normal. And with those aids and my want to be better things started to change. I would recommend trying both of them. I realized allot of issues i didnt even know i had. And they assured me that i wasnt crazy. Which i felt soo crazy. It was really hard. Cuase i also thought what if im like this forever. This was just a few months ago. I took a break from here because even this site was getting me down. Since then im much better. Havent used heroin in over 4 months. The depression is gone. I got a promotion at work. And dare i say i may even feel BETTER then before this all happened. Before i was shy with no self esstem or confidence. And ive been working on it allot. And i feel better. I am still on the antidepressants. I stopped the therapy just recently. It was becoming real repetative for me. And i didnt feel like it was helping anymore. But it did in the beginning big time. I wish you the best of luck cupcake. Please dont let the depression cloud your judgement. You have the power to control you. Not your emotions. Always remember that. You should check out the ptsd group. I find it a very helpful group. And suprisingly positive. https://drugs-forum.com/forum/group.php?groupid=517 Good luck. And stay positive. It will pass. Be proud that you quit alcohol and havent drank in even though your having a hard time. Peace.
First of all I just want to say that antipsychotics are prescribed for alcohol withdrawals because of the delirium tremens risk. Haloperidol and quetiapine are effective for treating this phase of withdrawal if delirium presents, though if extrapyramidal side effects are observed with haloperidol then benztropine is administered to counteract this. Usually when haloperidol is prescribed, then benztropine is also prescribed as a PRN dose (PRN = used as needed [if extrapyramidal side effects are observed]). Nervous breakdowns are common in alcohol withdrawal because anxiety is a direct side effect.
Thanks for the feedback. Im not understanding myself. This wouldnt be a suprise If I was drinking. I thought I was drunk one day. My poor family has no clue they are convinced Im drinking too. The only proof I have is my cam bracelet. I have the ability to make good choices and live a happy life. Im scared at my ability to make bad choices and be so destructive.
So you're not drinking now? With respect how long have you been abstinent for? Members will continue to advise and help you.
Congratulations on your sobriety (that's my birthday lol). I went through something similar once, years ago. It most definitely sucks some giant ass, and can be a very trying time. It hurts a lot. Kinda feels like you're stuck in a race that you have no idea where it is heading or where it began, and gives you that 'Why do I even bother anymore' feeling. Although it can be difficult, try to keep things in perspective. Recognize this as just a low point in your life, and remember that one certainty in life is that it is in a continuous state of flux. Nothing stays the same. Even though it sometimes can seem like you've just sunk too deep and your life is always going to be like this, this will pass, and things will get better. Try to take some time to just step back and breathe for a minute. Let the world continue to spin out of control, but take yourself out of it for a moment and you will see that it will keep doing whatever it will without you even being involved. Thousands, if not millions of other people find themselves in situations just like this, and even worse ones as well. This can help you remove a lot of pressure off of yourself to live up to whatever (possibly unrealistic) expectations you had previously set for yourself. Hang in there, but remember to let go as well. Things can seem even more out of control when we hold onto shit too tight and make all the crazy stuff going on around us, about us. Sometimes self destruction leads to self realization. Often, you'll find yourself coming out of these types of things knowing more about yourself, who you are, and who you want to be. The next challenge is then becoming that person. It's good that you were able to see a therapist. Don't hesitate to contact them again if you start to feel at the end of your rope. Communicating your feelings regardless the method, such posting on here (or even just scribbling down your thoughts on a piece of paper) can be surprisingly therapeutic. Even if you don't actually submit a post, sometimes just writing the words can make you feel a lot better. Be well.
I've had 3 distinct ones that I can remember. The first was when I was 8, I had SEVERE OCD and I should have been hospitalized, but one day I just lost it and scream cried for hours in the fetal position on the ground. It was very heart breaking for my parents to watch. The next two were when I was 15 and severely depressed. I was taking klonopin legally then, my prescription is void now but I still get it, and Prozac. I was really into cutting myself at the time and I just couldn't take it anymore, I was losing my mind. So I tried killing myself by snorting Vyvanse, Klonopin, and Xanax and drinking on top of it. Then I cut myself really badly. I didn't die probably because the Vyvanse kept me awake. The last time it was just cutting deeply, snorting klonopin, and getting wasted. That time was really bad, I couldn't stop shaking and crying and my parents took care of me till I was sober the next day... My mental health really did a number on them.
I had a nervous breakdown when I came home to my condo and found my fiancé's lifeless body on the ground of our living room. She has aspirated on her on vomit as a result of a heroin overdose. I lost it. I went on a meth tear that, in retrospect, I'm not sure how I survived. This breakdown lasted six long months of agony and substance abuse and took me to dark places. Mental breakdowns, whether they be brief or lengthy are a normal part of the human experience. I would be more concerned if something unfortunate, depressing or tragic happened to you and you did not experience some sort of emotional breakdown. Maintain you sobriety; you should be very proud of this achievement. I have had mental breakdowns as recently as the past few months as a result of legal troubles and substance abuse issues. So you can see that there is a pattern. Inevitably, when drugs no longer help us and begin to hurt us it will always end tragically unless you or someone else intervenes. Just take care of yourself and avoid people and situations that would possibly be detrimental to your state of mind. I, too, have a lengthy list of mental illnesses and the resulting symptoms absolutely exacerbate any issues in life; with or without drugs and alcohol. Just stay the course and I hope things get better for you.
I had a nervous breakdown when my son's father disappeared interstate with my little toddler and didn't come back for four months. It's the longest I've ever spent apart from my son and I was an absolute wreck. I'd recently stopped methadone so had no coping skills. It absolutely traumatized me, and during this time frame, my best friend was murdered and my papa died of cancer.
