brake Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Hey everyone. I was wondering if anyone found something that kind of mellowed out their nerves. It feels like my nervous system is overactive for no reason. Its as if my nerves are being constantly stimulated or something. I learned to keep my depression and anxiety under control but even with that it feels like I`m about to hyperventilate or start slightly shaking although I never do. I fidget way more than I ever did. Meditation helps but I obviously can`t meditate at work or when I`m talking to people lol. Is there anything that helped others? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewcb Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Do you have high blood pressure? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brake Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Not since the last time I checked in August. My father has high blood pressure though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewcb Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 Try a high blood pressure pill from my experience doctors hand them out like candy and can help with anxiety too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brake Posted November 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 But once you start taking those don`t you have to take them for the rest of your life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewcb Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Na they gave me propolol or something for anxiety did nothing for me, my doctor said you can take them like candy basically but I stopped. Maybe you are having some very small panic attacks? My buddy takes xanax and likes his blood pressure pills he takes with them called metaolol or methaolol or some crap lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brake Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Well I was having moderately severe panic and anxiety attacks before but I just don`t feed into them anymore so they went away for the most part. Xanax does help but I don`t want to get addicted to them because I have a history with really liking pills lol. Ever since the onset of HPPD it feels like my nervous system is overactive. It does calm down when I relax and just stare off into space but thats when my visuals increase so I try to avoid that lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooshka Posted November 17, 2013 Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Do you feel as if some body parts are over stimulated, EG your forearms? Do they seem tense when you are relaxed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brake Posted November 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2013 Well it always feels like there is a lot of activity going on in my brain and usually in the same parts of it too. I feel like its highly interconnected with my HPPD. If it would go away I think I would go back to normal by at least 90%. But besides that it feels like the rest of my body is overstimulated in general (less neck and torso, more legs and arms). Also a lot of the time my heart is beating fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etardnow Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 Yep, i have this. I dont think its really due to anxiety because When I have mild anxiety I know it is anxiety. But even the anxiety i blame it on an over-active brain which is basically somewhat our understanding of hppd. I've had 2 instances of mild anxiety since hppd and it really is random. both times it lasted about 2-3 weeks. If you think about it, if benzos help our visual symptoms of hppd AND anxiety, just maybe, its possible that our hppd-ed brain causes visuals AND anxiety as a over-excited brain problem rather than our a sub/conscious worrying type of anxiety. Recently, for about a month, I feel that my body always needs stretching, kind of like ive had a glass of wine. Wooshka, what makes you ask about forearms? because i think that is one of the more noticable areas with this sensation. When I lie down to sleep, i do notice and feel that my body kind of wants to fidget, like its about to start shaking. This sensation is sort of helped if i lay on my side vs. laying flat on the back. I think it helps because the weight sensation of laying on side helps to mask it. When I take a nap and only from naps vs. night sleep, I get INTERNAL(never actually shaking) shakes when I wake up. I also feel really shitty(fuck life kind of shitty) for the first few minutes of waking up from a nap. Another thing related to nerves are electrical zap sensations i get it once a day or two. It basically feels like, you know those clicker lighters, if you disassemble one you can zap your self with the clicker, yea that feeling. Since ive rambled about some of the symptoms ive had, a new recent one ive had for about a month now is pressure in ears. Everytime i swallow it kind of crackles but i can never relieve it through the classical blow on blocked nose method. Also feels like the upper mouth/nose area is stuffy. anyone else get this? I had high blood pressure but only when i had the head pressure and anxiety at the onset of hppd. It was at 140/?? (i forget) but my recent measure was 110 ish. I was prescribed xanax 0.125mg and propranolol but i decided against meds so i cant tell you about the effects. the two times ive taken only xanax, it didnt really have any noticable effect. probably due to the low dosage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brake Posted November 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 No stuffy feel but I definitely have ear pressure once in awhile. Sometimes the pressure comes in a wave and I automatically know that my ears are going to start slightly ringing and then they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay1 Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 do you exercise, I find this helps calm me down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooshka Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 etardguy, this is where my main sense of uncomfortable/rushing/over stimulated feelings come from. Basically my forearms, it's quite irritating as my arms never feel relaxed, like as if the muscles have been over used, but they haven't. And I have to like twist my arms or bend my wrists up for a moment of relief, then it comes back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etardnow Posted November 18, 2013 Report Share Posted November 18, 2013 yea a few push ups can give me some relief but its always there to a degree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
415_stylee Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Hmm, maybe Akathisia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brake Posted November 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 Well I don`t have to stand when I eat so its not that bad yet! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wooshka Posted November 21, 2013 Report Share Posted November 21, 2013 I believe I have Akathisia in my forearms and also my legs, find it hard to keep still most of the time, then it sorta duals with my vertigo making me feel nauseous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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