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Q: head feels weird? nerves? help please?
Hi, guys i am 20 years old male i just recently turned twenty for past year i've been suffering anxiety attacks i was put on prozac for about 8 months i quit cold turkey. I used to be a smoker cigarettes for about a year i smoked then i stopped smoking out of no where "cold turkey" and i started suffering attacks and everything got worse now my left eye and left side of my head hurts i went to my doctor he told me im stressing. I was in a relationship which i got hurt in and no she didnt c heat or anything i was just insecure that hurt me alot. What i am suffering now is like i twitch my eye i dont feel comfortable with myself i went to psychiatrist she put me on paxil & i've been taking it since friday(4 days now). The problem is that i cant even think straight i cant imagine my imagination feels like its gone when i imagine things my head just feels weird and i start feeling anxious kind of my head doesn't feel relaxed anymore any help would be great.

A: You may need to give the Paxil time to work. Maybe you will feel better in a few weeks. Be sure to talk to your doctor about how the medication is making you feel. I hope you will be doing better. Take Care.

Q: What can cause shortness of breath, dry mouth and eyes, fatigue, itchy skin, abdominal cramps, & more?
I have been having a ton of problems and this is going to be a long post, but I sincerely hope someone can help. I'm a 20 year old female. It started in December when I was having depression so I went on Prozac. My doctor added lithium after I had no improvement after 6 weeks. My depression went away very soon. I then passed a kidney stone and a CT scan revealed that I had 3 of them. Haven't had any trouble with those and I haven't felt depressed since then. About a week after the kidney stone, I started having shortness of breath. Not really shortness of breath, but the feeling of not being able to get enough air sometimes and like I have to take a really deep and uncomfortable breath to get enough air. I think it's worse when I'm talking to someone. Over the next month or two I also developed many other symptoms. My eyes are dry (I can't even wear my contacts all day anymore because they bug me and I usually end up switching to my glasses a few times a day so that I can see better). My mouth is also dry, I thought I was very thirsty at first, but I think it's more of a dry mouth thing because it gets worse when I talk. I also have been getting a generalized itching in various different places all over my body. I get really tired for a couple hours about 3 times a day too. I feel totally fatigued, and not even in a depressed way. I WANT to be doing things but I just can't. Finally, I get these sharp pains all around my abdominal area. Usually they are in the front below my ribs or in the back near where my kidneys are. Oh! I've also been having random muscle twitches (one of them is on my cheek right by my nose and above my lip and the other one is on my back behind my right kidney). Not really sure if that's related. I also get really dizzy and blackout almost every time I stand up, and my coordination and memory are worse than usual. I've lost about 15 pounds since December. Lately I've also been having night sweats and chills through the night and at times in the day. I have been to the doctor. My CBC, kidney function, pulmonary function, lung CT, brain MRI, and echocardiogram were all normal. She also checked for myasthenia gravis, it was negative. My thyroid was normal but the last time we checked it was early December, when my only symptom was depression. I've been checked for lupus 3 times in my life (the last time being about 3 years ago because of joint pain), they were all negative, but I'm thinking maybe it could be some other autoimmune disorder? I'm no longer taking the lithium and prozac, I took Wellbutrin for a while and now I'm taking effexor. I take Ambien every night to help me sleep because I wake up after about 3 hours if I don't. My doctor wants me to see a pulmonologist next to make sure there are no other tests we should do, but I'm sure there won't be. My old doctor eventually gave up and said it was just depression, but after over 2 months of this I really feel there is no way that is the case. I wish I could figure out what it is before things get worse. Any ideas? Please?

A: As much as I hate to agree with Eve above me I think she may be right. All of the medications you've been on list the symptoms you've been having as side effects that are spot on with your symptoms. Dry mouth/eyes are especially indicative of anti-anxiety/anti-psychotic medications. I don't think you should stop taking meds but youshould continue to look for ones that don't cause the side effects that you are having...keeping in mind that all medications will have certain side effects. You just need to settle with ones that are managable for you. I highly doubt you have any type of auto immune disease since you've been checked numerous times for these.

Q: Is this anything serious?
A couple of weeks ago i had a seizure for the first time. Since then i have been waiting to have an MRI scan because they are not sure what caused it because i was taking prozac, they did suspect epilepsy because my friend took a pic of me and then i collapsed which could of been the flash. Since my seizure i have been twitching alot and my neck feels like i have bugs crawling in my veins they have been pulsating is this anything i should worry about its been non stop all day. The previous month i went to hospital because my eyes blacked out and i couldn't see, but i have been suffering from migraines and dizziness for about a month and a half now. Please help Thanks

A: You should most definately worry about this, go to the doctor as soon as you can and explain everything, even just to get piece of mind, but don't leave it thinking maybe it will go away, because it could be something that if caught early can be cured but if you leave it, it could be very serious.