I went into work Monday morning and within an hour of having arrived I suddenly began to feel very dizzy, very nauseas, and shaky. The more I tried to make sense of the symptoms, the more anxious I became. I tried holding my breath. I tried eating my apple. If I looked up to my computer screen vertigo would hit me and I’d feel more nauseas. In my mind I started freaking out thinking that I was going to vomit into my trash basket, the light was getting brighter and brighter, and every movement felt like I was on the tea cup ride at Disney Land. I was going to grab my purse and jet out the door and text my boss later that I fell ill and needed to leave immediately, but time must have rushed passed as I contemplated all of this because when I looked up to see the time it was almost lunch time and I thought “I’m halfway there, I can do this.” I drank some water and continued folding certifications when all of a sudden an intense wave of nausea came over me. I ran to my purse and took down an ativan and immediately felt defeated by having had to do so. I went to the rest room and sat on the toilet with my head hanging down, eyes closed I sat there doing breathing exercises until I felt my chest loosen. By the time I returned to my desk, I felt a HUGE calm flow through my body and I suddenly felt as if nothing had even happened.
I went and had lunch with my co-worker, completed the day and drove home. Because of the ativan taken hours prior I was extremely sleepy and to be quite honest, I don’t remember getting home. What I do remember is crawling into bed and sleeping the entire evening until about 9pm. I couldn’t fall back to sleep until about 12:30am. Insomnia has been at about an 8 or 9 (on a 1-10 scale) these past few days. Not too sure how to remedy that without having to take yet another supplement or worse, some sort of medication. So, I’ll worry about that later.
I lowered my dose Monday night by another 10% making this weeks nightly dosage 20% less than my prescribed mg. Tomorrow I begin the Neuro Endure capsules. The recommended dosage is 1 pill, three times a day at 5 hours apart but its noted that at first I am to take only ¼ of the pill at a time until my body gets used to it. Makes me wonder what the heck it would do if I took the entire thing, these are after all, natural. Anyway, If the anxiety starts becoming a frequent problem with the lowering of dosages Ill have to purchase the recommended Relaxed Day and Relaxed Night capsules. I’m crossing my fingers that it doesn’t become a necessity during this process, I have enough to worry about right now in supplement scheduling.
Symptoms experienced (1-10 scale with 1 being low and 10 being high intensity)
- Hot flashes (5)
- Insomnia (9)
- Anxiety (10)
- Fatigue (10)