
Believe-59
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I guess I should start at the beginning. In January the 1st to be exact my fiance had a stroke after going to the ER twice for breathing problems. He was admitted and told he was having an anxiety attack. Well it turned out to be a stroke and pneumonia. While there he was diagnosed with Diabetes, anxiety disorder, depression, had a bad heart valve that needs to be replaced hypertension with high blood pressure and his kidneys were failing. He was put on all kinds of meds including those for depression. He stayed for 16 days. While home the anxiety kicked in even more and he had other health issues which sent us back for an over night stay and a 3 stay. He was assigned to a therapist that prescribed anxiety meds and ativan for break thru attacks. The meds work for the most part but during one bad attack we went back to the ER where he had a TIA. Things have calmed down but we now know he needs open heart surgery to replace the valve and may lose kidney function which will make him dialysis dependent. He still has break thru anxiety attacks and I deal with them the best I can so they don't turn into full fledge depression. We're right now looking for ways to get thru these break thru's. I'm not sure how much better or worse they will get as we wait for the doctors to decide when he needs the surgery. He goes to a group which helps and sees a woman in between meetings.
anyway I go on and on which is my way sorry.
Looking for ideas on how to slow the attacks or stop them before they get to bad because they always seem to lead to other problems physically.
Thanks Karen
I guess I should start at the beginning. In January the 1st to be exact my fiance had a stroke after going to the ER twice for breathing problems. He was admitted and told he was having an anxiety attack. Well it turned out to be a stroke and pneumonia. While there he was diagnosed with Diabetes, anxiety disorder, depression, had a bad heart valve that needs to be replaced hypertension with high blood pressure and his kidneys were failing. He was put on all kinds of meds including those for depression. He stayed for 16 days. While home the anxiety kicked in even more and he had other health issues which sent us back for an over night stay and a 3 stay. He was assigned to a therapist that prescribed anxiety meds and ativan for break thru attacks. The meds work for the most part but during one bad attack we went back to the ER where he had a TIA. Things have calmed down but we now know he needs open heart surgery to replace the valve and may lose kidney function which will make him dialysis dependent. He still has break thru anxiety attacks and I deal with them the best I can so they don't turn into full fledge depression. We're right now looking for ways to get thru these break thru's. I'm not sure how much better or worse they will get as we wait for the doctors to decide when he needs the surgery. He goes to a group which helps and sees a woman in between meetings.
anyway I go on and on which is my way sorry.
Looking for ideas on how to slow the attacks or stop them before they get to bad because they always seem to lead to other problems physically.
Thanks Karen