Thread: Thoughts- Anxiety Issues and UTI

I am going to start in the beginning.... I will try to keep this short. Back in June of this year, I started to feel bad, felt very stressed for no reason, then one day the upper part of my legs shook for 5 days straight on and off and I couldn't control it. I felt so bad and thought maybe I was having some sort of anxiety issue. I felt naseaus and couldn't eat. Then I felt a little better for a few days and bang... felt awful again- not the legs shaking but just very overwhelmed over everything- my blood pressure had raised, I had a low grade fever and felt stressed and couldn't sit still. I went to my OB and told her that I thought that I had anxiety or something because I had no idea what was wrong with me. I was crying because I was so scared. So she gave me Lexapro. I took one Lexapro and ended up in the emergency room because of a severe panick attack! I was admitted into the hospital into the psychiatry ward none the less because my diagnoses was anxiety and now depression (which I was not). Was I anxious- **** yes- I had no idea what was wrong with me. They determined that I had a Urinary Tract Infection and after I took the medication all of those horrible weird feelings have gone away, however NOW I do have anxiety and I am afraid those feelings are going to return and I am afraid that something else if wrong with me medically (despitate all of the tests that they have performed and have come back normal)!

Has anyone ever had these weird symptoms with a UTI?

I have always been a bit anxious, however I am on the edge these days. I don't want to take medication on a daily basis (clearly- you can see that the Lexapro and I didn't hit it off). I have always been a person with a lot of energy and very upbeat and positive and I want to feel like me again.

I want to enjoy my ds and dh and live and enjoy life! Any suggestions on how I can get 'back on the horse' and get my self confidence back? Any homeopathic remedies or anxiety clinics that people are aware of to help?

Beanie

First off, I have never heard of a UTI having any of those symptoms! It sounds more like low blood sugar or something. If you weren't eating well, that could have caused the shakiness and the anxiousness. That would also be why they didn't find anything wrong with you if your blood sugar had gone back up by the time you went to the doc.

I suffer from bad social anxiety. I tried Effexor once and it made me a basketcase for 24 hours until it finally left my system. Then I tried Paxil and had the same effects. I swore I would never try anything like that again!

I have learned that eating healthy and making sure not to let myself get too hungry helps. Also, exercizing reeeeeally helps. It releases excess energy that fuels my anxiety and makes me a generally more calm person. Keeping a positive attitude and trying to not dwell on stressful things also helps. It's hard to think like that at first, but you eventually get into the habit of not letting things stress you out. Turn the other cheek (so-to-speak).