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What on earth is happening to me?

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Jazzy1814 · 18/12/2020 11:01

Hi so will try and keep this as short as possible but I’ve had a rough few months. Had thought for a long time that ds was autistic and about a month ago we had confirmation of that but not yet a formal diagnosis, paediatrician also felt there might be other factors so he’s been sent for some chromosome abnormality tests. I have been worrying about him for well over a year as he’s clearly delayed and with corona thrown into the mix and not being able to see my family I think it’s all just gotten too much. Dh works long house we have two kids and I work late nights. I’ve struggled to get to sleep when I get home and resorted for the first time this week to sleeping tablets as I’d had about 5 hours sleep in two days, the next day I was a mess couldn’t keep my eyes open or cope with dc and had to ask dh to leave work early to help. Now today I thought I was feeling better but every time ds has cried or the school run got stressful I started uncontrollably shaking and felt like I couldn’t handle it. What is happening to me? Has any one else ever felt like this before?

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LifeExperimentation · 18/12/2020 11:41

Sorry you're going though a tough time. I found that both Nytol and Phenergan made me feel rubbish the next day, so that could be a factor? With Phenergan, I felt weird and sedated the next day. If it continues, speak to the GP. Hope you feel better soon.

Jazzy1814 · 18/12/2020 11:54

Phenergan is what I took, I wonder if that has something to do with how I feel then and I’m not just completely loosing my mind 😬

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LifeExperimentation · 18/12/2020 12:00

Yes, it could be... I took it for several days and felt so rubbish pretty much the entire time. I felt exhausted, light headed, brain fog... weird. I had assumed it was just because I was massively sleep deprived still, but no. Maybe see how you go this weekend... Good luck.

(For me personally, after trying for weeks on end with various sleeping remedies and nearly losing it in the process, I have ended up going on Sertraline for anxiety which has addressed the sleep issue for me... that and using techniques from a sleep book I read).

LifeExperimentation · 18/12/2020 12:01

BTW, I did lots of online searching and feeling strange the next day is not too uncommon.

LifeExperimentation · 18/12/2020 12:01

On Phenergan.

Jazzy1814 · 18/12/2020 19:23

I’m 100% sure it’s the phenargan, I can’t actually believe I was able to get it over the counter. I’ve had extreme exhaustion and anxiety and it’s even given me mildly stuttered speech. I’ve never experienced any thing like it I genuinely thought I’d had some sort of nervous breakdown. After a bit of research I’ve also seen that these side effects are really common. I don’t think it should be given without a prescription and should come with a warning.

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