[quote]HeavyDude wrote:
Wow your symptoms are incredibly similar to mine. See my thread as I have plenty labs to compare against. My estradiol levels are unmeasurable which I thought strange. Next week I’m going away from my regular family doctor to a HRT doctor with all my blood work and go from there. My doc just wants to throw test at me and I think it could be a smaller simpler problem. Anyways, my point is that I feel you 100% concerning the anxiety. I always have Xanax on hand for bad days. I just don’t get it I want so badly to be my old joking around self… It’s almost like I look forward to trying to find a fix but yet it terrifies me at the same time as it seems like a big experimentation… I also would highly recommend deep breathing and getting on a good fish oil. The breathing sounds silly but it does curb anxiety when it get bad trust me. Those 2 things have made a noticeable difference alone. Also, I have been following the thyroid sticky as well as I have super low temps so be to look into that as well. I wish you well in this new year. Sorry no real answers mostly just fodder but just want you to know your not alone in the struggle. I have learned so much about the body from this site and others but sometimes feel even more confused because of it lol! [/quote]
Thanks heavydude. Careful with the xanax. I thought it was my savior but after 5 years of low dose use I have now gone through over a year of pure hell. Not trying to be a downer, just saying be careful. They have a way of sneaking up on you and then the daily tolerance withdrawal makes you think you are dying and you end up blaming alot of other things (like low T) when it is the benzo. I take fish oils and deep breathing but as you know the breathing doesn’t work once an attack starts lol. Actually it does help shorten them. Good luck to you too and thanks.