OK I have been wondering about this for a while so I thought I would put
it out there and see if anybody else feels this way. For the past few months
whenever I am jostled or jiggled by anybody it makes me feel rage and want
to scream. For example, I'm sitting in the car or on the couch next to my
husband and he is bouncing his knee and the whole car or couch is jiggling
it makes me feel like freaking out. My husband has a very annoying habit of
putting his hand on my thigh and jiggling me. Its an affectionate thing but
I hate it so much. Its a recent problem for me so he is confused by my
reaction and frankly so am I. I feel like I am going crazy. I hate it when
my niece wiggles on the bed when she naps with me. What's going on?
It started before I started glucophage so that's not it.
I also am very sensitive to noise. Sometimes things are really an overload
on my senses. When I was younger I was so much more hardy. I feel like
a weakling these days. I'm feeling really blue today and I NEVER feel blue.
I am very sensitive to noise as of a month before I found out I have PCOS. Like you said it does feel like sometimes things are really an overload on my senses. I dont know how else to state it.
Perhaps it could be anxiety related. If you do not know much about anxiety, you should read up on it. Of course, it could be related to something totally different, but I would do some research.
Anxiety you say? Oh yeah I could tell you a little about anxiety. However I have been on 50mg of zoloft for anxiety for about 6 months now and I am a new woman. Its rare for me to feel much anxiety anymore. And this thing is new. I'm not rulling anxiety out though. It can manifest itself in odd ways. Thanks for the reply.
Maybe you are feeling a little overwhelmed lately? Smothered? Sounds like you are easily agitated. I work in the mental health field, so that is why I thought about anxiety.
Are you seeing a therapist/psychologist/psychiatrist/ licensed clinical social worker? If not, maybe you should consider it. If you are, is there a good rapport between you and your therapist? Medication is not a cure all, although important. Medication plus psychotherapy is the best treatment. I would love to go see a therapist, but I simply cannot afford it. Hope to go soon. I think therapy can be a wonderful thing if you find the right therapist for you.
Really, anxiety is serious business. I know from first hand experience. It often goes hand in hand with depression.
Did a psychiatrist prescribe your medication? If so, I would be sure to tell them about what is going on.
Do you have any new or more stresses in your life right now. Have you started any other meds since this started. I know you said it was going on b4 met so thats probably not it.
Have you changed anything in your life. Like r u drinking more caffeine?
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Gwen, I guess from time to time I do feel a little overwhelmed. Dealing with PCOS and starting new meds is a little stressful. I have noticed that I really enjoy being by myself. Maybe that is because of being over sensitive to sounds and movement. I have had counseling in the past. Right now I feel pretty happy mentally, physically...now that is another story.
Dedepcos, glucophage is the only new med I am taking. Regarding caffeine, thats a funny thing. I have been a one cup of coffee a day person for years. Granted its one LARGE cup but one cup is my limit. I put a LOT of cream and sugar in it. Every day its the same. The first thing I think of in the morning is that blasted coffee. Its a reason to get up. Ok so about one month ago I wake up and I actually don't want coffee. I haven't had it since. Isn't that the strangest thing? I'm not complaining though. I'm saving myself hundreds of calories and fat first thing in the morning. I'm mystified as to why I suddenly don't want coffee. I loved my one cup a day so much I would dream about it. Weird.
Dafodyll I could have written this whole last post! Except the part about not wanting the coffee anymore...I still have mine every day, usually I have 2 cups though! sometimes more...eek! Anyhow, I know what you mean, I find that I really enjoy being by myself these days, and I also am very very sensative to sound...I can't stand loudness! My fil is hard of hearing and he has to have the t.v. turned up so loud that you can literally hear it from the street! IT DRIVES ME CRAZY! Infact it infuriates me! I don't know why, I'm not mad at him or anyone else, I just can't take the noise and after so long I get really angry, then I am grumpy the rest of the night, it does something to me physically too, it's not just an "oh I don't like the noise feeling" Something physical happens, and I can feel it happen and then I am in a very foul mood for a while! Grr! Especially if someone tries talking when the noise is going on and their talking and the t.v. are interfering w/each other....GGGGGGGRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
You are not alone, I can't really tell ya what to do about it. I do have anxiety/depression issues and I am on Paxil for it, and it helps a lot, but not w/this problem! I don't think it has anything to do with it, I think I just can't take the noise! The paxil works pretty well for everything else, although I do have to say it doesn't work half as well as it used to, maybe I am getting used to it...or it needs to be increased, I don't feel half as relaxed or happy as I did when I first started but I am still 100% better than before I started it and I do notice the difference if I miss it for a few days...watch out...mood swing city! LOL. Maybe getting our hormones straightened out will help more with that.
Dafodyll - you sound much like me, and I am also on 50 mg. of Zoloft for anxiety. I seem to have certain triggers that really set me off sometimes, I just want to rage at someone when they do them.
I have found that many times this is during a very stressful time, etc, and have even been told by doctors to add another 50 mg of Zoloft for a few days, and that usually gets me over the hump.
I truly believe that it IS PCOS related, as out of wack as our hormones are, you never know what we are going to say or do, even with the Zoloft. I'm trying right now to get out of my "shell", I'm in a phase where I don't want to leave the house, etc, and just want to be with my DS, and kick the cat out (right now my trigger is the cat licking my neck). It has always come and go for me, and I just have to learn when I'm in this time period, and try to calm myself, and then get back out with the world, if I don't, it just continues to get worse.
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dx: 1994
sx: overweight, "string of pearls"; excess hair; hair loss; skin tags; IR; migraines; IBS (and probably more I don't know are tied in).
Meds: 2000 mg, daily Metformin HCL ER; Daily multi vitamin, and extra iron when AF comes around; Zoloft 50 mg. daily for anxiety; Ovcon35 BCP
This sounds so familiar, the agitation, not wanting to be touched and and the noise, especially whistling and noises that kids like to make. I have episodes where I feel anxiety and depression for unknown reasons.
When I was in nursing school, anxiety really manifested itself. I was shocked at how I let anxiety get the best of me, as a matter of fact, I didn't know I had such a problem with anxiety until then. Now that I plan to go back and finish, I am trying to figure out ways to avoid this problem again. Like praying about it (God knows and understands). I want to avoid the medicine if I can, because once I start, I am not sure how I will cope once I'm off of them, if I am ever off them.
to make a long story short, i have also felt the unreasoning rage over trivialities, sensitivity to noise, etc. I read somewhere that extra B6 can help with this problem, so when i feel that irritation, rage and general craziness coming on, (generally around my period) i start taking an extra 250 mg of b6 per day. In a few days, i calm down.
Whether it's a placebo effect i don't know, but it has helped me develop the art of self-control to a better extent and i don't let loose with cruel comments, or snarl at my family and generally think hateful thoughts about everyone around me quite so much.
It can't hurt to give it a try. I take extra B12 1500 mcg with 2000 mg of Met also because I read somewhere that those who take Met may disguise a B12 defficiency problem.
I seem to be doing better in general so i'm going to keep up this regimen.
LOL, when I first looked at this, I thought, "Hmm, I feel like that for long periods after an EARTHQUAKE. I wonder if she lives in earthquake country?" And sure enough, I looked at your location, and you live in Big One's a-Coming, USA, just like me.
For long months after the Ash Wednesday 2001 earthquake, I felt panicked and jolted by dread every time the office floors vibrated (usually because someone was using the elevator, or someone was rolling a heavy cart over the floor). If I was stuck on a bridge or an off-ramp somewhere, the natural bouncing of the suspended road panicked me.
I don't know how to cure it...move to Kansas? No, seriously, a lot of what you're suffering sounds closely related to Sensory Integration/Processing Disorder. I have heard of this occurring in children, but I don't know about adults. Worth asking your doctor.
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Two things leap into my mind. The first is migraines. I've only ever had mild migraines - sensitivity to sound, severe head pains, etcetera - but I've noticed that when they are starting up, I get very, very jittery and emotionally unstable. The littlest, stupidest thing will set me off.
The second thing is depression. Some people, when they get depressed, don't get sad. They get agitated and oversensitive. Depression does have a high correlation with PCOS.
Take it for what it's worth.
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I suffer from the same problems. I can't stand loud noises, or things like people tapping me on the shoulder..it makes me instantly agitated
I feel like such a grouch because I'm always frustrated and annoyed by all these things - like right now I can hear people clumping around upstairs..the boards squeak too, with each thump..argh!
I'm sure my problems are to do with anxiety and depression, for which I'm not being treated medically anymore as my body is highly sensitive to those medications and I tend to get worse when I'm on them. But I know that when I feel the need to escape to my bedroom to get away from the noises, and everything else that makes me crazy, it's the same as how I feel when I'm seriously depressed or freaked out with anxiety..I just want to shut everything out that gives me those feelings. I turn into a total hermit crab
Anyway..I'm babbling, and not really providing any help to anyone...I just needed to get that out because no one else understands!
Cheers
Loretta
Glad to hear that it's not just me...although, when I went on the met, I seemed to settle right down. It was like the met was the thing that I needed to get my body (and therefore my mind) back together.
BUT, then I got pregnant and now I'm back to being irritable and cranky and very sensitive. Whistling will drive me nuts (a habit of my poor DH) and when my kids (or the kids in my neighborhood) yell while standing right by me, it just tweeks me out! One of the kids who lives behind us (who probably has a hearing problem, he's got a wicked speech problem!) yells all the time while standing a foot away from someone. I just want to go smack the kids mother for not helping him and therefore making it so he doesn't behave like that.
It could be anxiety for me (although I don't think there's much I can do about it now). I know that there's a lot of stresses going on for me (like having to postpone going back to college--again!).
Hmmmm....
Thanks for starting this thread, it made me stop and think about some things...
StacieD
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