I'm freaking out!

Tony M

I just read this to and also glad you had the open mri.

My first mri was a test of my nerves also. THE TUBE.
My shoulders are big and my nose was an inch or two from the tube.I'm clostraphobic and had nothing but a rag over my head.No drugs!! I was desperate and JUST made it through it the first time.

The second (2 valiums prescribed and taken!)was an open mri with headphones playing classic rock and the nurse even put a heated blanket over my body to comfort me. Best relaxing time I had in a while that was. There was plenty of room for my shoulders and and I think my nose was a foot from the dougnut.

Well Joe, I'm glad it went well and hope and pray the outcome is OK. Ttyl.

engtaz

Good luck and God Bless. Prayers sent.

TECHNOKID

I am glad you made it through without the after effects. I'll pray for good results of the MRI.

hearingimpared

steveinaz wrote: »

If you've been suffering from this since childhood, not likely we can do anything to help---but you might ask yourself "what do I think will really happen to me if I do this?"

I'm just the opposite, I find small spaces cozy and comforting.

Steve, I appreciate your sentiments here but with these disorders there really is no rational thinking that can put a complete stop to the process. I have learned over the years to control certain situations by relaxing techniques to quell the onset of panic attacks, but once they start no rational thinking stops them. That is what is so vexing about this problem.

I have trouble being in crowed environments such as a supermarket or church. I always break into a sweat but in most cases I just work my way through and complete the task thanks to the meds and threrapy. Ten years ago, I would run leaving a full shopping cart in the aisle gasping for air outside until I would calm down then go back in and try to finish the task. Apparently I've gotten better, with the medication of course, because I am able to finish such tasks without the panic. Today is a perfect example of how the meds are working. The sedative didn't kick in until after the MRI and I got through it without the freakout but keep in mind I took all my meds this morning when I got up and even though I was freaking out before hand I think my daily meds got me through the MRI.

steveinaz wrote: »

I'm just the opposite, I find small spaces cozy and comforting.

You lucky bastage!:D I can't even keep the covers on my bed tucked as I feel like I'm trapped if they are. Pretty sick huh?

hearingimpared

mrbigbluelight wrote: »

Any truth to the rumors that you were actually having breast implants ?



If so ....... uhm ..... Pix ?

Don't need them, I have manboobs that would rival many women's ****.:eek:

I need a manzier, no a Bro, no too ethnic, manzier!!! LOL!!! Recognize that bit of banter, name the show.

hearingimpared

Zitro wrote: »

Glad to hear you are alright; your condition must be tough. Mental disorders are terrible things, which is why I am studying them through grad school; I'd love to help those who suffer from them. Do you know when you get the results from the MRI? Bless you and your family.

Thanks kiddo! I get the results in two weeks. As I said in my OP I'm really not worried about the results. What's going to happen is going to happen and all I can do if the results turn out bad is to follow doctors orders. Believe it or not, even with these disorders, I don't worry about anything. It is a waste of time and effort and just eats your insides out.

hearingimpared

thsmith wrote: »

Joe, glad all worked out and it must be tough on you and your family having these problems.

Hopefully the sawbones can find the right cocktail for you !

I am on four different medications for these disorders and I can tell you most days I feel A-okay.

BottomFeeder wrote: »

I prayed for you, Joe. I, too, am so glad that you made it and hope you'll share the results of your MRI with us when you receive them.

Thanks Preacher, they worked!

hearingimpared

jflail2 wrote: »

Take care Joe. I know your pain all too well on the BP front. It took my doctors about 5 years to get my script right, but I am finally feeling "normal" for the 1st time in about 20 years...

My worst fear is actually the dentist. I CANNOT stand to have someone poking and prodding in my mouth, and I have the worst gag reflex this side of the Miss., so I am ready to vomit the 1st time something gets to the back 1/2 of my mouth. It's so miserable I've finally started doing sedation dentistry. Much more expensive, but I'd rather be knocked out than barf repeatedly in the dentist office (which would kick in the old anxiety as well.)

Good luck Joe!

Fireman32 wrote: »

Joe glad it went ok. I was the same way yesterday when I went into the dentist to get my wisdom teeth out. But it was not as bad as I thought.

That's the damndest thing. I have no fear of Dental work. I've had five root canals in my life and didn't even flinch. Funny how things work isn't it? Although I find cleanings very uncomfortable.

hearingimpared

tony millard wrote: »

I just read this to and also glad you had the open mri.

My first mri was a test of my nerves also. THE TUBE.
My shoulders are big and my nose was an inch or two from the tube.I'm clostraphobic and had nothing but a rag over my head.No drugs!! I was desperate and JUST made it through it the first time.

The second (2 valiums prescribed and taken!)was an open mri with headphones playing classic rock and the nurse even put a heated blanket over my body to comfort me. Best relaxing time I had in a while that was. There was plenty of room for my shoulders and and I think my nose was a foot from the dougnut.

Well Joe, I'm glad it went well and hope and pray the outcome is OK. Ttyl.

TWO VALIUMS!!! To me that's like trying to chop a tree down with a butter knife.:eek::D

I took four 10mg valiums with 50 mg of Vistaril and that just barely put a dent. I just fell asleep about an hour after I got home.

dkg999

Joe - hang in there! I had a GF once with severe claustraphobia, which she didn't mention until after we had entered a cave in WI. I guess she didn't want anyone to know, however the kicking and clawing to get out of the cave about 30 ft after we had started in with the tour gave it away!

As I said to the MRI operator after getting my head MRI's after my last auto-accident, "there are people who will pay you money to see what's actually in my head".

hearingimpared

Thanks everyone for the prayers and well wishes.

Now let's commence with the jokes. LOL!!!

hearingimpared

dkg999 wrote: »

Joe - hang in there! I had a GF once with severe claustraphobia, which she didn't mention until after we had entered a cave in WI. I guess she didn't want anyone to know, however the kicking and clawing to get out of the cave about 30 ft after we had started in with the tour gave it away!

As I said to the MRI operator after getting my head MRI's after my last auto-accident, "there are people who will pay you money to see what's actually in my head".

That's funny Doug. When the doc told me he was ordering an MRI of my head I replied, "What for? all they're going to find in there is a cookoo bird pecking at my skull." True story.

A cave, yikes, I can't watch TV shows where they are crawling through caves without looking away!!:eek:

tonyb

Glad it went well, of coarse the easiest solution would have been to tape a Hustler mag on the inside above your nose to keep your brain occupied, but hey,thats just me. Easy healthcare solutions are my specialty

hearingimpared

tonyb wrote: »

Glad it went well, of coarse the easiest solution would have been to tape a Hustler mag on the inside above your nose to keep your brain occupied, but hey,thats just me. Easy healthcare solutions are my specialty

LMAO!!! My heart was pounding hard enough, that would have just blown a heart valve!:eek::D

superjunior

just got home from work and saw this, glad to hear all went well Joe.

Zitro

hearingimpared wrote: »

Thanks kiddo! I get the results in two weeks. As I said in my OP I'm really not worried about the results. What's going to happen is going to happen and all I can do if the results turn out bad is to follow doctors orders. Believe it or not, even with these disorders, I don't worry about anything. It is a waste of time and effort and just eats your insides out.

I'm glad you can look at it that way; I don't think I could, I worry entirely too much over even trivial things. I envy you lol. But it is a good way to look at it and not let it affect the grand scheme of your life. Cheers; now go listen to some sweet, sweet music lol

hearingimpared

Zitro wrote: »

I'm glad you can look at it that way; I don't think I could, I worry entirely too much over even trivial things. I envy you lol. But it is a good way to look at it and not let it affect the grand scheme of your life. Cheers; now go listen to some sweet, sweet music lol

It took me two years of constant work on myself and faith in God to learn and practice not worrying.

A great book to read that will help you learn how not to worry is called, "Sermon on the Mount" by Emmitt Fox. It is a short paper back book and contrary to its title the book is not one of religion but of how the great Sermon was meant to teach us how to live. This book really changed my life. I've read it atleast 50 times and still go to it from time to time.

Here is a google link about him, the book and where to get it;

http://www.google.com/search?q=emmet+fox+sermon+on+the+mount&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1

I've been bugging my wife to read it and study it for years as she worries about everything and it is just eating away at here insides.

As far as the sweet spot goes, my wife has my audio room completely cluttered with Christamas decorations which due to the deluges of rain in January, the blizzards in February and now the lake of water in the back yard between the shed and the house we haven't been able to move them. Perhaps this weekend we'll be able to get to it and get all that crap out from in front of my speakers, rig and believe it or not piled high on the couch where my sweet spot is. I've been jonsing for music for too long now.

snow

Glad to hear it all went well, I remember the first time I had an MRI done it was almost impossible for me to squeeze into the damn thing and even worse dragging my sorry butt out of there, I hear the new ones are much better hopefully I will never have to find out if that is true.

It is good that you are able to admit in a public way that you suffer from a form of mental illness, for some people the stigma is more devastaing than the illness itself. The funny thing is no one asked god for bi polar disorder schizophrenia depression or anything else it's like cancer it can happen to anyone at any age so there is no reason to be ashamed it is what it is period.

I wish you luck with the problems you are having physically and mentally

REGARDS SNOW

Toolfan66

WOW Joe sorry I missed this thread, Glad to hear all went well..

Tony M

I might look into the book"Sermon on the mount" and your cocktail was something else. I remembered my total WAS 10mg. of Valium and it lasted about 4 or so hrs.

I'm glad you have understanding support behind you and your attitude seems great too. This hobby of ours sure beats ONLY getting drunk to snuff out our pains and problems. I quit drinking 30 yrs. ago and dealt with alot of BS and pain.Hand held Massagers and Woodworking was first, and then now music with the help of Celebrex for arthritis in the neck.

We all have our own demons one way or another. Some might argue otherwise and maybe they don't have any pains or stuff to sort out upstairs.
God surely blessed them then!

I just read some stuff in a "GREAT THOUGHTS OF GREAT PEOPLE" book and when I started reading Sigmund Freud stuff....That man HAD IT TOGETHER!!
I had to read some sentences twice or three times to absorb just what he was getting across to us. I thought his understanding of our psyche was dead right. Cool reading it is.

Tony M

Joe, Thank you!!

I just went and read His description , Preface and Chapter 1 and LOVE HIS MINDSET. It's close to being the same as mine!!!
I'm thirsting for MORE!! God Bless You Brother!

Guys, you should check this authors' "Sermon on the Mount" Chapter 1 (and preface and other first) pasted below... enjoy.:p I sure did and will read the book through later after I get a copy or ten to pass as gifts.

http://self-improvement-ebooks.com/books/tsotm.php

NJPOLKER

Joe,
Good luck pal. Please give us an update so we know how your doing.

janmike

All the best my friend.

hearingimpared

snow wrote: »

Glad to hear it all went well, I remember the first time I had an MRI done it was almost impossible for me to squeeze into the damn thing and even worse dragging my sorry butt out of there, I hear the new ones are much better hopefully I will never have to find out if that is true.

It is good that you are able to admit in a public way that you suffer from a form of mental illness, for some people the stigma is more devastaing than the illness itself. The funny thing is no one asked god for bi polar disorder schizophrenia depression or anything else it's like cancer it can happen to anyone at any age so there is no reason to be ashamed it is what it is period.

I wish you luck with the problems you are having physically and mentally

REGARDS SNOW

Thanks Dan it's what it is. I didn't ask for these illnesses and I'm not ashamed of having them. I don't care how stigmatized they are. It would be like me being ashamed of having diabetes which isn't stigmatized but I didn't ask for that either.

What some people don't realize that the above illnesses in most cases are passed down from generation to generation. My brother's and sisters have some form of mental illness maybe less severe than mine but have it nontheless. Hell, my father, who was a teacher had an anxiety disorder and high blood pressure. My mom's family is riddled with mental illness, diabetes and pancreatic cancer. Both my brother's have high blood pressure, I don't. Most all of my cousins have diabetes or have died from pancreatic cancer as well as having some form of mental illness. So far I am the only one of my siblings who has diabetes and a severe case of severe mental illnesses but I don't have high blood pressure. Thankfully their cases of mental illness isn't as dibilitating as mine which has kept them off the disability roles.

Go figure!

So these illnesses are just that regarless of stigmatizisms.

hearingimpared

tony millard wrote: »

Joe, Thank you!!

I just went and read His description , Preface and Chapter 1 and LOVE HIS MINDSET. It's close to being the same as mine!!!
I'm thirsting for MORE!! God Bless You Brother!

Guys, you should check this authors' "Sermon on the Mount" Chapter 1 (and preface and other first) pasted below... enjoy.:p I sure did and will read the book through later after I get a copy or ten to pass as gifts.

http://self-improvement-ebooks.com/books/tsotm.php

This isn't a book you can read once and put it down. You have to study it, absorb it and practice it and it will change your outlook on life and your life in general. I want to reiterate, it is not about religion, it is a guide, using the Sermon on the Mount on how to improve and lead your life in both a spiritual way as well as changing your thought patterns.

obieone

Good luck, and hoping for the best.

SCompRacer

Joe, hope your feeling better bud! Thoughts and prayers!

Midnite Mick

Good luck in some negative results Joe.

Regards,
Mike

Retro152

Who's better than you Joe? Good for you man, laying it all out right here on the Forum. Glad you made it through the MRI without issue, wishing you well on the results. Not many people would have the guts to talk about, or disclose any detail about their battles with anxiety or depression, but you let it all hang out with class and dignity, and i salute you for that. Take care bro.:)




Pat.

hearingimpared

Pat, I'm humbled by your kind words. Thanks man.