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Suggestions on an anxiety attack

I work overnights. I came home this morning ready to go to bed and all of a sudden I’m having an anxiety attack. I can’t sit still and feel like I’m coming out of my skin. I took my 1 mg of Xanax before laying down and then took a second when the attack hit. I’m still so wound up. Any suggestions on how to get this to stop? It’s never been this bad before. Please help!! #Anxiety #Depression #Grief #SuicidalThoughts

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Healing in the same home or environment trauma happened

I was harrased physically by two of my exs at my home place , I have severe depression since 2 years and anxiety triggered by certain places inside my home where we had memories , it's a negative loop with no end , I feel stuck here ..as if there is no end to this pain I have started escitalopram 10 mg and it has helped me a bit to manage the pains digestive issues flare ups...

Has anyone been through a similar situation does it ever improves ..

@#Anxiety #Depression #CPTSD @

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Anyone dealt with lithium toxicity? #MentalHealth #Bipolar #lithium

I am bipolar and have been stable on lithium for almost 15 years. My pcp put me on a med that increased my lithium level and my blood levels are dangerously high. My psychiatrist is stopping my lithium for a day and then decreasing it by 800 mg. Will this affect my stability?

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is scribbler30. I'm here because I am a medical journalist, and want information on lower extremity signs of systemic diseases, esp autoimmune disorders
#MightyTogether #BipolarDisorder #MyastheniaGravis

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is SpellboundSole082. I'm here because I know this is a long shot, any chance you have seen of or heard of or helped work with something like the following.

2 years ago I had a severe adverse SSRI drug reaction and the symptoms are brutal and they are not going away and they just get worse and worse.It’s like the drug damaged something in my gene DNA or my bodies chemistry.is there any chance you know how to diagnose this? I think it’s caused by SERT issues, not functioning.

Since I took 20 mg of those escitalopram pills, prescription for sleep, I have had the following symptoms, symptoms were immediate and it was a one time dose:
Sleep is ruinedCan’t nap or wake up sick feelingConstant feeling like I am in agonyCan’t focus / concentrate Can’t regulate body temperatureLoss of appetite Loss of libidoMemory issuesExtreme fatigueUnintentional a weight lossMuscles usually twitching somewhereAbnormal breathing Nausea
Didn’t have any of this stuff before and it is constant.
Do you think there’s any doctor in the world that can help me? My family doctor doesn’t have any idea how the help and so far her referrals have been effective.#MightyTogether

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The Unseen Battle of Living with Chronic Illness

Stronger Than They Knew

The first time Diana felt something was wrong, she was twenty-six. It was late, nearly midnight, and her daughter, barely two years old, had finally drifted off to sleep. Diana sat at the kitchen table, staring at the stack of overdue bills, her arms heavy, her legs weak, her eyelids drooping as if she had run a marathon. She had always been the lively one—the one who could outlast any party, laugh the loudest, and take care of everyone. But now, exhaustion clung to her like a second skin, a weight that never lifted no matter how much she rested.

She had no choice but to push through. There was no one to help her. No safety net. Just her, a tiny apartment, and the daughter she loved more than anything. Her brothers and sisters had their own lives, and she had spent years helping them when she could—hosting family dinners, making sure holidays were special after their father passed. But no one noticed when she began struggling. No one saw how hard it had become just to keep moving.

At work, she was a ghost of the woman she once was. She made mistakes, dropped things, felt her body betray her in small ways that no one else seemed to see. The doctors dismissed her, one after another. Anxiety. Depression. Stress. As if a label could erase the fact that she could barely lift her arms some days.

"You're just tired," one doctor had said with a dismissive shrug. "You work too hard. Try antidepressants."

But Diana knew. She knew something inside her was wrong.

And so she fought. She fought through years of skepticism, through the dismissive glances, the subtle accusations that she was imagining it all. She fought for her daughter, for their survival.

Spring 2022.

It had taken thirty-one years to get an answer. Myasthenia Gravis. The name sounded foreign on her tongue, and yet, it explained everything. The weakness. The fatigue. The strange, unpredictable flares that made her body feel like it didn’t belong to her. She had spent years carrying a burden that no one else could see, and finally, it had a name.

But even with a diagnosis, the fight wasn’t over.

She had to fight insurance companies that denied her treatment. Fight for a doctor who would actually listen and not dismiss her symptoms. It wasn’t until February 2023 that she finally received treatment. And even then, her body betrayed her. Flares came unpredictably—sometimes during meetings at work, sometimes in the middle of a grocery store, sometimes while she sat alone in her quiet home, too weak to lift a fork to her mouth.

And her family? They faded away, quietly.

Not with harsh words or outright rejection, but with silence. They simply never thought they had to help her—after all, they never had before. Diana had always been the strong one, the capable one. The one who made things happen. It never occurred to them that she might need something in return.

She felt their disappointment in the unspoken words, in the way invitations stopped coming, in the way their messages became less frequent. No one said it outright, but she could feel it lingering in the air, in the hesitations, in the quiet shift of conversations.

Now, holidays were different. It was just her daughter, now grown, and her son-in-law. It was quieter, simpler. But it was filled with love. They understood. They saw her.

She still worked. Her job made accommodations, and she was grateful. But every day, she wondered about the future. Would she be able to keep working? Would she lose more independence? Would the world shrink even further?

Still, Diana had hope.

She dreamed of hiking again. Of throwing parties, of laughing without worry, of meeting people without fearing what her body might do. She held onto those dreams, even as reality weighed heavy on her shoulders.

Life had taken care of her before. It would continue to.

And so, she carried on.

Stronger than they ever knew.#MyastheniaGravis

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Spinal cord stimulator implant results?

Has anyone had great success with spinal cord stimulator implant? I have hEDS and chronic pain. I suffer from constant nerve pain.electrical current, tingling, and prickly, sometimes burning pain.. it affects all four extremities. I’m on strong pain meds and only can take twice daily that don’t always greatly help.. And lyrica 225 mg bid-has anyone felt like this? My 2nd spinal fusion, I had a CFS leak and since then i have nerve pain!!! 6 years ago- I just need relief!! Thank you for helping. #HypermobilitySyndrome #EDS

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is Martin. I'm here because I've been struggling with treatment-resistant depression and anxiety since childhood, for more than 30 years. I was taking amitriptyline 150 mg daily for 20 years, then had to stop taking it because of its anticholinergic effects on my brain. My short-term memory got real lousy. Now my physician switched me to mirtazapine but it's not working so well and I've had repeated bouts with depression and anxiety. I would like to find out if there are people here who have gone through similar experiences.

#MightyTogether #Depression #Anxiety

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