u/Extension_Meat_4690

I'm 19 and after taking Ciprofloxacin intravenously in March for an appendoctomy I immideatly developed severe insomnia, in the beginning (first month or up to two) there was psychosis (just without visual hallucinations, but i was out of myself, attacks of shaking and generally I know it was psychosis) anxiety/panic attacks and severe insomnia (48hrs without sleep every now and then, and 99% of the time very, very weird sleep where I wake up not even knowing if I slept, waking up every 20 mins etc.)

I do not have and didn't have physical issues (joint, tendon etc) thank God.

At around month 3,5-4 the daytime anxiety and attacks dissapeared. Actually, at the end of month 3 and beginning of month 4 I had high cortisol (proven via lab test) and I was feeling really bad but then after that it got better and now I don't feel or act depressed or anxious during daytime.

(It is now close to month 5)

However, my sleep is really bad and I think I might even have a heart issue. The palpitations are less common than before but for example in the beginning my heartrate would be very low then very high etc. Now sometimes I have "zaps" and pains in the chest, and palpitations, but it's not common or severe. My heart enyzme is fine but i don't know if that is connected to this. I had a few EKG readings and they were fine but I felt fine while I had them recorded, and in the ER they kept telling me I was just anxious.

The sleep is the problem. Most nights I have a sleep where I don't even know if I slept, I wake up every 20 minutes, or I can't fall asleep that night at all and then next night maybe I won't too, I drink Magnesium for Sleep (Magnesium Night, I think it's citrate). I tried Bisglycinate once and maybe it was a coincidence maybe not but I was feeling really anxious and like I had a relapse that day. So I stuck to the Magnesium that I've been using since beginning but it doesn't help if it's a no sleep night.

Questions I know you already expect me to ask but I want to know: Is this likely to fully recover? Is this dangerous? Will I be able to continue my life , say, will I be totally recovered in a year full (next March)?

I am 19yo and I had an appendix surgery in March where I was given cipro via IV. Since then, I've been having nights where it's physically impossible to sleep, most nights I "sleep" but even then it's not like before, with attacks I wouldn't describe as anxiety but terror, and very weird sensations in the body, changes in heartbeat count etc. I work 8-9hrs a day on all of it and nobody notices there's something off with me. It's been 4 months and I don't know if I can say it's getting better or it's the same. The worst thing is the insomnia. Will it get better?

I am 19 years old and I had my appendix removed (unburst) on March 26. Since then I have been having terrible symptoms.

Since the day of the surgery I have been saying something is wrong, you don't understand, etc...I started having attacks in the hospital, and those attacks are caused by a terrifying internal feeling that something is very wrong. Like, an internal feeling that something is deeply changed, wrong, different, uncomfortable (small word), and it causes physical symptoms, such as a fast heartbeat, pressure changes etc. They took it as post syrgery stress in the hospital and sent me home after 4 days. When I came back home, I had an attack the first night after the hospital and I went to the ER and had my blood pressure measured aa 150/110 in the attack, they too took it as panic and gave me a benzodiapine to calm down and sent me home, and almost laughed at me. I also felt a strange sensaiton in the top of my nose like blood in the top of my nose that is always somehow there but subtle. I have been feeling extremely unwell though functional in these 2 months. I have jumps in heartrate that I think have reached 140-150 -haven't measured, but I have had access to a pulse meter once, and it was 120 , and I was even feeling calmer than usual that moment. I've had nights, especially after hospital but later too, when I couldn't sleep at all, I just lie down with my eyes closed, and tremble, not because of panic, but because I feel so weak inside that I feel I will die. I have never been like that- when I shake, I can't respond to people, I might even urinate myself, that's how bad I feel. And I trust my gut more than anyone else including doctors. That's where the attacks come from. I know something is terribly wrong. I also have trouble swallowing at times, though never with food or drink only I have to repeat a few times with my saliva. Everyone, literally everyone dismisses me for being fine but I am not.

All I ever got from my surgeon is that "surgery is a stressful procedure to the body" and that "everything is okay because my labs are good'

It is not even a feeling that I will die. It isn't a fear, that's what I mean. That's what I feel with my gut. I feel weak, very weak, for no reason like I'm going to pass out.

I trust my gut, like I said, more than anyone. I know something is wrong because I feel it. I had a fucking surgery. Let's not be black and white. Anything , a little minor detail could've been done to me that could've fucked me up long-term. A little scratch with the laparoscope, a little scratch with the intubation tube, hell, everyone is different, maybe someone can't undergo a surgery without longterm effects. I feel like there's wet wipes in my airways and mouth 24/7. Fast heartbeat, pressure changes, I feel fucking horrible.