Hi all!

I am new to this sub but definitely not new to anxiety. I’ve been struggling off and on since 2012 with anxiety, mainly hypochondria. Now, however it has progressed to what I believe is GAD. I guess I just wanted to talk a bit about my experiences, particularly my most recent ones to see if any of you can relate. I’ve been high strung for years and now with the pandemic, it’s gotten even worse. I woke up Thursday night around 3 am with a numb hand (probably due to how I slept on it) all was fine until I convinced myself that it was numb from a stroke. Well that kicked off what I am now calling the “days of hell.” I had a full blown panic attack, pacing around my apartment, shaking, and dry heaving because I got so worked up. Eventually I was able to get myself back to bed around 5am. When I woke up around 7 I still didn’t feel right. I was very shaky, jittery, and nauseated for most of the day. I decided to take a hot bath around 4pm to calm down and then happened to look down at my toes. I convinced myself they looked purple due to a lack of oxygen and panicked again. This time the panic feeling lasted all night long. I was shaking, dry heaving, and puking every single hour until 5 am. I called my doctor and was prescribed Klonopin to take before bed and I can honestly say it’s been taking the edge off but I still don’t feel like myself 100%.
I have an appointment with my Doc on Friday to discuss the issues, I’m guessing he’s going to put me on some kind of SSRI. 

Has anything like this ever happened to any of you? Where one bad night/day of anxiety set of a spiral for numerous days? I’d love to hear from anyone so I know I’m not crazy!