If anyone has some advice, I would relaly
like to hear it. I have been dealing with
anxiety in a big way for the last 1 1/2
years-ever since the birth of my second
child. It seems to get better and then I
have these periods (like right now) when I
am having panic attacks again. There's no
reason for them-they just come on and
sometimes they are so awful that i feel
like throwing up. They make me feel like
I am completely crazy! I was prescribed
.5 mg Ativan in the beginning to take when
I was having one, and then they became so
frequent that I just took it three times
per day. I still have some, and I take .5
mg when I feel crazy. I am under a lot of
stress right now, and sometimes the wheels
in my brain are spinning so fast about
what i need to get done, that I feel
powerless to take a step toward getting
anything done at all.
A little bit about me: I am a definite
type A personality and I am certain I have
perfectionist issues. Simply knowing this
doesn't help to make it go away, though.
I understand what my problem is but I just
don't know how to fix it. I don't like to
take medication unless I have to. I have
had issues with depression in the past but
never anxiety such as this. I have a
counselor whom I could see, but as I am
uninsured and short on cash, resources are
pretty limited at this time. I take a
yoga class twice per week and find this
really helpful in centering my mind. I
also enjoy running and do so whenever I
can, but I work from home and have a small
child, so it sometimes becomes difficult
to get out there and go for a run-plus its
freezing outside! I also wonder if the
weather has something to do with this, I
hate cloudy days and there have been many
as of late.
Any advice, or even your own personal
stories would help. I feel so alone in
all of this and although my husband and
friends are supportive, they don't really
understand. Thay always ask "Why do you
think this is happening?" Well if I knew
the cause, it would probably be a lot
easier to come to terms with it. I really
am not an unhappy person, I just feel sad
some days without knowing why. The
depressionis one hthing, but the panic
attacks are horrible. It feels like the
worst acid trip anyone could ever be on.
Anyway, thanks for listening.
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mm-82
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Posted: 11-30-07 18:06pm
You are definitely NOT alone! I took was
prescribed .5mg of Ativan for my anxiety.
You are also NOT going crazy! I thought
the same thing! I was terrified that I'd
be admitted to a psycho ward and that'd
I'd lose my life over it!
I'm currently on Effexor XR 37.5mg and
have been on it for a week straight. It
has definitely helped with my anxiety
attacks. I no longer feel crazy! Sometimes
I feel in a bit of a daze but it's only
been a week so I can't expect everything
to just disappear.
Effexor is also an anit-depressant. Look
it up online or talk to your doctor about
it if you're interested. It might work to
help both your depression and your
anxiety.
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Highanxiety
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Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 14
Posted: 12-01-07 09:08am
Thank you for your reply. I am not
interested in going the route of
anti-depressants again at this time. They
tried me on Zoloft and I ended up in the
ER with that, so i am quite leery of them
now. A long time ago I took prozac and it
just seemed to dull the colors of the
worlsd-kind a made everything feel muted
around me. I was a black and white
character in a technicolor world.
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anniek
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Posted: 12-10-07 09:56am
Don't be leery just because of on drug.
They all work diffrently for diffrent
people. I was on lexapro, it worked great!
But I had an advantage both my mom and
sister had been on it. Which if it works
well in a family member it's a good chance
it will work good with you. My friend was
on wellbutrin and it made her worse, she
felt like she was going crazy! They put
her on zoloft and she has been doing very
well. I would talk to your dr again and
try another one. But make sure you keep
talking to your dr or pharmacist so you
don't end up in the er agian! Good luck!
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puzzld
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Posted: 12-13-07 13:17pm
i'm leery of SSRIs. paxil or i should say
my previous dr overdosed me on it and i
ended up in the er too!!!
before i had insurance i went to state
mental health and university mental health
facilities. it's better than nothing...
i suffer from PTSD, chronic anxiety, major
depressive disorder... and a recent
diagnosis of bipolar 1. i'm a little
confused about what i have exactly now due
to recent diagnosis...
i had a major panic attack a couple of
months ago while i was home recovering
from major abdominal surgery. i though i
was having a nervous breakdown but dr.
said that a panic attack that leads to
full blown hyperventilation can make you
catatonic, which i was. my husband had to
come home from work because i couldn't
even speak on the phone... i just cried
uncontrollably and hyperventilated. he
called my mother and father and they came
over. i would go from crying to catatonia
within minutes. eventually, i snapped out
of it and was extremely embarrassed.
you are not alone.
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Lennon
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Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 81 Location: Canada
Posted: 12-19-07 18:10pm
Nobody's alone with anxiety. I'm 25 years
past my first panic attack. You don't need
drugs to get over it either. If you have
some that help, then use them by all means
but anxiety is only there because you've
trained your mind to think about it
constantly. If you can make yourself
anxious then it's only logical that you
can do the opposite as well and believe
me, YOU YOURSELF are the only thing that
is making you anxious. You need to
exchange every anxious thought that you
have the second it comes on with a
positive thought along the lines
of..........it's just anxiety, so what?
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Highanxiety
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Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 14
Posted: 01-07-08 13:50pm
Lennon
wrote:
If you can make yourself
anxious then it's only logical that you
can do the opposite as well and believe
me, YOU YOURSELF are the only thing that
is making you anxious. You need to
exchange every anxious thought that you
have the second it comes on with a
positive thought along the lines
of..........it's just anxiety, so what?
I don't know, this sounds sort of like
blaming the patient for their disaease.
Someitmes I wake up in teh night or earley
in the morning in the middle of a pannick
attack, So I wonder how that happens if I
am causeing it to happen to myself?
I think tha anxiety is different from teh
pannick attacks. Anxiety I can deal with
but the pannick attackes come from out of
nowhere and all of a sudden I am running
from the grocery store because I am sure
that everyone there is looking at me and
watching me and I feel like I'm under a
microscope or something.
