Hey! It’s been a long time! I’ve been doing a lot better and am in the middle of getting a grad degree. Anxiety is still there, but mostly life is good. Coping skills work! I have a temporary problem...
Brendaboo- I'm so sorry to hear that you had to take Xanax today for an attack...it's an awful feeling. Thank you for the validation--I hate to see other people having the same problem but at least...
I'm having a lot of shortness of breath issues. My anxiety was in a good place until one day I got anxious and started to over-focus on my breathing. I haven't been able to stop over-focusing on it...
So my anxiety was back down again, but now I have a cold. Somehow not being able to breathe that well through my nose is really making me anxious. I can't do my deep breathing exercises when my nose...
Hey all, I haven't posted in awhile because my anxiety was very much improved--still there, but better. So much better that I finished all my incompletes and am now starting a new semester of school....
Hey BeRock! I was just browsing the forums and I saw this thread! I had to reply. I had a pretty bad experience in December staying at an inpatient treatment center (for all of two days) when I first...
If you're asking how long until it expires, that is something that I know off the top of my head. I would call your pharmacy and explain the situation and ask how long it lasts. :) Av...
I'm so sorry to hear about this. It is completely unfair that you are being fired because of your anxiety--anxiety is not something that you choose! It is completely not your fault. I would think...
Here's the thing. I used to suffer from nocturnal panic attacks because of a medication I was taking. Now I don't. My therapist actually had the exact opposite advice of the one you are going to. She...
I haven't really tried natural supplements because they interact with the meds I am taking. Prescription drugs really work differently for each person. The only one I would really warn you against is...
Thank you both so much. It helps to hear that things do get better from people who have gone through the same thing. I think I'm just impatient and that I have a hard time thinking positively because...
It sounds like you need a distraction more than anything right now to get yourself away from the pattern of worrying. My advice to you is to find something that you enjoy--something that distracts...
I'm not too impressed with the 10 minute appointment. Aren't appointments usually at least 30 minutes with psychiatrists? Even more than that if it's a first appointment and they're collecting your...
I've been struggling since my first panic attack in December. I now no longer have panic attacks, which is a huge deal (they were medication-related and stopped when the medication stopped). I'm...
I've been taking ativan for a long time for sleep and it has never affected my breathing. In fact, I take ambien on top of the ativan (on doctor's advice) and I have never had an issue. The way I...
I just wanted to share my experiences with ativan. You're totally right that it's a med you shouldn't run out of or stop taking suddenly. Withdrawal symptoms actually cause anxiety. If this is a med...
I think SC pretty much covered it all! One thing I did want to point out is that my psychiatrist put me on a non-generic (brand) form of Lex because I had some scary side effects on the generic. I...
Like WorriedWort10 said, it's totally normal for whatever you're doing when you're having a panic attack to get attached to feelings of panic. It even has a psychological term which is called...
If you have a good relationship with the doctor who prescribed you the meds, I would call them to ask about the insomnia and heartbeat. Whenever I'm going on a new med or going off of a med, I try to...
So now it's actually possible to test you to see if you have genes that mean you don't respond to certain SSRI meds. I went to the Mayo Clinic a few years ago for depression and got a blood test to...
I totally understand what you're going through. I had my first panic attack in December and I kept thinking over and over that I just wanted to get back to my normal, regular life. It gets better...
Thank you both so much. I will definitely look into that. I've been trying a guided exercise with deep breathing and I think that helps. The idea about the music eventually bringing about a calming...
Thank you so much! I really like your positive attitude--right now I have depression on top of the anxiety, so it's really hard to keep the right attitude. But I'm working on it. Mostly I'm just not...
I've continued to struggle with feeling like I can't breathe. It went away for awhile and now the feeling has been back after some stressful situations happened to me. Now I am so hyperattuned to my...
I pretty much agree with everyone here that you should switch psychiatrists. It's really inexcusable to threaten to stop a med instead of offering you a reasonable taper plan, to ask intrusive...
So I've been seeing a therapist since December. Things are not working out (in my opinion), but I wanted to be sure that I am making the right decision to see a new therapist and that another...
I'm so sorry--you're not a terrible person at all, you just made a mistake. No one is perfect. :) It sounds like you're having a ton of anxiety about how you parents will react and that this is...
I can relate to what you're going through. I'm feeling incredibly spaced out right now as well from going down on one of my medications, and I've had the dream-like stuff happen at other times. It's...
I'm so sorry you're feeling this way! Please remember that you have gotten through this before and you'll get through it again. You're not losing your mind--It sounds like you have extremely high...
I haven't experienced exactly this, but I did notice that when I'm stressed and my depression/anxiety flares up I crave food a lot. Especially sweet food. It would make me feel better temporarily,...
This sounds more like anxiety than depression to me, but I'm not a doctor. ;) It sounds more like you're anxious about getting depression than that you have depression. Another thing you should know...
I don't really have anything to add except that I sympathize with you. I had a brief scare of constant ringing in my ears for a couple of days--problems with the ear can be some of the scariest...
My psychiatrist is tapering me off of Seroquel slowly because it ended up causing akithesia (extreme anxiety/restlessness that only is better when I move my legs). The problem is that withdrawal is...
I had some bad side effects from effexor, but I tend to have more side effects than most people from medication. I was on it for about 2 years. I have always had a temper, but I had a very hard time...
I've been on lexapro for awhile. I know that it can cause insomnia. For me, the insomnia hasn't been terrible and went away after a bit. I just don't know if prescribing lexapro for sleep issues is...
Pitt17, I second what SC said. One thing that I know is safe would be peppermint tea. It can be soothing--it's not quite the same as something that works directly on your anxiety, but I use it...
I totally understand what you're going through. I've had the numbness side effect (from a medication, but I didn't know it at the time). It's so scary when your body is doing stuff that doesn't make...
I've had massive problems with sleep since my anxiety stuff started in December. I think I have sleep anxiety now. I'm terrified I won't be able to sleep because being sleep-deprived makes my...
Back when I was feeling better, I interned at a domestic abuse center for a crisis line. This sounds like emotional abuse to me, which qualifies as domestic abuse. It doesn't always have to be...
Thank you both for the replies. @jamiee: It's great to meet someone who is also going through the Seroquel withdrawals, even though I wish both of us didn't have to deal with this. I'm on 300 mg...
I have no idea where to post this--I usually post on the anxiety forums. I'm 22 and I have had depression and GAD for about eight years that have not responded to treatment. I managed to come to...
hazelnut86, I can get anxious when I'm too full, but that's because I used to have an eating disorder. It might be that it's the PMS and doesn't have anything to do with what you ate, how full you...
Sethp, I'm so sorry you're going through the nightmares/parasomnias. I haven't experienced exactly the same thing but something similar. It's so hard when your sleep, which is supposed to be your...
I think this post is helpful for anyone who wants to come off of a medication, not just Zoloft. I'm currently in a situation where I need to decrease Seroquel and it's scaring me to death even though...
Thanks SC...as always, you know the right thing to say and you offer good advice. You're right about not catastrophizing it--I tend to be a worrier and I work myself up about things that I just don't...
Hi everyone. So I just went to a new psychiatrist because I was basically terrified of the one that I used to see and it was causing me a great deal of anxiety. This may have been the best decision...
I'm so sorry you're going through this. I haven't personally experienced increases in zoloft, but I have done increases on Lexapro. For me, it does tend to take awhile to fully take effect, though I...
I have had some problems with restless leg syndrome in the past, but it's been episodic and hasn't really been a concern. It's been really mild. If anyone doesn't know what restless leg syndrome is,...
Thank you all so much for the advice and support. I did manage to take the pill the night I posted and I actually slept alright, but the symptoms have actually been getting worse. SC & tangledspines,...
I've successfully gone up on Lexapro despite the side effects of increased anxiety and insomnia. It's been about a week. Now I have had to start birth control pills to suppress my period because of...