anxiety s*cks

scotia21 · 07-24-2008, 03:15 PM

just thought that I would let you know

Amaya's Nana · 07-24-2008, 03:19 PM

Scotia - I sure know how you feel. When I took that steroid in March, I'd forgotten what insane anxiety felt like but I sure got a slap upside my head reminding me just how the nausea feels, dizziness, jitteriness, mind racing, etc.

Try your best to just float through it and let it pass. I know its so hard to do when it seems neverending and relentless. When it got really bad, I'd sip some chamomile tea during the day at work and that seemed to help just a little.

{{{{HUGS}}}}.

nicemom · 07-24-2008, 03:40 PM

Its the worst! Of all the symptoms, that one is the worst by far!!
((((((((((((((HUGS)))))))))))))))))

safarigal · 07-24-2008, 04:47 PM

In spring 2007 I had a bout with asthma, doc gave me Advair. OMG I'll never forget the anxiety it induced, was the worst of my life. I thought I was going to die. I had to go sit with my neighbor who is a retired nurse. She was the only one who could calm me and get me through.

Yeah, anxiety sucks.

BlueEyes · 07-24-2008, 05:13 PM

You are so right - anxiety is the absolute worst!!!!!!

It's like you're so uncomfortable in your own skin and there's nowhere to hide!

Hang in there!

Terri

Jax · 07-25-2008, 01:34 AM

I'm with ya..it sucks hardcore!!! Don't move and drop your dose together if you can help it...I'm not sure where my anxiety is coming from at this point, but it's not helping the situation any to be moving!!!

nickels · 07-25-2008, 07:31 AM

couldn't agree more! I wouldn't wish anxiety on my worst enemy.

scotia21 · 07-25-2008, 09:06 AM

I am fine in the afternoons, evenings and at night but I wake up with it every single morning and I cannot get my mind to stop racing. I used to enjoy taking warm baths and reading but now if the water is even just a tiny bit too hot then it throws me into a panic attack. I am 11 months off today so I am hoping that this is just a bad wave. However - the good news is that the dry heaves at 4 am have seemed to stop.

07-24-2008, 03:15 PM	#1
scotia21 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5,419	*anxiety scks** just thought that I would let you know __________________ 1/05/07 20mg-17.5 1/20 17.5-15 2/24 15-12.5 3/08 12.5-10 3/29 10-7.5 4/12 7.5-5 6/15 5-3.75 6/30 3.75-2.5 7/28 2.5-1.5ish 8/11 1.5-1 8/25 1- zero "Keep lighting candles, eventually nobody will be in the dark" me "Why is it so hard for everybody to believe that a pill can change brain chemistry for the better but not for the worse?" me "Time does not come in pill form" me

07-24-2008, 03:19 PM	#2
Amaya's Nana An "A bucket" gal! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 6,371	*Re: anxiety scks** Scotia - I sure know how you feel. When I took that steroid in March, I'd forgotten what insane anxiety felt like but I sure got a slap upside my head reminding me just how the nausea feels, dizziness, jitteriness, mind racing, etc. Try your best to just float through it and let it pass. I know its so hard to do when it seems neverending and relentless. When it got really bad, I'd sip some chamomile tea during the day at work and that seemed to help just a little. {{{{HUGS}}}}. __________________ a/k/a Lisa PAXIL FREE AS OF 3/18/06! Fully recovered! Currently weaning Klonopin - down to .25 mg - Onward and Upward!!!!!! Focus your attention on the here and now. Recognize it for what it is: the one moment of the only life you will ever have that you truly possess. Rare is the individual who has come to completely accept that the past is no more than a memory and the future an assumption about unborn events.

07-24-2008, 03:40 PM	#3
nicemom Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 3,183	*Re: anxiety scks** Its the worst! Of all the symptoms, that one is the worst by far!! ((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))) __________________ Diane On Paxil for 5+ years Weaned from 40mg to 15 over a 1 1/2 year period. From 15mg-0 May/June 06 (before finding PP) Protracted w/d from c/t. First 10 mths up and down but tolerable. Akathesia hit at 11 months. Many months of terrible mental and physical torture. 3/09 started Prozac but too stimulating. Currently on 15mg Lexapro and feeling so much better. Not all who waunder are lost.

07-24-2008, 04:47 PM	#4
safarigal Moderator Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 4,891	*Re: anxiety scks** In spring 2007 I had a bout with asthma, doc gave me Advair. OMG I'll never forget the anxiety it induced, was the worst of my life. I thought I was going to die. I had to go sit with my neighbor who is a retired nurse. She was the only one who could calm me and get me through. Yeah, anxiety sucks. __________________ Julie Paxil free since Nov 2002! Forum Rules Withdrawal FAQ

07-24-2008, 05:13 PM	#5
BlueEyes Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern New Jersey Posts: 715	*Re: anxiety scks** You are so right - anxiety is the absolute worst!!!!!! It's like you're so uncomfortable in your own skin and there's nowhere to hide! Hang in there! Terri __________________ On Prozac/Trazodone since 1991 Tried unsuccessfully to come off it "the doctor's way" 3 separate time. Weaned myself off Trazodone 2006 Started off at 25 mg of Prozac in 2006 Slow my own slow wean of 1 mg every 4-6 weeks From 2008 - Dec 21, 2008 - 3.5 mg Jan 27, 2009 - 3 mg; Feb 23, 2009 - 2.5 mg March 25, 2009 - 2 mg; April 21, 2009 - 1.5 mg June 6, 2009 - 1 mg; July 14, 2009 - 0.5 mg LAST DAY OF PROZAC - August 13, 2009!!!!

07-25-2008, 01:34 AM	#6
Jax Join Date: May 2008 Location: Iceburg, Idaho Posts: 510	*Re: anxiety scks** I'm with ya..it sucks hardcore!!! Don't move and drop your dose together if you can help it...I'm not sure where my anxiety is coming from at this point, but it's not helping the situation any to be moving!!! __________________ Got suicidal Oct. 2007, started 50 mg Zoloft Mess from Oct to Dec, off in Dec 2007 Jan 2008 - Prozac 20 mg, 40, back to 20, and then 10 mg July 6, 2008 - 7 mg Aug 5, 2008 - 5 mg Aug 9, 2008 - 7 mg Sep. 7, 2008 - 6 mg Oct. 6, 2008 - 5 mg Dec. 15, 2008 - 4 mg Feb. 10, 2009 - 3 mg March 25, 2009 - 2 mg April 20-ish, 2009 - 0 mg Also, I am Betsy's daughter. "All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and hope." Edmond Dantes

07-25-2008, 07:31 AM	#7
nickels Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 1,813	*Re: anxiety scks** couldn't agree more! I wouldn't wish anxiety on my worst enemy. __________________ Nicole 2000 - 20mgs Paxil for GAD & Panic Attacks 2001 - 30mgs increased to 40mgs 2006 - back down to 20mgs - poop out 2/2007 - C/T off 20mgs - went back on at 10mgs 7/2007 - stabilized then started my taper off of 10mgs 8/2007 - down to 5mgs then found PP and began 10% taper 9/2008 - 1mg 10/15/2008 - 0! 2/2009 - started CBT to finally work on anxiety

07-25-2008, 09:06 AM	#8
scotia21 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 5,419	*Re: anxiety scks** I am fine in the afternoons, evenings and at night but I wake up with it every single morning and I cannot get my mind to stop racing. I used to enjoy taking warm baths and reading but now if the water is even just a tiny bit too hot then it throws me into a panic attack. I am 11 months off today so I am hoping that this is just a bad wave. However - the good news is that the dry heaves at 4 am have seemed to stop. __________________ 1/05/07 20mg-17.5 1/20 17.5-15 2/24 15-12.5 3/08 12.5-10 3/29 10-7.5 4/12 7.5-5 6/15 5-3.75 6/30 3.75-2.5 7/28 2.5-1.5ish 8/11 1.5-1 8/25 1- zero "Keep lighting candles, eventually nobody will be in the dark" me "Why is it so hard for everybody to believe that a pill can change brain chemistry for the better but not for the worse?" me "Time does not come in pill form" me

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