HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

Weekly Check In

Support Forums
>
Anxiety & Panic Disorders
✚ New Topic locked
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 5/21/2017 8:35 AM (GMT 0)
Morning folks

How has your week been? Check in if you have the time.


I have had a good week still working on improving my social anxiety which is still causing me problems.


Hibee
Posted 5/21/2017 5:33 PM (GMT 0)
Hibee,

Great job...keep up the good work! I know you can and will gain ground on this challenge.😊

I am having a strange week. My schedule/routine is shaken up. I am on break from my classes...(in between my Spring and Summer sessions)...and the hubs is in Sweden on business...

...so, while it's nice to be off work...all the free time is a bit weird...and add to the fact that's it's just me and my daughter at home this week...things are super different!!

In two weeks we are going on our vacation...a cruise through the Florida Keys, to Mexico...and on to the Caymen Islands. While I am excited, there is apprehension regarding international travel there as well...

So a mixed bag for me...but the positive will prevail as long as I take my own advice and practice my skills!! 😉😉

Love to all!

S.C.
Posted 5/21/2017 9:33 PM (GMT 0)
Hi Hibz

You will be fine in no time, SC I think vacation r there to distress us , I'm sure you going have relaxed one
I'm still doing fine so far, its cold now in SA and I don't like winter...
Posted 5/22/2017 2:15 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you dear Prew!!

XOXOXO


S.C.
Posted 5/22/2017 7:11 AM (GMT 0)
Hi SC

That sounds like an awesome trip you have planned can you fit me in your suitcase? lol

A change in routine can be anxiety provoking so keep up with those coping skills.

Hibee
Posted 5/22/2017 4:01 PM (GMT 0)
Aye! C'mon! 😁...yes, it should be great!

Look up and over and wave hi to B, lol!

He's been to the ABBA museum...and to a death metal show in Stockholm...

...and I'm thinking...are you even doing business on this trip?? Lol
Posted 5/22/2017 7:57 PM (GMT 0)
Sounds like he's having fun lol.

I heard ABBA are getting back together for a reunion tour
Posted 5/22/2017 8:32 PM (GMT 0)
This week has been all right. Today I'm actually feeling a little bit of anxiety and I've had a head fog going on all day. Friday I just dropped my Xanax again from 0.5 to 0.25 mg. I'm on that till June 2nd - when I cease my dose completely. I'll be happy to be done with experiencing withdrawal symptoms. I know the last couple of drops are the worst - expected that.

Overall however, my SSRI is working very well and my life is pretty much "normal" again. It's weird because those 14 months of illness I endured, it's like I can't even remember it. It is almost like it was a blackout period. Although I can't complain - I'd like not to remember it!
Posted 5/23/2017 7:22 PM (GMT 0)
Ooooooh spoke too soon yesterday. Blegh. Hit like a ton of bricks with withdrawal symptoms today (sweats, shaky, head fog, feel like I have a bobble head, dizziness, unsteady on the feet, stomach aches, muscle cramps/pain/soreness, head splitting headache and vomiting).

It truly is horribly amazing how much withdrawal you can go through just from only doing a 0.25 mg dosage drop!

Hopefully I'll feel better in a couple days. It seems to be the trend:
Drop Dose --> 3 days or so --> Withdrawal Symptoms --> 3 days or so --> Balanced Out

Then starts the process again.
Posted 5/23/2017 8:36 PM (GMT 0)
AS,

I am so sorry.😐 That sounds really rough.

Sending prayers, positive thoughts and encouragement your way! Hoping your last step down gets easier soon.

S.C.
Posted 5/23/2017 8:41 PM (GMT 0)
Thanks so much - I just started experiencing some panic about 10 minutes ago so I'm feeling a little bit faint. Hopefully this is the extent of the panic that I will feel. Doing my breathing and taking it easy.

Luckily, since I was not so steady on my feet this morning my fiance demanded he drive me to work, so I won't have to worry about driving! I'll get picked up in a few minutes and then I can go home and relax for awhile!
Posted 5/23/2017 9:24 PM (GMT 0)
Yes...go home and take it easy!

S.C.
Posted 5/24/2017 3:29 AM (GMT 0)
the lexapro seems to be working, as my daughter came home from school with a 103 fever and i didn't freak out! since my issue is health anxiety, this would have normally sent me into lots of panic, but i managed to keep it together so far! here is to hoping that the lexapro is the right fit for me. i'm on 10 mg and am supposed to go up to 15 mg beginning of june.
Posted 5/25/2017 7:27 AM (GMT 0)
hi. decompressing.
Posted 5/25/2017 2:00 PM (GMT 0)
Rough week for me so far. My health anxiety is back in full swing this week, tremors, weakness in my arms snd hands, and trouble concentrating and sleeping. I started lexapro a few days ago and xanax as needed, but I guess it's still too soon for it to make s difference. I'm exhausted of feeling this way.
Posted 5/25/2017 4:10 PM (GMT 0)
Still feeling reasonably well and thankful for it.
✚ New Topic locked