Hi Dexter, I don't have any answer about the MS hug but want to ask you a few things. I will be 52 soon and live in Canada also. I just had a week in the hospital where they are querying MS. Some...
Hi thirstyforchrist, I am really sorry you are feeling so low. When I read your post I felt like I was reading something I wrote. Yes I write when I feel down and I self talk through writing. That is...
Hello Chad I am sorry you are feeling so down and confused about your faith. I am 3 times your age and Chad I get confused too about mine. Very recently I hardly believed what I used to believe in...
Hi Karen Thanks for your response. How is it going with you? Its been a while since we talk to each other. I have only been on Wellbutrin for 2 months so hopefully it will go good. I looked up the...
Hi everyone Its been a while since I posted but I have been reading when I get the chance to. I got a job and is into my 5th month. Its stressful but I am hanging in there until/if it gets too...
Hi Aorora I do feel you on your post. I have not posted for a while because I have been trying to work. Like you I have to avoid physically stressful jobs. I am one very lonely person too and would...
Machelle, my exp with twitching was when my anxiety was at its highest. Before I would get an occasional twitch of the eye or a part of arm or leg. when the twitching started then, I had places...
I was an anxious child growing up and an anxious young adult. My world changed drastically when i turned 30. I developed full blown panic disorder. I was diagnosed that year but it took alomost 5...
Hi Aurora I am really sorry that you are feeling so down and dont really know why. I get that way most times and its frustrating. Unlike you tho I am tired of the winter and the darkness and look...
deedah I would think that since you were on it already and its only an increase in dose it should not take the normal 3 to wks to kick in but sooner. hope the increased dosage helps....
Tiamarie, the xanax really helps as others have said. My exp tho is that I always fall asleep even before the plane takes off. I dont know why. Sometimes I sleep so much that I miss the food. maybe...
Deedah, some changes even positive ones can bring on A&P and those times we do not even realize it but subconsciuosly it does. Even the thought of training can subconsciously be making you anxious....
Hey Meg thanks a lot for your well wishes and concern. Meg I want you to know that you are NOT a slime for being on disability for two years. I have not worked since 2005 except for those 2 jobs that...
Hi Deedah Welcome to HW. You are at the right place where you will realize you are not alone in the things you are going thru. It does sound like you are having anxiety and panic. You have seen your...
Hey everyone, thanks so much for your words of encouragement and understanding. I am still fighting the chest infection and had to go back to the doctor yesterday. He gave me more antibiotics as he...
Hey Karen, Yes these getting by, getting there and getting better seem to be getting all of us mixed up....lol. Anyway its been a while since we connected. Thanks for sharing my getting there. I am...
Hi Anastasia I am really sorry you are going through a rough period. I quite understand what you are undergoing. I was 30....17 years ago when this thing hit me full blown. I was scared. My world...
Hey Kitt, You are right. I sure dont need this. For some it would be easy to just relax, live on disability and dont even bother about the job. I live a simple life so what i would get from...
Lyn and Kitt Thanks for responding. I wondered too about working and disability. I tried 2 jobs last year but was not able to keep them due to my illness. However I keep trying to work. I have not...
I started training last week for my new job as a teleservice rep. I completed a week of the 2 week in class training. Then Monday the 10th came around again and I was so sick. I started coughing from...
Hi Curiousm, Welcome to HW. Anxiety and panic is a fascinating condition. Mine is controlled now but when it was in its hey day I could not think of anything positive. I also thought about death and...
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Kudos to you Jan for getting ell and getting a job. Its not your fault why you got bronchitis. I have not officially since 2005. I did try 2 jobs last but quit. I am sure you will find something...
hi Laura I take Celexa 60 mg in the mornings. I have a history of the meds not helping but I will confess it was my fault. I did not conform to the doc RX. I only took them when I feel withdrawal...
*Worrying about my children especially if they go away on a trip. *The results of medical tests. *Worrying about finances. *Lack of restful sleep *Not eating properly * Having to perform in front of...
I have been taking xanax for18 years. Small dose for five years which did not help me. Now 1mg 3 times daily and an extra dose if I get an attack which is rare. I too was worried about long term...
lalala, Benzos especially affect memory after longterm use. My memory is so embarassingly poor that sometimes I dont say much in conversation just in case I had said it already. My son keeps asking...
Hi Anastasia, thanks for your reassurance. I honestly tell myself I must be lazy why I am not working. My back is bad but I left those other 2 jobs last year because one was depressing and the other...
Thanks for your response Kitt. I need to work because I need the money. I know its best to take baby steps but this place that is hiring is seeking full time workers. I also want to start feeling...
I have not really worked in the last 2 years. I did 2 call center jobs last year but they did not last. I cannot do what I trained for as I injured myself....my back. so I have to do something not...
Awwww this so sweet. Panike and Tennis its so great that you two connected like that and could help one another. Way to go!!!!...
Hi lalala I am really sorry you are having such uncomfortable symptom. I cannot say it is caused by anxiety so its best you check your doc. What I can tell you tho is that I have been bumping into...
Hi BFK, I am really sorry that you are having a tough time right now. I also have PD & Anxiety but it is contolled by meds. I have been where you are. I would worry about everything and could not get...
Here's hoping you feel better soon. You are loved and missed by us all. Gt...
Hi Laurer It sounds like a panic attack to me. My first panic attack was in my sleep and I jumped up in panic, heart racing, sweating, trembling, feeling as if I was going to die. Luckily a brown...
Hi Cassandra, There is nothing ridiculous about your suggestion. In fact they are real good suggestions. I have taken a warm bath in the past and it helps, I have also read a book and fall asleep. I...
Congrats GB, You will make a great moderator. I felt so at home when I just joined and the dialogue we have had. You are always quick to respond to anyone and make them feel at home and your advice...
Sorry for your loss Zoey. There is a warning with all ADs that there might be the propensity for suicide so care should be taken in watching for some of the more serious side effects of which one...
Hi Zoey Sorry you are havng probs with getting off zoloft. To thnink that they tell us they are not addictive. I was so upset when I tried stopping Prozac and got these electrical zaps in my brain....
Hi kitt, I am still not sleeping. I live alone with my 13 almost 14 yearold daughter. I dont like sleeping with anyone because I am always tossing and turning and I dont want to disturb the other...
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Hi badgenetics, I have put on 10 lbs in the last month when I already needed to lose 50 lbs. amitriptylline does that. I also did sleep clinic twice and the doc there prescribed amitriptylline but I...
Hi Kitt, thanks for responding. The doses are where my signature is. I was on Remeron but the sam thing happened so the pdoc changed it to amitriptylline. He is an impatient man but at my next visit...
Thanks frar. I have tried sleep clinic twice and they diagnose insomnia due to chronic depression. True its painful not being able to sleep....
Greetings all, I have taken seroquel, risperdal, trazadone, temazepam, otc sleep meds over the years and last week the doc put me on amitritylline and oxazepam for sleep. What usually happens is that...
Hi Panike I am glad you got a job and is liking it. Way to goooo.!! I take 60 mgs celexa and 3mgs xanax per day and I have not had an increase in talking. Maybe you are just happy and so talk more...
Hi Greyhound Being anxious will make your pulse rate high. It is also the anxiety that is causing you to take your pulse that often. I bet sometimes you will think you dont feel any and think...
Panike I am glad that you are getting relief with the xanax. Studies have shown that of all the benzos there is something about xanax that help more than the others. The only drawback is that it is...
Hi Katie Welcome to HW. You have been through a lot and it is good to express how you feel. I understand what depression is and mine started since childhood. I have read that most very succesful...