Hi MVR, I've moved around with my family and I know what it feels like to miss people and things happening 'down south'. When we're depressed tho, we don't think very clearly. I tend to romanticise...
I'm on Prozac and have been told its better in the morning as in the evening it could stop me sleeping well. What I notice is that I'm waking up reliably around 7am with a churning stomach which...
Hi Maz, good idea. I'm in Oz too but up in the warm end, so no winter woollies needed at all which is nice :). I'm still swimming 1km most days in the outdoor heated pool, so that gives you an idea....
Hey it's great to see Aussie bands in the list...Acca Dacca are the best. Plus Silverchair. Check out Powderfinger if you haven't heard of them before, fantastic stuff....
Ditto ditto ditto. Alcohol helped me manage anxiety for years, but eventually the amount crept up and so did the anxiety, until I have a major episode. Then I stop drinking altogether. My latest...
Hi, I've been on Prozac before and have been on it again for 4 weeks. Both times I also have anorgasmia and i hate to tell you it lasted for the whole year I took the meds last time! I see it as a...
Hi Gem, it's lovely to hear you're feeling better, and it inspires me to keep going (I'm following you I think). I'm slowly getting better too and can now see my way to the future beyond the...
Hi Jibjab, I know how you're feeling I think as my life has been taken over by anxiety and depression in the last few weeks too. I tried Zoloft 2.5 yrs ago but with intense side effects including...
Hi Avolleyball, I've had a terrible time getting used to my anti-depressants and I ended up at the hospital emergency ward last Saturday because I was so incredibly agitated and suicidal. Anyway took...
Hi everyone, I've taken sick leave for the past 5 weeks since my anxiety 'hit', and now I'm leave without pay until July. This has happened to me before and I'm lucky my work approves my extended...
Maybe don't answer the phone? just a thought...
Hi slz727, it sounds like you're in pain right now. Do you have medical help you can access? I'm off work too, I really can't go back yet, I can't imagine coping with it at this stage at all so I...
Thanks dixibella, I feel like I'm slowly turning the corner now. My husband stayed home with me while I was in a bad headspace, and today I even managed to sleep without any valium or similar, until...
Hi Avolleyball, I'm just getting used to my anti-depressants too and I got alot worse before starting to get better. That's very common when we start taking these meds, or when we increase the dose,...
Hi Tate, if you can talk to us, you can talk to a counsellor or doctor who can help you. Please take this momentum and our support and go with it. The question is, what have you got to lose? You've...
Hi Gem, I'm 2 weeks behind you on Prozac, had heaps of side effects (worsening anxiety the major one) but I'm hanging in there too because it's gotta be better than not being on anything. I sounded...
Hi each time I look at the chat rooms here there's no-one online...am I missing something? Yes I also have to pace, there is no way i could sit still. i sit for a moment and then I'm up again. I gag...
thanks everyone for your help. I got alot worse over the weekend and ended up at emergency then my hubby rang my gp after hours who just said take lots of valium so I did. Monday I was v anxious...
thanks for the words of encouragement. Unfortunately I got worse after posting the above...took valium and slept, then took a sleeping tab which kinda wiped out yest except for a v anxious hour or 2...
Hi I'm Grizzly Pooh, i've been posting for a week or two but this is a good idea to say hi and give some background. i'm having a major episode of anxiety combined with depression. It's disgusting....
now i'm incredibly agitated and thinking death is a good idea. I can't sit or lay still and i'm freaking myself and my family out now big time. I guess i can't take valium. i'm typing 1000s miles an...
Thanks Melodee, that's what my husband told me this morning. It's hard to believe we can get through this, when we're in those bleak moments tho isn't it? But right now at this moment in time I'm...
Oops i took another 2mg without calling anyone. I thought maybe the first dose just wasn't enough to work. Right now i feel calm and sleepy so I guess maybe it's working. I thought I would try it...
Wow Kitt, you are so eloquent and seem to know what to say at just the right moment. You inspire me to get through my own problems as you are living proof that it can be done. Thank you for your...
Hi roger47, thats good to hear, that you're feeling better. What's the secret?! you could bottle it and make a fortune. Anxiety just feeds more anxiety and we have to break the connection somehow....
Aries8, yesterday i got very anxious again and suicidal and rang the doctor and went straight in to see him. he prescribed valium which i've taken but it didn't seem to help. i don't think i took...
Hi melodee, how are you going? I remembered yesterday as I drove past the place where I had a car accident, that after the guy ran up the back of my car he then abused me about it and it was...
Hi Glen, you've been doing it tough by the sounds of it. I've just started Prozac and am still very anxious and jittery too, worse in the mornings. I find it helps to know that others are sharing...
yeah I might do that. I was thinking that maybe it meant i hadn't taken enough and it was just my anxiety symptoms...
Hi again. It's morning again and these are the very worst times. i feel absolutely horrible, aching and jittering and hot and cold and can't seem to think clearly enough to do anything to help...
I took 2mg of valium 2 hours ago and now i'm incredibly agitated with heavy aching and burning sensations through my arms especially. So now I feel worse in my attempt to feel better. Has anyone else...
wow this sounds like me talking. I'm going to work on accepting that i have anxiety just like if i had a physical illness. Then i can get better properly. It's sooo hard when the symptoms are bad...
Hi Jen, I can't really help you with the lump but it does sound uncomfortable. Are you able to take something to help you sleep? I do warm milk and honey and that can help. As you know with anxiety,...
Thats really good. It's important to feel we have some say in all this isn't it?...
Hi again. I had a heart test (can't remember its name) because I was so sure something was wrong. Also blood tests and of course it's anxiety. My dr says its classic. Even when I'm well, if I get a...
Hi stocktona, I have had bad anxiety and now depression with it. At the start of this latest episode I took a herbal remedy Seradyn that worked ok but my anxiety was more serious and so I decided to...
Thanks Aries8. I take mine in the morning and then get a reaction quite quickly. i'm tired at night and get to sleep ok but then i'm awake and v anxious at 5.30 which i hate. I was wondering whether...
Hi Tyler I've had moments of being 'out of my body' too. ..including at the moment I gave birth to my 2nd child...I watched myself doing it and yes I had bad anxiety/PND at that time. Good luck, it...
Thanks Roger, i am hanging in there. I'm glad that you're feeling more skilled at anxiety now, and I know what you mean. But when it comes along again i find it consumes me and freaks me out. I'm...
Thanks and yes it helps to know others are experiencing similar to myself. I'm doing ok today, that means better than yesterday. I've used Prozac before and it worked well but i don't remember these...
Thanks Aries8, I asked my doc about the tranqs on your suggestion, so I will definitely keep it as a back up plan. i've been awake since 5.30 again but took the Prozac an hour ago and am ok ie better...
Hi becky, hopefully it was the combo and it wont happen again. I did alot of sleep walking during adolescence and it's scary to wake up somewhere other than bed and realise that your dream was really...
Hi Ben, hope the increase helps. Ditto re Aries8, crying can be a good thing but it's tough when we're not feeling well so please keep writing and i'll listen xx...
Good luck with the Effexor, i hope it works quickly and without side effects for you xx...
Hi Jamie, how are you now? good luck today, do you have anything planned?...
Thanks Melodee, I got through yesterday but it was a terrible morning, I'm lucky my parents are here visiting but already dreading them leaving on Tuesday. Day 10 of Prozac today, just took it....
Hi Maz, I have fibromyalgia, get tinnitus, vertigo, sinus problems and I have PCOS too. isn't it weird how they hang around with anxiety and depression? And the other thing I'm learning is how...
Thanks. You must have known I'm avoiding going to bed for fear I'll wake up early and be really anxious again tomorrow. i'm wondering whether to take a sleeping pill or not to help me sleep a bit...
I feel a bit lonely when i log on here because i think you're mostly asleep on the other side of the world? anyone else in Australia?...
Hi, I also tried to snap out of depression and anxiety over the years but it's virtually impossible. It's not like we wanted to be like this or snapped ourselves into it, so it's equally unlikely we...