I do have pain in my left knee also but the pain in my right is so bad it makes the left knee seem minor. I am making an appt to talk to my GP. I have to lose weight also and am getting on that...
Hi I am over from the Anxiety forum. I was diagnosed at age 9 with JRA - this was 46 years ago. They really didn't have a definititve diagnosis but ruled out everything else. My treatment as a child...
Buspar didn't help me when I had terrible terrible anxiety (that I was eventually hospitalized for). But when I was still having anxiety 2 years later and dr put me back on Buspar it did help (ALOT)!...
In my family, birthdays were not made a big deal of and as an adult I'd just as soon people skip making a big deal of it. I have to remind myself that others don't always feel that way and when it's...
I am a 55 year old female, human resources officer for the Department of Air Force. I am bipolar and suffer from anxiety. I have been hospitalized for anxiety. I was first diagnosed with depression...
I get brain zaps when I have missed a couple of doses of AD and AAs. I also got brain zaps while taking Geodon - even when I was on track with my dosages. What an odd sensation. Along with the shock...
I get brain zaps when I have missed a couple of doses of AD and AAs. I also got brain zaps while taking Geodon - even when I was on track with my dosages. What an odd sensation....
You WILL survive the death of your parents. Adrenaline will take over and you'll be able to get through the first several days of formalities then you will feel the pain more but will work through...
I used to post quite often talking about my anxiety (I'm bipolar and 2 years ago had a terrible period where I was incapacitated by and hospitalized for anxiety.) Even after the hospitalization and...
Good afternoon I haven't posted for quite some time. I am bipolar and suffer from severe anxiety. I was hospitalized in 08 for extreme anxiety and have been on at least 10 different meds since then....
I haven't posted for awhile because my anxiety overall has been much better. Needing a change in my antidepressant I believe and will talk to the doc this afternoon about that. Three weeks ago...
Hi! I am bipolar but came into Healing Well when I was dealing with terrible anxiety two years ago - anxiety that put me in the hospital. So I was in the Anxiety Forum. After much struggling to find...
Ben, that is wonderful news....
Before I had really bad anxiety, I still had anxiety on days I was off work. Something about not being at work and feeling like I should be and worrying about what I was going to have to deal with...
Paige Wow, what a great attitude. Good luck on the road! GG...
My sister in a nurse practitioner and she said she wished my pdoc would put me on a beta blocker. She thought it would help my anxiety alot. He never would do that. So this beta blocker could really...
Paxil did work for me for about a year for my depression. I too gained 50 lbs (as did my son and a friend) as a result of increased hunger-especially for sweets. I still have not lost the weight but...
I have been doing so well for weeks and weeks with only minor exacerbations in my always present anxiety. A work issue is bothering me and making me terribly anxious now. I worried about this all...
I bite the inside of my cheeks. It doesn't cause any neck pain or tension as far as I can tell....
Buspar works for me. I take 2 10mg per day. I have no adverse side effects, don't think it makes me sleepy, don't think it makes me hungrier. I took Buspar 18 months ago in the midst of a very very...
Good morning. I am sorry you are experiencing this. For me, my anxiety disorder is definitely always changing. Started out in Jan 07 as an annoyance I was always aware of. Kept getting worse and...
If a medication can possibly increase my appetite it will (Depakote & Zyprexa!) I don't take either of those now. I do take Buspar, for about two months now, and it has not increased my appetite. I...
Thanks Kitt. You know, my therapist IS wise. I didn't even tell her I was a perfectionist, harder on myself than on anyone else, trying to be the perfect wife, mother, boss, employee, etc. She just...
My anxiety now is almost 100% work related. Buspar is really working for me this time. I have been on 20 mg once per day for a month. My doc just upped it to 2 20 mg per day. I took Buspar over a...
When I got out of the hospital after a bad anxiety period, my doctor had me get vitamin B shots every 3 weeks from my general practitioner. I stopped them because I got tired of going to the dr's...
Hello Mini Yes, I have suffered from daily anxiety. Right now I am suffering from very minimal anxiety. It has been well for about a week now but before that I had daily anxiety (every work day,...
Aries Thanks for your suggestions. I have tried "radical acceptance" (a term my therapist calls is) to accept and not fight these feelings. Unfortunately, I am not doing very well trying to accept...
Well, I've been up and I've been down and some days are worse than others but I have now been dealing with anxiety for two and one half years. The first half of 2008 was the worst as I was out of my...
Someone said their stomach felt like a black hole. That's kind of what anxiety feels like to me, a strange emptiness, tightness in my lower chest and upper abdomen. Almost unbearable. That and an...
Haven't been on for a while but had still been dealing with daily low grade anxiety which I had pinpointed finally to be almost completely related now to work. I was taking my rescue medication of...
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I would recommend you not go off your meds. You are only on one - right? If so, that's not a big deal and if there are no adverse side effects, I'd leave well enough alone....
My anxiety is so much better than it was a little over a year ago - at that time I was hospitalized for a week due to "bipolar (I or II, I can never remember), with psychotic aspects". Now my anxiety...
My work causes major anxiety, I too dread coming to work. My anxiety begins on Sunday morning and comes on full speed on Monday morning. I have a year and a half before I am eligible to retire....
Sorry to hear about your mom. My parents have been gone three years now; the sharp pain has gone away but not the sadness. My thoughts are with you. ...
Hello Although I've been on the Anxiety/Panic group for some time, this is my first time in the bipolar group so I will introduce myself. Actually, I missed that there was even a bipolar category or...
Yes, I understand your feelings. A year ago I had anxiety so bad I was hospitalized as I was basically out of my mind or "psychotic" as the diagnosis code read. I left the hospital on five meds and...
Welcome to the site. You will find many here who understand what you are going through....
There are alot of methods to deal with anxiety but I've found that I must have medication to be able to even try the other methods. My anxiety is paralyzing without medication....
My thyroid is okay but two times when my anxiety has flared up my doctor has done a full thyroid evaluation to make sure the anxiety wasn't resulting from thyroid issues....
I would describe my most omnipresent symptom as extreme pressure in my chest and upper abdomen - the kind of feeling you have if you have had news of a loved one being in an accident, don't know...
I am not a crier either. Funny because as a child and teen, I was a big cry baby. Now things that would make some people cry don't even cause a tear. I can't even "fake it" when it would be...
Hi Molly I am finding that the only way I can have quality of life is with medication. And I don't mind having to take it. Considering the alternative without the meds..... I hope you get to feeling...
When I am in the throes of anxiety, I have a crushing, squeezing feeling in my chest and upper abdomen. Not really pain, just severe discomfort. I have mild anxiety right now and it's causing me mild...
Get fit. Organize my home; do some home improvements. Retire from my very stressful job and get another job....
Machele I am sorry this has happened to you. There is nothing I can say that can make things better but at least know I am thinking of you. GG - Krista...
Dee I am sorry for your loss. Krista...
I have posted a couple of threads about my work issues. I need to post again so I went back and grabbed the first old one I could find though I created a more recent thread. This work problem has...
Oh gosh, Justen, I am sorry you are dealing with all these feelings. I too suffer from severe anxiety, so bad that I have even been hospitalized for it. Everyone is different but I defnitely could...
Thanks Mel Yes, mornings are the worst for me as well. Weekends are usually better unless something in particular has set off the anxiety on Friday. Then I spend the weekend wanting to get back there...