agreed. lexapro literally saved my life. the first few days were rocky but slowly i bounced back... for a couple days i had increased anxiety, vomiting and real decrease in libido. now, i feel...
i have some family in cairo :( very concerned for them!!...
I feel good when I have extra money to buy myself something I really like :) hahaha...
I'm so glad I could help, really. I know the feeling of being scared; When I told my mother I was literally shaking. I didn't know how to describe it without scaring the crap out of her. I kept...
I hear ya. 100%. This was something HUGE for me, and still is. Like you, it crosses my mind at least once a day. Like you, I convinced myself that I would never, ever do it. The thing is, you DO have...
I used to lucid dream quite often - sometimes a couple nights a week. As cool as it was for the first little while, I don't recommend it. Lucid dreaming makes it really hard to stay asleep, so your...
Storm's gonna be hitting me here in Toronto soon!! How bad is it guys? Been hearing a lot on the news - apparently Detroit/Windsor got a beating.. Then again, usually when they hype this big, nothing...
I hear ya. One of my biggest triggers is thinking about how I COULD theoretically die at any moment. Sometimes I'm too scared to drive, especially now that it's winter. I push it from my mind though...
I was exactly where you are in highschool. I was always a tomboy and got a lot of flack for it - even rumors that I was a lesbian. Even now I don't know who I am! It is still a huge issue for me. The...
Get a referral to a psychiatrist, or go see another doctor. A psychiatrist specializes in mental health and as such knows a lot more about medications than a GP would. Honestly I wouldn't recommend...
sorry jamie :( you did what's best for you and that's what's important. at least you are strong enough to realize that the best thing isn't always what makes you feel the best - a lot of people...
Sublime Dirty Heads Tribal Seeds UB40 Michael Jackson John Denver :) Especially the songs Red Wine - UB40 and Looking for Space - John Denver...
thanks guys. feeling a bit better today, but exhausted. had an episode last night so it took its toll on me for today. ended up getting called into work though so i may be able to keep myself...
oh gosh. things look up, then they crash back down. such is my reality! my boyfriend checked himself into rehab today, his parents pushing him all the way. does he have issues? hell yeah. does he...
Missed you Kitt, glad to hear your husband is home :)...
Can't sugar coat it, something like that has consequences. If a "friend" ever did that to me, I'd be more than upset with them. Like Geo said, it's behind you. At this point all you can do is check...
happy australia day from canada :) hahaha...
Definitely consult your doctor! Karen may be on the right track - it may just be that the ativan holds the attacks at bay and when you don't take it they break through. But it's important to be in...
right there with you. my brain is very obsessive. while i do worry about social situations, i find my brain is more obsessive over ideas and words. for example, when i was younger i had the word...
Flu shots only vaccinate for the most common strains of flu for that particular year - you may have picked up a less common strain. It could even just be a cold. Don't let it get the best of you...
Oh thank goodness other people know what I'm talking about lol. Does anybody else find that it gets worse when you inhale ? Akinom - Hazelnut said the same thing. Is it treatable, do you know? Cause...
love it karen :D...
I don't know what to say Jamie :( It's really unreal for people to act that way! Her family needs to back off, if for any reason because making threats and phone calls is ridiculous! Of course you...
I have the exact same prescription. Cipralex (Lexapro) and was given 30 Ativan. Lexapro is an anti-depressant but it's one of the most common SSRIs used in treating anxiety - It's usually a doctor's...
FINALLY :) I FINALLY catch a break!!!! I'm so happy! It's something I enjoy too - I get to clean and detail boats and test drive them! Obviously the test driving doesn't happen now since it's winter...
I feel ya girl lol talking to other people who "get it" is a breath of fresh air when you mostly deal with people who have no idea :) also feels good to be able to air everything out and have people...
unfortunately there's no magic trick to get over losing somebody. time heals and that's about it... I don't think anybody ever forgets their first REAL love (which is what this sounds like) and as...
come around - tribal seeds just discovered this song and it gives me the warm fuzzies :) reminds me of UB40...
lol! i never end up burping but yeah it often is tender to touch... that's what i think too... it's just good to hear other people say they know what i mean so i can stop thinking it's a heart attack...
does anybody else experience this? i get it on both sides of my chest but more often the right side. Sharp pains almost like a muscle spasm, but it happens very often ......
From my experience most doctors and therapists seem to think that a combination of meds and CBT is best. Medication alone is ineffective, therapy alone can help, both together works best....
i either exercise, read, play xbox, or if it's really bad i take gravol and sleep. i know that's a bad way to deal with it but when it's really horrible i'd rather not deal with it at all and just...
i swear, everything piles on at once lately. i went to the doctors because of a strange rash, and she asked me a bunch of questions and ran some tests. While the tests were inconclusive, she says she...
Well I'm officially "normal".. Or "non-dysfunctional" I suppose. I saw a psychiatrist and told her about how I've been feeling.. My emotions seem very "blah". I still feel happy and sad I suppose but...
Whenever I feel like a pick-me-up I turn on the "60s on 6" station on Sirius XM. That, or I grab one of my dad's "oldies" CDs. That kind of music relaxes me because it takes me back to when I was...
The only thing I can say is that she can only go when she's ready. It took me over a month to even consider seeing a doctor, and then another month to fill my prescription. That's VERY fast compared...
My therapist does EDMR and for me, i've found it to be frustrating and a bit of a waste of time. that's just my opinion though. As much as I would have liked to have benefited from it, it all just...
feels like the moment somebody jumps out at you and your heart skips a beat and you stomach drops through your butt, only it lasts all day....
I'm on Cipralex and I felt the exact same way for at least 5 weeks. I'm on my 7th week now and it's working full-force and I feel great. I was having panic attacks multiple times a day for 2 months...
When I drank on Cipralex (Canadian Lexapro) it was fine...until later. The drinking and being kinda tipsy was okay, it was when it started to wear off I got really anxious. Of course, that may have...
i think they meant like "Better to get off the plane before it leaves the ground than to get off mid-air"...
Not sure if it will help, but try taking gravol or anything that will make you sleepy before the ride. I take 2 gravol when the need arises, and it knocks me right out. So if you hate plane rides,...
I've had a couple doctors tell me that panic attacks are almost exclusive to panic disorder, but that there are several types of anxiety. The kind of anxiety that is causing these headaches wouldn't...
maybe it's just because the last couple of months have been total hell and i'm still recovering from the shock of it all, but my upcoming vacation is scaring me!! my boyfriend has horrible...
went to my doctors for a final word before caving and telling my parents... they were all false positives. she doesn't know how it happened but i'm not too worried about it. it's such a huge weight...
Caffeine and sugar are both notorious for winding people up. If that's all you've had in the past couple of days, the heart palpitations aren't particularly surprising. I've had to cut caffeine out...
Thanks everyone :( Sorry I didn't respond, I was taking care of Christmas stuff and other things so I haven't been online. wearyRAsufferer: Thank you. I'm 19.. so old enough not to be considered a...
My boyfriend is on cymbalta and he's been waking up every morning at 4 am throwing up for the last 4 weeks.....
the past month has been ****ing HELL and now life's thrown another god darn curve ball. pregnant. seriously i can't control anything right now. i've hit bottom. what do i do now? how can it possibly...
this never seems to end! lol didn't surprise me much, though. but still! lol I have 3 labels on me now.. of course when my mom asked what the psych said and i told her she was all "I knew it, you...