Do you know if when you increase your dose you adjust faster? I am on day three of 30mg and I had my first anxiety free day yesterday it was amazing! Even had an anxiety free shower!!!!! Such a...
Thank you! Your words came at the perfect time! I just swallowed 30mg, now in to a positive day, hold my head high and all that jazz...
I have had a clear eye exam so that's promising, I will up my meds as soon as I get the courage which will be today!...
Have you ever had or heard of the visual problems with anxiety? It's freaking me out and seems to come from nowhere, like when I'm shopping and not worried about anything...
Thanks S.C. I will trust and give it a go. I will try to up my dose tonight....
I am just wondering about a couple things, my anxiety has been fairly high since January, I started on 10 mg of Prozac and this seemed to keep me functional for awhile, but never anxiety free. I...
Hi S.C. I haven't been doing my daily breathing exercises but I have done in the past, I will start, as I do believe it can do wonders. I would love to know your personal favorite to start me off,...
Thank you Panicgirly, it's comforting to hear you are suffering as I am! Lol, joking, but in this craziness, reassurance is healing, ubfortunately! Glad to hear it hasn't gotten full blown, I know...
Hey Michael, So sorry you are struggling with this scary confusing nonsense called anxiety. I always tend to think people need to be anxious and have anxious thoughts to have an anxiety/panic...
Hang in there, there is no logic in this journey, let go and go limp, things will change! Beamer1...
Well I am trying to figure out my physical sensations. I am sure this is anxiety, but it just goes on and on, tingling in my head, numbness in my limbs, super sensitive to any change in temperature,...
Yes I sit at a computer all day in a very stressful job in the medical field. I switched my chair for a medicine ball, the kind with a bit of sand in the bottom to keep it stable when I stand up. All...
I take Prozac and have a good response, however it was a hard go getting started, I kept having weird symptoms/side effects and kept stopping and starting. In the end I decided to put faith in my...
I get a lot of physical symptoms with my anxiety as well, of course this is crazy making as I don't really think I am anxious, I feel like I'm managing my stress well, but when the physical symtoms...
Thank you...
They just increased my Prozac to 20 mg and just doing my own breathing exercises and meditation, I try to get out for a bit each day, it's just so exhausting I need a lot of naps inbetween. Supposed...
Oh man the smells! Definitely triggered by smells, and yes the passing out thing is scary, I hit the dirt today vision got so blurred I thought I was going down! I hate this, all I want to do is...
Anyone have troubles with vision, I think my equilibrium is off, I cannot find my balance on uneven ground, sometimes it feels like the ground is tipping and tilting. Also having blurry spots, cover...
Thank you, very true words, I am now starting to remember these things and change the bad habits that were creeping up on me again, drinking too much and smoking! Thanks again for your words they go...
Geez just completely strange to me this panic disorder and how it physically effects your body? I mean it's not like we imagine these physical things they are REALLY happening that's what's so scary...
Thanks S.C it is comforting to know this is normal after a panic attack, I think you may be right about coping skills, I realize I haven't been walking, sleeping well, eating right, or drinking well,...
Thanks for the water and food reminder I'm getting water right now!!! Starting to feel better as now I am getting mad! This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of, why in the world anyone's...
Hey everyone, I am wondering about weakness and dizziness after a panic attack, I am sure I had a panic attack at work today, I had to get a ride home as I was too dizzy and weak to drive, my panic...
Awe you guys make me smile!!!!! I'm sooo happy to have my anxiety friends, no one else could possibly get it!!! But you wonderful people do! Thank you :) Beamer...
Oh thank you soooo much those were great things for me to remember today! Phew I made it with hardly any problems yay! Beamer...
Off to work today for the first time in six months! A bit of perceived tongue swelling this morning and buzzing up my neck and left arm and shoulder pain, I must remember this is anxiety I want to be...
Glad you are starting to feel better:)...
Thanks SC:)...
Thank you! I am home now and alive much to my surprize! Off to bed! Good lord things can be crazy!...
This is why I love this site! Although I hate anxiety! This thread just described my anxiety symptoms to a T! You put into words what I could not, I am sorry you are suffering in this way and also...
Had to do a big road trip today 4 hours in a city and a ferry ride! Trying hard not to have a complete meltdown as I wait for the ferry! Can't take an Ativan as I am driving! Any positive thoughts...
Hey it took me about 3 weeks to see a change with a small dose of prozac 10mg and then after 5 Weeks my anxiety symptoms were more tolerable but still there. Them we increased Prozac to 20mg and I...
Thank you for sharing Kitt and soulNhealing. Although I cannot relate to your life experiences I am grateful for being here and hearing your stories! Kitt you should write a book you have a gift and...
Yay I got excited for you when I read this!! Love the super excited feeling when anxiety goes for a moment, a day, maybe even longer! So happy for you! Those moments are precious and like my fabulous...
Well good morning everyone! Just having my morning routine of tea and visiting this site! So encouraging:) I had a breakthrough yesterday! I have been practicing my mindful/awareness meditation and...
Hey Misty I do have a fuzzy head it is starting to pass now but has certainly caused a lot of trouble functioning normal due to my fuzziness. In te beginning I couldn't take a shower or bath or be...
Thanks SC I will remember that! Yesterday was hard lots of panic my heart was going so fast I thought it would just stop, hot face, sweaty hands, not sure why but I will remember your words ! Do you...
Kitt, I cannot begin to express how sorry I am that you lost your son, I could not begin to imagine your grief and pain. You also have a terminal illness recently diagnosed, is it too intrusive to...
Ok here we go again! I still have the why stuck in my head and if I've asked this already I apologize for being so repetitive. I just don't understand why when you are going along fairly fine, doing...
I had my ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm repaired with a polyester graft three years ago when I was 39. I had chest and arm pain symptoms. But aneurysms are tricky to decide when to repair etc,...
Thank you Kitt, you are so wise and I always appreciate your words! Beamer...
So here I am again with more questions. Everyone here has soo much knowledge I am supremely contented when I read this site ! I find that every new thing I add back into my life whether it be going...
Hi Beth I have read Calming your anxious mind by Jeffrey Brantly, The power of now by Echhart Tolle, mayo clinics Stress Free Living, and I have just started the Ecstasy of Surrender by Judith...
Left arm pain and chest pain is my first symptom of anxiety it is scary and horrid it sends me right over the edge whenever it comes. However I have found meditation is working for me, I have...
Oh wow soo glad you are recovering so well and that they found the aneurysm in time! I have a polyester thoracic aorta ( well a part anyways) and a mechanical valve. I had my surgery at 39 with five...
Oh lord thank you! Can it take several months?...
Just wondering if this is normal. My extreme panic attacks aren't happening anymore but on and off I am still fighting with physical symptoms the light headedness, altered or tilted vision. Sometimes...
Oh wow yes I hear you with the OCD walking! Also with the heart issues! Oh my it's ridiculous! As more and more people share I feel better and better as I know more and more that I am not alone in my...
Haha it's not really funny but I am sooo glad to hear about the ground tilting! Just yesterday that happened to me the ground was sideways!!!! I was like " I draw the line here anxiety, I have put up...
Oh lord thanks for sharing, I will keep swallowing the pills I think they are starting to work. I can get my own damn coffee now at the store! Yikes! Damn this anxiety is mysterious and weird! Glad...