Thinking of you Happy Turtle....not great going for medical treatment/surgeries ... always stressful and anxiety producing but your going to be ok...and hopefully things better for you...
Wow, where has the time gone....xmas came and went and I have not made it on here to touch base/catch up with everyone. Quick update for now and Ill be able to see/read how you are all going in next...
Hi Tess....I've only been on 225mg for four weeks....after seeing pdoc today I'm heading up to 300mg over the next few weeks. I have been on Effexor for 17yrs but the highest dose I was on was 150mg...
Had my pdoc appointment....she wants me to raise my dose another 75mg which will be 300mg Effexor!!! My goodness....I'm a bit scared being up that high. If I miss a dose I'm going to be in hell (any...
Hi Tess, I am on 225mg Effexor now and have been for four weeks....I don't really know the answer to your question and probably best to talk to your pdoc about it. I am going to my pdoc tomorrow and...
Hey all, just dropping in to say hi and hope you are all doing better than me!! LOL I swear I'm getting worse...every time they bump up the meds I start improving then crash again. I think Im...
Thanks everyone.....not much better today...a little better this evening. I want to go curl up but my 6 year old would not have a bar of that LOL.....luckily I have a super awesome supportive friend...
Thanks Hibee .... thankyou....only just over a week until next appointment....feels like that's forever away at the moment!!!...
Hi everyone....thought I better come check in with my updates. Finally saw the psych doc for my depression and panic disorder and she is really nice to talk with so that's a bonus. It is not cheap to...
I could've written the sentence below lesweet....same same same :) I'm 43 & otherwise healthy besides anxiety/depression, high BP & a bit overweight....
Sean I have definitely been where you are.....when I was in my twenties I hit the lowest point in my depression and it had me to the point where all I could do was stare at the clock and get through...
Oh you know what if the anxiety is crippling and debilitating you may need the meds to sort out the chemical imbalance...of course it is entirely up to you and I agree therapy will be very...
taking* not asking*...dam...
I have only ever been on 150mg ever....one pill, once a day....all of a sudden in the last 6 weeks I am on 2 x Effexor, one BP med (amlodipine) and 3 x propranolol a day plus 2 x magnesium .....I...
Thankyou all so much for your kind responses....your support is invaluable....will keep you posted :)...
Oh she also recommends we get me into a therapist for 10 sessions CBT.......
Well what a day yesterday was and not in a good way but I got through it....pdoc really nice lady and I hope she knows what she is doing. She seems to think that because Effexor has worked for me for...
Audrianna I think the older we all get we do notice time is slipping by too fast and that would be Anxiety producing if you think about it....so I know what you are saying....maybe practicing...
Blades of Glory Wedding Crashers Planes Trains & Automobiles Notting Hill Out of Africa The English Patient An Officer & A Gentleman The way we were...
Apple cakes...the pain can refer to another area of your body even though the cysts are causing it....I had a huge cyst and went to hospital 2 times in excruciating pain before it finally was removed...
Welcome to my world Janet and probably many others on here....I too am amazed at what others can accomplish whilst battling anxiety/depression....however we are all different, we all have different...
Not on any anti anxiety meds yet....only on Effexor 187.5mg....this kept my anxiety at bay for 17yrs and obviously not working on the anxiety anymore....so yeh will need to review with the psych. I...
Yesterday I got up and decided to check my bp...well it was elevated and so you can imagine...I kept taking it and it rose higher and higher and then in my head I was about to have a heart attack or...
Good going Happy Turtle...good to hear....hoping for you more days of good to follow as well :)...
Hi there Paddicake...I'm 43 and swear I'm in peri menopause for various reasons including hot flashes and anxiety...besides the sudden heat I also feel like Im constantly hotter like my core body...
Dropped daughter at school for her first ever school excursion, came back home and wrapped Christmas presents, went and picked up my elderly mother and took her out to visit our 89yr old friend and I...
After a week or so fairly anxiety free much to my surprise, here I am today all keyed up, on edge, uptight, waves of anxiety visiting yet again....trying to float past it in my mind.......to be...
Has to be glycinate or chelated......
I don't have bipolar Happy Turtle but I swear given the opportunity I could live my whole life through the night time and sleep all day...I am most productive at night and in the day well I just...
Have suffered restless for years...don't know how many nights I went with a couple hours sleep because my legs wouldn't settle....that is until I came across Magnesium Glycinate....my pharmacy makes...
Yes....when my anxiety is bad I don't know what Im doing most the time...start putting things in odd places, forget lots of things....I figure our brains are busy just trying to manage the anxiety...
WearyRA I didn't accomplish much at all today either....really all I can put down is a 40min walk as a tick towards health. I know you feel you only did what you had to do and went to work but that...
Hey Happy Turtle....I bet being able to see will be helpful :P I desperately need to go and get my eyes tested....having trouble reading the programme guide on the tv...find myself leaning in and...
Feel free everyone if you get the time to write down here what you have done today....whether you were in the midst of debilitating anxiety or having a better day, or if you only managed a few things...
Deborah...I'm so sorry you are having a bad time...I wonder if you are getting any breaks? respite? I don't know the situation you are in but being a carer is really stressful at the best of times...
Hiya Happy Turtle...your not wrong this forum is speedy....cant keep up :) No good you have had a bad night.....I hope you find some peace and maybe some rest today? Take it easy, be nice to yourself...
Yes I'm practicing being positive :P In the afternoon...I went out to recyclers and bought a table, put some solar lights in the tree outside and then went and picked up daughter and took her to her...
In opposition of my negative thoughts where I usually list all the things to myself that I have not managed to accomplish on any given day....and then berate myself for being ill and not out there...
Thanks lesweet the other med isn't a benzo or I might even have taken a little here and there...don't think the doc here is keen to prescribe a benzo. It is a anti psychotic that plays havoc with...
Thanks everyone, I am in Australia....anyway I called a few this afternoon and most of the pdocs books are closed but there was one I could possibly get into in about 3/4 weeks even though its over...
I checked in with my GP today and let her know I was if anything getting slowly worse ( the anxiety about the same but depression/insomnia starting up ) Anyway I talked to her about going to the pdoc...
Hi Janet...I'm 43 and I would place bets I'm in perimenopause.....seems too much of a coincidence that after 17yrs anxiety free now suddenly I'm a walking anxious panicky mess....getting the doctor...
Australia :)...
Thanks for the support...Cornell I sure do know the feeling in the grip of high anxiety that your about to lose your mind...boy oh boy...is there any worse feeling!!! I went to the gp today but...
greyfox hi, I had that today....I was in the classroom all day and maybe because I was using so much energy to hold myself together I felt so tired, my eyes felt so heavy by end of class....I usually...
How are you feeling now Cilly? Did the Ativan help you calm? Sending love & light to you...and hugs....
Soooo I don't even know why this is happening to me again....I once again have had the worst break out of panic/anxiety today....I have been in class today and I spent the whole time trying not to...
Hey :)I don't know if this will help you or not but worth mentioning as an idea. I have recently been studying and was anxious about you know having a panic attack in the classroom....I think the...
Hi there and welcome, I feel like I could have almost written your post........very similar. You are not alone...I am up and down like a yoyo trying to work my way through this whilst also trying to...
I had a text tonight from one of my brothers regarding my eldest brother....my eldest brother 10 yrs older than me and the oldest was a controlling mean bullying brother who lorded his size and power...