Hello everyone, It's been a while since I have been on this forum but I just wanted to stop in and say hello. About a year ago (almost to the day) I began experiencing extreme anxiety, panic attacks,...
Hello everyone! TKBG back in the house ha ha! It's been a while since I posted. Mostly because I have been feeling pretty good. I have my good days and bad days. Then a few days are rough and then it...
Hey guys, wanted to BUMP this thread as I saw we have some new members popping in and out of the forum. So basically for any of you new folks, I feel this place is an awesome place for support and...
Hey everyone, Like a lot of you I had a little bit of an anxiety slump after the holidays. Christmas was great but two days later I hit a rough patch and have been slowly getting out of it since. I'm...
Ha ha ha I'm sure it is asking me that but...I have been on vacation for two weeks...but my sleep schedule was erratic. Last night I slept but still feel incredibly fatigued. When I get home from...
Hey everyone so as a mentioned earlier this week, I have been having an anxiety setback for about a week now. It started about 2 days after Christmas. This setback has been strange though because I...
Thanks SC for your advice and support as always. And also thanks for the really great feedback Accept. I know the doubts I get are not real. My therapist always tells me to think about those thoughts...
So I was on here a few days ago talking about how after about 2 months of feeling better, two days after Christmas my anxiety just appeared again out of nowhere. It's been a crappy 5 or so days of me...
JRF007, I definitely feel the Klonopin has helped however I'm scared to death of Benzo's because of all the horror stories you read about them online. Klonopin has worked for me though, my doc...
Hello, my HW fellow panic and anxiety warriors! It's been a while since I have been on the forum but that was simply because I have been feeling pretty darn good for over a month now. I have had a...
So first of all I decided to discontinue the Lamictal because my skin was red, itchy, and my wife said I looked like I had a sunburn all over my body. I couldn't get in touch with my p-doc to ask him...
Unfortunately, my therapist had to reschedule the tests so I have to take it on Saturday after my scheduled appointment with her. I still havent been back into work but my therapist says I have to...
You are an absolute sweetheart lesweet1971, thank you very much for taking the time to write that. I just really have to be careful about the job part, I have taken so much time off work that I am...
Lesweet, I am 32. Also, no I have never been diagnosed with ADHD but I'm pretty sure I have it or some form of it, just never been diagnosed. I distract easily and my coworkers always laugh about it....
So in lieu of my current setback of DOOM as I call it ha ha, I got in touch with my therapist about my p-doc recommending Lamictal, my aversion to taking it, and well I took a sick day from work for...
Believe me guys it pissed me off too...in a big way. I went to the ER hoping to find some relief from a terrible panic attack and instead I got sent to a mental hospital for 72 hours. The worst part...
Luke, your story sounds exactly like mine, I'm 32. My first experience with anxiety came after a medical condition when I was about 19. However, after the medical condition had subsided I was left...
What's your skypname AK?...
So today I woke up feeling terrible, my morning anxiety was so bad And I just kind of didn't want to get out of bed. I broke down crying multiple times and my wife was simply at a loss of how to help...
Thanks Scaredy Cat, honestly you are the best. One of the reasons im on this forum is you, Hibee, AngelLisa, Jake's Mom and a few others. You guys are amazing. I dont think I would have been able to...
Thanks JM, I am taking it exactly as prescribed, I'm too afraid of meds to play around with this stuff. You just read so much crap on Google about benzo withdrawals and addiction that you freak out....
I have been going through what I can only describe as a doozy of a setback. I am on 20 mg of Lexapro for the second time in my life and my pdoc prescribed 1 mg of Klonopin 2x Day about 6-7 weeks ago....
Thanks a lot lesweet1971, I definitely think throwing caution to the wind and not eating correctly and overdoing it on sugar and caffeine (I live in Miami so I had laid off Cuban Coffee for a while...
Ibiza is cool if you don't mind listening to listening to EDM music 24/7 ha ha...those days of hard partying are over for me!...
Wow, didn't expect such a quick reply. As always Scaredy Cat you are the best! And thank you very much Angel Lisa for the reassurance. One day as Hibee said we need to fuel up the private jet and all...
So, I stepped away from the forums for a bit because I was feeling pretty good for about a month and a half now and then boom, right after Halloween, I have been hit with anxiety again. Its not the...
I remembered that today is usually the weekly check in so I wanted to stop by. I have been doing great with my anxiety. I am currently prescribed 20 mg of Lexapro and 1 mg of Klonopin 2x daily. The...
So I just wanted to update everyone here about how things have been going for me the past few weeks. So long story short for those that don't know, 12 years ago I had my first experience with anxiety...
So I was able to speak with my p-doc yesterday and he decided that he will most likely put me on another SSRI, but he does not want to do it so quickly. He said that I am most likely at the height of...
So a lot of you on here know I have been struggling with pretty severe anxiety for the past two months now. I had been pretty much anxiety free for over 10 years, was on Lexapro for about 8-9 of...
So after what has been a crazy week of horrible anxiety, depression, and scary racing thoughts...I am happy to say that yesterday and today until about 3 hours ago were pretty good. I have now been...
The "delight" of my anxiety is that its not really triggered by anything. Im not phobic or anything like that. I truly believe that my anxiety was brought on by a variety of factors, I was worried...
The ups and downs are frustrating. I started taking Lexapro about 7 weeks ago now but started with 5 mg then 10mg and I have now been on 20 mg for 4 1/2 weeks. I had like 1 week and a half of feeling...
After feeling pretty good for a few days and feeling the Lexapro was making a difference, I am feeling some high anxiety right now. My morning anxiety was pretty bad this morning and it just sent the...
So I felt like my recovery was going well as the last few days were pretty great, maybe it was because I was off work for about 5 days due to labor day. But I used those days to focus on my...
Hey BlueCat, The last time I was on it the dose I was taking was 20 mg. That was the magic dose for me....
So today was a rough day at work. Thought I was going to have a panic attack but I was able to breath and then call my wife to sort of talk my way out of it. I was trying to avoid taking my Ativan...
THIS. IS. AN. AWESOME. POST. Thank you for sharing. I actually really needed to hear that right now....
Yeah, Im worried about taking too much Ativan also. So far I only took 0.5 mg ONCE and that was today. Should I take it once a day only? Or should I try to keep it as needed. My doctor prescribed a 2...
So last night after a rough day with anxiety, I could not sleep. Since Im so scared of more than my Lexapro meds I took Trazadone 25mg (I cut the 50 mg tablet in half) and I only slept like 3 hours....
Uggh I have had that as well. Some days I have that feeling and it comes and goes and last 10 minutes or so. When it hits, I feel like the world is ending and there is no way out. Then when it goes...
So as some of my friends here on the forum know, this week was my first week back to work after what was a scary few weeks which included a really bad panic attack that put me in the hospital and 3...
Thanks Hibee and SC! Been feeling a lot better these last few days. I definitely feel like the Lexapro is kicking in and starting to help out. But I know overcoming this anxiety will also take some...
Hey alohaknown, well my story is bit more complicated. A little over 10 years ago I had a vestibular issue which caused me a lot of vertigo. It was an actual medical issue that had me feeling...
Hey alohaknown, It wasn't that bad to be honest, but it was pretty scary for the first few hours, especially because I have never been in a place like that and all I could think of was wanting to be...
Hey S.C. thanks for the kind words. Yeah I wasn't actually suicidal, I had thoughts because I was panicking but they were really thoughts about how I wanted to die or it would be better to be dead...
Im baccck! Had a doozy of a panic attack abut a week ago where I felt I wanted to die, I simply uttered the word suicide to the ER doc (didn't actually contemplate or want to kill myself but told the...
Ha ha ha BlueCat I wish I would have read your post before. I am now in the ER basically held against my will as they are now going to be transferring me to a behavioral hospital for a few days. I...
So Im going to make this as short as possible, my Dr. Recently invreased my Lexapro dose to 20 mg. When I first took ot 10 years ago, it did wonders for me, I got off of it a year ago and was fine...
So I have been having panic attacks all day. Im so exhausted and down. I had to turn back on my way to work and I headed to my mom's house. I felt so weak for letting my anxiety get the best of me. I...