I take ativan everyday because my anxiety is so bad I'll have panic attacks daily without them. And this suffocating feeling has been daily almost all day for like a month. But once I got a diagnosis...
I haven't had much to talk about anxiety wise which is a good thing I suppose! I got diagnosed with dysautonomia which is a malfunction in my autonomic nervous system so my blood pressure and heart...
Ok thanks! Yeah I didn't take my second dose tonight because I was worried about the change..part of my panic and anxiety...change and medications. I don't deal well with either! So I was going to...
I have been taking 1-2 mg of generic mylan lorazepam a day for a little over a year now and I just switched my health insurances and CVS doesn't accept it so I needed to switch pharmacies. I switched...
I just had a tilt table test about a week and a half ago and it came back positive. The dr was testing me for POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) which is a malfunction in the autonomic...
This hits home because everything you said is going on is literally me! It's so hard to deal with I know! The worst part for me is he depersonalization and derealization because it feels like you're...
My mom is great I'm so lucky to have her and that she is cancer free! I worry about my dad now a lot and I know that the doctors did a great job with him. I just really need to start eating healthy...
I ended up getting the grocery shopping done that I needed to. I called my mom for a much needed cry and felt much better! I've just started meditating and in home yoga. I don't want to rely on...
I've been gone a while because I havent had too much to post about really!! But it's back. I wanna go into the urgent care because I feel like I can't breathe at all and I've been having chest pain....
My parents didnt tell me until after my mom's surgery that she was sick so I didn't get a choice in the matter unfortunately. So I waited until her last chemo treatment and went home and surprised...
It's been a while since I've posted or really even been on the site. I have been doing a little better. Still trying to wean off lamictal. Not easy to do by the way! Well my mom got sick with stage 2...
Thank you! I will give it a go see if it eases up any of the symptoms which is mostly the dizziness. I hope something helps!...
I've heard you can take supplements to help counter act the withdrawals from tapering off medication I'm on take 2 of trying to taper off lamictal I was so sick last time so I'm trying cutting a...
Ahhhh yes...the dreaded head zaps. I was on 10mg lexapro for probably almost 6 years and I had to stop cold turkey the pharmacist said its better to taper if you can but because it's such a low dose...
I'm not allergic to anything that's why he pushes it. The panic attack I had made me feel like I was. I stopped eating for a long time and took a really long time for me to eat anything and not have...
I don't have triggers really they just always happen but they really happen when exposed to my phobias like taking a new med I can't bring myself to do it all these horrible thoughts get into my head...
I was on lexapro for years and I stopped because insurance stopped covering brand name but it really didn't help me like I was still having really bad panic attacks and episodes of agoraphobia. I...
It was just frustrating listening to her telling me my homework was to find a yoga studio. I have o idea how to deal with this. I also heard wellbutrin is very stimulating and can male people with...
I started therapy about a month ago. I told her everything that's going on in my life and all about my past. I told her how bad my panic is and how bad my phobias are. Its like she completely...
So I've been on lamictal for about 7 years. At 200mg. I'm not bipolar but my Dr put me on it along with lexapro. I went off lexapro last year due to insurance issues and also I gained like 60 pounds...
I'm having probably one of the worst times I've ever had with my panic disorder/anxiety and now I've become extremely depressed on top of everything its like I'm emotionally numb at this point I feel...
He thinks me having such a severe phobia that I won't do something is be refusing to try to help myself and thinks its just all made up in my head. He thinks by forcing me to confront my phobias that...
I am seeing a therapiat..and my husband refuses to go to a session with me. He says I refuse to help myself but I am in therapy and seeing a psych Dr. He doesn't understand phobias or panic attacks...
I started therapy and I asked him to go with me and he said no...so that was my answer....
I am in the middle of a nervous breakdown my anxiety and panic attacks have been so bad and I'm so depressed and my husband was yelling at me saying I don't try to overcome this and that I'm...
Thank you! I am lucky to have a slow work day today so I've been on all the resource pages. I'm too young to feel like this! I feel like 25 is a stressful year though with figuring out where you want...
For the past few weeks my left arm has been super achy all the way down to my hand and I've had occasional chest pains but today I'm at work at my desk and it's super achy I had a panic attack this...
I am having that now! Minus the chest pain. I've been having the worst achy left arm that goes right down into my hand. So naturally I've been freaking out for like 2 weeks. Almost 3. I had a full...
Does anyone else feel constantly on edge or like afraid and have chest pains and indigestion and just chronic state of worry that some things wrong with their body?...Ativan isn't even helping me...
Thanks guys! I know my mom is super tough and I'm so thankful it was found as early as it was. It just a lot happening all at once and it's throwing me off. :/...
My fiance just got home from being away for almost 8 months and my anxiety was totally unbearable the entire time he was gone just because of all the change and worry about him. Then I was getting...
I'm having a horrible day today and I can't shake it. The past few nights I've felt constant terror and super edgy like its hard to explain except for that. Also the past like week or so I've had...
Dizziness/vertigo is one of my major things. I can't go in open spaces I get so dizzy and then feel like the earth is moving and then panic because I have nothing to hold on to. Ask for meclizine...
Thank you! Yes I plan on hopefully starting it tomorrow I have a pill phobia that's so severe I won't take anything except for what I've been on forever. I've been talking myself into it all day lol...
Yeah I got to almost 200 then was like woah enough is enough my normal weight is 130-135 so that was a lot of strain put on me but I got to 155 while still on lexapro after diet and exercise then got...
Yeah I mean I'd like to try something since I'm out of control right now and am hoping I can find something that helps better than lexapro did I stayed on lexapro for like 6 years just because I was...
Has anyone tried cymbalta or had any luck with it?? My Dr recommended me trying it and I just was wondering if anyone's had luck with it. My biggest concern with these kinds of medicines is the...
I stopped lexapro after probably 6 years. I stopped cold turkey I don't recommend that but the pharmacist said it's such a low dose that there's really no need to taper and I did have some weird...
I'm interested in knowing about buspar too my dr prescribed it to me and like you I'm afraid to take new medication and i'm trying to wean off ativan only 1mg a day because this new dr I'm seeing...
How is the buspar they prescribed me it to try I haven't yet my anxiety is off the charts right now and I really want off the ativan so I'm doing a slow taper even though I'm only on 1mg I certainly...
Thanks guys! Yeah I took .25 last night instead of .5 and felt fine I just recently went almost 3 days without them because my doctor didn't give me enough for the month and I felt like I was in hell...
Hey guys I am trying to taper off 1mg lorazapam and was told to cut in half so if I recall I remember the dr said it was ok to cut them in half? Does anyone else cut there's in half? I just wanted to...
I have super bad indigestion and stomach issues from all my anxiety and I get the pain in my back and chest and it doesn't help that I get severe heartburn with it all if I had to guess I'd say...
Yes please and thank you! I just don't wanna feel like crap until Tuesday :/ I mean 2 days without them should be OK but I still feel really crappy and I am on a very low dose....
Thank you everyone! Yeah it's my first day without any ativan at all in about 6 months I feel really crappy and panicky and I went to the pharmacy again and they won't give me 4 pills until I can...
I was I just moved again been back and forth a bit which is really throwing me off next year my fiance and I can finally move home for good and stay there all of this change is throwing me off. I...
Thank you!! I'm going to try to taper off of them I don't want to be on them long term and I want to get off of lamictal I may start buspar to help get off the ativan. I guess I feel hopeless and...
So I have had severe anxiety and panic attack for the past 6 months about and I've been taking .5mg ativan 2x a day one in morning and one before bed so 1mg isn't a lot I know that but I can...
Has anyone here been on lamictal and has gone off it. I've been on lamictal for probably 6 or 7 years and it has never really helped I've just taken it because I'm used to it and I want to get off of...
I just recently found out that I have POTS and my Dr said we could try a beta blocker it wasn't necessary but said if I were his daughter he would try it. I was prescribed toprol I haven't started it...