Jaymay, Effexor has been a tremendous help for me. I am on a minimum dose. It has given me my life back at least for now....
Dump him and move on. It will be very hard but time does heal. Do not let him patronize you. You can find someone who understands and loves you for who you are....
Effexor has not affected my blood pressure. I have been on it for about six months. It has been a very effecttive drug for me....
My wife would give me benedryl for anxiety to help me sleep at night. It worked like a charm....
Hey nervymeg, When we are stressed and anxious we feel the pressure and the finger pointed at us a little more than most. Hang in and know you are doing your job well and don't take any bull. People...
As a lifelong runner and one who uses the treadmill on occassion I can assure you that exercise is a tremendous relief and very good for you. Your heart is an amazing organ and muscle I might add....
bee, paxil is bad for the zaps, especially if you miss a few doses. I am on effexor which has been very good, but it is just as bad if I miss ONE dose. So I make sure I don't anymore. That is the...
It's panic and anxiety. Hey, you are in law school. Anybody would be stresssed! Just continue to get help. Take meds and get counseling if you need it. It all helps. Just try not to get overwhelmed...
Hang in there, you are not alone! If you need to talk, I am there for you! I know how you feel!...
I am a twenty year veteran of teaching and a long time veteran of anxiety and depression. I love teaching. I love being a teacher. But education has changed so much over the years. It used to be...
I went through a period of dizziness my senior year in college several years ago. I was under a lot of stress, but I didn't realize it was anxiety. I was diagnosed over that summer with hypogylcemia....
Buspar has worked for me and what I liked about it was that it worked gradually and you didn't really notice until one day, you realized, hey, I feel better! I have taken Buspar with Prozac for...
Anxiety can start at a very early age. Eight is about the time I started dealing with it. I didn't realize at the time that was anxiety. I had the characteristics. I am a perfectionist. I don't...
Redshoe, you sound just like me. Except, I won't suck up to anyone. But I try to please. The harder I work, the worse it seems to get. Most of my stress is job related. Everything else in my life is...
That was a pretty unprofessional thing to do. As a teacher I have never made any secret about my anxiety disorder. I found out there were others like me taking meds and have had at least one panic...
I know how you feel. Going to school with panic and anxiety is awful. There will not be to many of your classmates that understand. I never told anyone. I just suffered. Find ways to handle the...
Hang in there Georgia. I know how you feel. It sounds just like me at times. Effexor is doing the job now. Being a teacher is stressful and Effexor is helping keep the stress in check. But I still...
I have had some very sharp pains in that area. I attribute it to anxiety and stress. I am a daily runner. It is not heart disease. But it hurts like hell and has literally doubled me over....
Gosh, I feel guilty. I haven't gone through near as much as you guys have. I must consider myself a lucky man. You people are true survivors! I admire you. You could have given up!...