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Things have taken a turn towards the good so far!! With anxiety it does tend to come on strong and percipitate all kinds of spiraling downward symptoms and then as quickly as it starts....it disappears..sometimes for months...sometimes for years. That has been my experiance. So for now things have been going "WONDERFUL". Without any extra medication I might add. Just my usual ativan every night and xanax maybe 2 times a month. I am so glad I fought through the many suggestions the doctors recommended to me re: perscriptions. Now I have all these antidepressant meds piled up in my medicine cabinet...haha. Feels good to be "ME" again and with the holidays approaching...feels even better. I truly feel this site helped me through this time....I keep a personal journal but there is something about someone else reading your pain and responding that is uplifting to the spirit. Now it's my turn to be there for someone else whom may need it. It's a give and take. Thanks to all whom responded!!

Woke up last night with "CRUSHING CHEST PRESSURE"....Two days of feeling O.K. and here it was again and this time it was 3:00 A.M. Worst time as it's hard to focus your way out of it....everything and everyone is asleep and it is "SO QUIET". So I tried stretching and pinching myself but to no avail...had to break down and take a xanax. Even that did'nt help right away...which was odd! Added to the stress that I thought it was a "HEART ATTACK" for real. Finally fell asleep and woke up to take my daughter to school with yet more chest pressure........took another 1/2 of a .25mg xanax...it still lingered for an hour or so. I just mentally gave up and said "IF IT IS MY TIME....I GUESS IT'S MY TIME". Here I am now this evening....STILL ALIVE!! Anyone else go through these symptoms? How and what do you do to help resolve them? Any suggestions help. Thanx all!!