Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Hello Everyone,
I am new here. I am 40 yr old female. I have never had anxiety or panic attacks before. In Feb . , I suffered my very fisrt panic attack. I was rushed to the emergency room and told that it was Bronchial Spasms due to the cold weather....since than it's been a nightmare .I have non stop constant anxiety all day every day. The panic attacks have subsided as I have been able to control them a bit but when I was getting them back in Feb . I would get 5-6 a day . That carried on for a few weeks. My doctor prescribed Lorazepam . I only took it as needed for the anxiety but after a wek I started getting depressed feelings ...so I took myself back to my doctor who now at this point thinks I'm crazy and hs answer to everything is to get a physchiatrist...he has been my Primary doc for over 15 yrs..never had an issue with him until this..What about checking for underlying conditions? Thyroids ? Peri Menopause ? Ect?
Anyway, I am finally seeing a therapist and phys..they are suggersting that I take Celexa ? To treat anxiety mostly since it's constant . ( wakes me up in my sleep sometimes) and is ggod for depressed feelings.
Is this normal? ANxiety everyday ? Out of NOWHERE ? Just hit you and now this is LIFE ? If anyone can relate , please advise ...
Also, Can anyone give feedback about the meds.. I'm scared and do not want to be dependent the rest of my life but I don'r know how much more of this I can take
I am new here. I am 40 yr old female. I have never had anxiety or panic attacks before. In Feb . , I suffered my very fisrt panic attack. I was rushed to the emergency room and told that it was Bronchial Spasms due to the cold weather....since than it's been a nightmare .I have non stop constant anxiety all day every day. The panic attacks have subsided as I have been able to control them a bit but when I was getting them back in Feb . I would get 5-6 a day . That carried on for a few weeks. My doctor prescribed Lorazepam . I only took it as needed for the anxiety but after a wek I started getting depressed feelings ...so I took myself back to my doctor who now at this point thinks I'm crazy and hs answer to everything is to get a physchiatrist...he has been my Primary doc for over 15 yrs..never had an issue with him until this..What about checking for underlying conditions? Thyroids ? Peri Menopause ? Ect?
Anyway, I am finally seeing a therapist and phys..they are suggersting that I take Celexa ? To treat anxiety mostly since it's constant . ( wakes me up in my sleep sometimes) and is ggod for depressed feelings.
Is this normal? ANxiety everyday ? Out of NOWHERE ? Just hit you and now this is LIFE ? If anyone can relate , please advise ...
Also, Can anyone give feedback about the meds.. I'm scared and do not want to be dependent the rest of my life but I don'r know how much more of this I can take
I've had anxiety for decades, but I never had a panic attack until I was well over 50. Last year I even had an anxiety based hallucination that was so real and scary I it took me several weeks to figure out what really happened.
So the moral of the story is: Everyone has anxiety, in varying degrees, its how you deal with it that's important.
As I am reading/researching , I realize that it definetly has to be something that has been brewing for awhile now if it's not a medical condition that brought this on.
I am thankful that I found this group/
My life did need to change: I had been in an unhappy marriage for 17 years, feeling lost, isolated, nonexistent. I think the anxiety was a way for my survival mechanisms to kick in and bring me back to reality while I still had a chance for life. So I have had to change my life, as well as learn more about myself and become more real.
Wait and see what it is with you. But it isn't forever, it doesn't continue forever. It's just a stage and you'll get through it. :)
As to the celexa, you might have to take that for 2 years for your reactions to readjust. But when you stop, stop very slowly. :) And the doctor sending you to a psychiatrist is the right thing for him to do: he's not calling you crazy, he just needs you to have a definite diagnosis. When you have a clear professional diagnoses, you have somewhere to start from, and are more likely to get the right kind of medication. Also when you're having a panic attack you can look like a nutter and it's hard to tell which kind of nutter you might be. :D
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I did just recently have full blood work done. everything normal.
I too must figure a few things out in life as well . I did have a rough childhood ( because I was hard headed ) but would never think that my life was "bad" . I always felt that their are people who are worse off than you so what is there to complain about ?
I am very suspicious though about it being a hormonal balance or perimenopause .
Whatever the cause , its terrible and I wish everyone the best.
I am going to research a bit more about the Celexa. I would love a more natural remedy . I have a hard time taking meds.
Best Regards