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, I too, am new to this group. Right now things are unbearable. My 23 year old son is living with me and he is driving me mentally ill! I think because I am absorbing his feelings and issues. He graduated college in dec. with a bachelors in psychology. Went to russia and spain for 4 months on his own, travelling. Then expected to come home and make aliyah. What that is, is becoming a dual citizen of Israel/u.s. His father is jewish (i am not) and they offer people this, they teach them hebrew, then they do the military for 6 months, and then he can get his masters degree, totally paid for by the government. He had to submit all kinds of records and jump through hoops, which he totally is lackadaisical. He is depressed, super agitated, sleeps all day, and is up all night. I took him to a psychiatrist, who put him on lamictal. He says its not working. I have to walk on eggshells around him. Any high pitched noise sets him off. Any loud talking sets him off. And god knows if I ask him any questions about ANYTHING that sets him off. I am trying so hard to help him, but he just won't accept anybod'ys help. I have so much anxiety at night my body is just (how shall I put it) it just rocks back and forth, and my legs never stop moving and my body just lays there and twitches, probably like a hard- core drug addict going through withdrawals. I woke up with the most SEVERE anxiety attack with a HORRIFIC nightmare, I literally thought I was really going to go insane, it scared me so bad. I have a limited supply of xanax of .5 and I took 1/2 of one of those plus two tyelonl p.m.s and went out on the couch to sleep. Again I had to do the same thing last night. I am so scared I am going to go insane. My doctor said go ahead and take a whole xanax if I need too, but I am scared if I run out, there is not a renewal on them, and what if he does not renew them? I just don't want to have to rely on pills. Because previous to him coming I slept fine. But my feelings are so tied up into what is going to happen to my son, and I don't know how to disconnect. I guess I will just have to leave the house as much as possible to stay away. I am miserable.
As for your son, how long has he been on the medication? It can take 4 to 6 weeks for new medications to kick in, if he's been on it for over a month, it's time to take him back to the doctor to get his medication switched. If not, tell him to wait it out, and get out of the house and find something to do :)
As for you and your anxiety, please talk to your doctor about your night tremors, they may want to add either a sleeping pill or something like klonopin to your list (klonopin helps with both anxiety and night movements). Also, being on xanax, please make sure you're seeing your doctor monthly so s/he can continue to assess how you're doing. your medications may need to be changed to help control the anxiety you're experiencing.
Know we're here for you if you ever need to scream, cry, vent, etc! I hope things get better for you soon!