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...
I am struggling with constant anxiety and panic. I have been crying for 3 days and I cannot relax, sleep or eat. I had pulmonary embolisms in March status post varicose vein surgery and just went off my blood thinner Coumadin 2 weeks ago. Last Thursday I was diagnosed with a sinus infection and started on antibiotics. On Tuesday of this week I made my way into to work and was short of breath and ended up in the ER and then was admitted for possible pulmonary embolisms again. I have since found out that the clots are not new, they are just the old clots that have not disolved yet. I was started on Warfarin again, however, the doctor now thinks that this was all possibly anxiety and panic attacks and now is consulting with Hemotology as to whether or not I should even be on the Warfarin again. To make a long story short I am over the top in panic mode and scared of everything. My therapist and MD have tried to reassure me, but I can't stop worrying. Please help. Anyone with ideas I would greatly appreciate it.
Clonazepam is somewhat less intense and longer lasting, also harder to get addicted to. Right now I'm on prozac for anxiety in addition to wellbutrin for depression. It seems to help but it's hard to tell.
Another friend was helped a lot by zyprexa which is fairly serious but totally leveled her out. Took her from panicked, depressed, suicidal frenzy to basically okay in a few hours. Amazing transformation.