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...

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stevebo 05/08/2013

I get these days where i feel nervous full of anxiety and it just doesn't seem to end. I take 1 mg of klonopin a day and that was for atrial fib years ago. It does seem to be worse with weather changes and it is raining today and not nice day. I can force myself to do things and i am a great pretender that nothing is wrong with me people would not know however internally i feel like a nervous wreck. what do people suggest or and ideas to end this cycle or problem thanks steve here

deleted_user 05/08/2013

You've come to the right place, stevebo! Though, some of us are better "pretenders" than others, it really doesn't fix the problem, does it? You said the klonopin was for a heart problem, how old is it? Does that mean you're not seeing someone in the psychiatric community? I'm concerned about you taking old medication, as a start. Next, It would help to know what the anxiety is about? Is it about being in a group of people/strangers? Getting lost? It would really help to know the "why" of the problem, in order to get to the "how" to fix it.

deleted_user 05/08/2013

PS - what about the rain do you think upsets you?

stevebo 05/08/2013

i don't see anyone in the psychiatric community i just get my script from my regular doctor. Its the only drug(klonopin) that i take well i do have some xanex if things get really bad. Just tired and feel off balance recently I am checking my thyroid it has 4 nodules on it

BonTemps 05/09/2013

There are some alternatives to the Benzos. I started Buspar about 10
months a go as a last effort to stay off the SSRIs. If it hadnt worked , I was ready to give up and go on Lexapro or Zoloft. But it did work and
Im very pleased to have avoided the antidepressants . Talk to you doc
about the other drug classes.

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