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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deleted_user
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i went to a psychiatrist today and basically told me what others told me...this is genetic, not the classic symptoms or causes of anxiety, and gets a very puzzled look when i tell him all my side-effects i got from the medications i tried. i told him as bad as my anxiety got i stuck with it and never let the fear run my life and he said i "was a tough cookie." so he wouldn't prescribe me meds (which i really don't want anyway) and to try cognitive therapy (which he tells me i'm already basically doing). so, is this good or bad...i wish i could take meds that help, but i either feel drugged or strung out, so i only take xanax when needed...that one i can handle the lowest dosage which i usually cut in half. so, here i am. i do feel much better, but damn, whenever i go to the dr. they don't know because my anxiety is seemingly so weird and random. huh. oh well....
deleted_user
deleted_user
ummm... sounds like you're anxious about your shrink now! Just what you need!

So we're all supposed to be the same, are we? And we're all supposed to react to medications the same? Gee, I'm glad someone told me because I've been getting it all wrong!
deleted_user
deleted_user
Have you ever been on anti-depressents? Or just sedatives like Xanax?
deleted_user
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I just learned that anxiety can be caused by ADHD as well. Do you have trouble focusing and finishing tasks? If so, chances are you need Adderall which will take care of the ADHD and the anxiety. My friend just experienced that.

As far as meds, sometimes one cannot avoid taking them. Anxiety is a very real problem. Whenever I start having an attack, nothing I do or say or think makes it better. I have to take a xanax.

Wellbutrin is supposed to help with anxiety and it aids in quitting smoking!
deleted_user
deleted_user
i've tried anti-depressants but instead of calm me they make me on edge and i can't sleep or eat. no bueno! so the dr said if i try another one it would probably do the same thing. he was surprised that i could feel them at all because most people don't. i defineatly don't have ADHD...i don't seem to have anything...i must be a complicated case!
hopeless9
hopeless9
Ask your psych about remeron. I swear it's a miracle for me. It mellowed me out very quickly which I thought was impossible. Look it up and see what you think. I've been on all the other anti-dep and they made me so crazy and hyper but this one is incredible. Not one P/A since I started 3 weeks ago. It works usually in the first couple of days.
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