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 know it is the middle of the night in the sates but i am here in germany and had a really bad night. i was taken off my medication, Doxepin, on monday, (i had been taking it for about a month and before that i had been on trimpramin since april), because it was having a counter effect. now i have a meeting with the neurologist on friday for a try at something else. i have been struggling with the effects of going cold turkey now and am feeling terrible. all of the sysmptoms, from skipped heart beats, tightness in chest, stomach cramps, and the fear of falling asleep. that is so terrible...i drift off and then am jolted out of the deep sleep by a feeling that my heart is about to stop or explode....it is so frustrating and i am lost---i suppose i just need to talk again...
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I gave my 2 week notice last Friday 13th. Now to join you fine people in a life of leisure and nothing else to do but to look out for myself....is it just me or does that sound pretty boring? My goal was to live to retire and I guess having to take early retirement because of health reasons wasn't exactly the way I had planned things. I just can't stay in that building that is reeking mildew...
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
My doc gives me a very mild tranquilizer for that, tranxene (clorazepate) but if i take it every day, i start feeling really groggy....
Well hope it gets better for ya.
My heart goes out to you, because part of my panic disorder before I got better was constant awakenings in the middle of the night, waking up straight into a full-blown panic attack. I know exactly what you mean about being afraid to fall asleep. It is horrible.
I didn't find any of the antidepressants helpful with this problem. The only drug that took it out of my life completely (thank you God) was Klonopin. But for others, the SSRIs may help. I don't seem to have the kind of brain (lol) that responds to SSRIs, at least for anxiety or panic.
I also found that having the radio on with calming music, or playing a tape with soft music and having it on constant play mode, so that you wake up hearing the music, helped enormously, because waking-up into a pitch-black, dead-silent room is disorienting when you are prone to panic or anxiety...and it is like "tricking the brain" to wake up hearing the music (just be VERY careful what music you play!) because the mind focuses on the music and "short-circuits" the panic attack. At least, this worked for me...
I wish you the best outcome possible...
Janet
I have been taking it for about a month and a half now.
It really helps with my anxiety, and it doesn't interfere with any other drugs.
It won't make you sleepy either.