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 have anxiety and have had for years.
I also have heart palpitations that I have had for 31 years.
It feels like a flutter or a missed heartbeat when it happens.
Anyway, I have had numerous holter monitor tests, ekg's, and echocardiograms over the years. It always shows nothing, and the dr says it's anxiety.
About five years ago, I had another holter monitor test and echo, two cardiologists found nothing and said it's anxiety.
Well, lately they have happened more frequently, but I'm also having a whole household full of guests from out of town and other stress.
I have been on lexapro 20mg for 9 years for anxiety. I don't know if it's even working anymore.
My family dr says that kind of medicine is out of his scope of practice and referred me to a psychiatrist.
I went to a couple who want to put me on very potent antidepressant medicine.
My family dr even said they were way too much.
I always had a dr who took care of all of you, even prescribed those meds.
I feel like I should find a different fam dr.
What do you think?
I don't have ins to see psychiatrists anyway.
Do you see fam dr for anxiety?
I also have heart palpitations that I have had for 31 years.
It feels like a flutter or a missed heartbeat when it happens.
Anyway, I have had numerous holter monitor tests, ekg's, and echocardiograms over the years. It always shows nothing, and the dr says it's anxiety.
About five years ago, I had another holter monitor test and echo, two cardiologists found nothing and said it's anxiety.
Well, lately they have happened more frequently, but I'm also having a whole household full of guests from out of town and other stress.
I have been on lexapro 20mg for 9 years for anxiety. I don't know if it's even working anymore.
My family dr says that kind of medicine is out of his scope of practice and referred me to a psychiatrist.
I went to a couple who want to put me on very potent antidepressant medicine.
My family dr even said they were way too much.
I always had a dr who took care of all of you, even prescribed those meds.
I feel like I should find a different fam dr.
What do you think?
I don't have ins to see psychiatrists anyway.
Do you see fam dr for anxiety?
Your story is similar to mine. Have had anxiety since I was a kid, but as I got older and burnt the candle at both ends my anxiety and depression are worse.
I am on Seroquel and Ativan for my anxiety and Cymbalta for the depression. You may find you want something more for your anxiety. Just an AD wasn't enough for mine.