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...
Hi everyone, I was just diagnosed two days ago with Bipolar I Disorder and Anxiety Disorder NOS.
I managed to get myself on an anti-anxiety med (Buspirone 15mg 2 per day) today, and the difference was incredible! I have been dealing with a shit-ton of anxiety these last three days because of this whole diagnosis thing, and unfortunately my next available appointment with a psychiatrist was in a month and a half at the VA, so I ended up going to the VA crisis center today as my anxiety was getting considerably worse and worse. They put me on the anti-anxiety and a mood stabilizer and I took the anti-anxiety right away.
I had some very interesting temporary side effects as the Buspirone started taking effect, then I found myself stable! I was extremely grateful for that. In fact I even noticed that my leg, which always shakes when I am sitting, STOPPED SHAKING!!! That was huge for me, I can't remember any time in my life where my legs didn't shake while sitting down. At that point they wouldn't shake unless I did it deliberately, and even then I couldn't keep it going for very long.
That lasted for like 3-4 hours before the shaking came back, but I still felt very stable. I continued to feel stable for another 4 hours even when the shaking came back. Then I could feel it wearing off. I felt unstable again, then after a few more minutes I was wanting to cry. It felt like depression! How confusing. How often does anxiety show up as wanting to cry and seem more like depression than fear?
I managed to get myself on an anti-anxiety med (Buspirone 15mg 2 per day) today, and the difference was incredible! I have been dealing with a shit-ton of anxiety these last three days because of this whole diagnosis thing, and unfortunately my next available appointment with a psychiatrist was in a month and a half at the VA, so I ended up going to the VA crisis center today as my anxiety was getting considerably worse and worse. They put me on the anti-anxiety and a mood stabilizer and I took the anti-anxiety right away.
I had some very interesting temporary side effects as the Buspirone started taking effect, then I found myself stable! I was extremely grateful for that. In fact I even noticed that my leg, which always shakes when I am sitting, STOPPED SHAKING!!! That was huge for me, I can't remember any time in my life where my legs didn't shake while sitting down. At that point they wouldn't shake unless I did it deliberately, and even then I couldn't keep it going for very long.
That lasted for like 3-4 hours before the shaking came back, but I still felt very stable. I continued to feel stable for another 4 hours even when the shaking came back. Then I could feel it wearing off. I felt unstable again, then after a few more minutes I was wanting to cry. It felt like depression! How confusing. How often does anxiety show up as wanting to cry and seem more like depression than fear?
Anxiety takes different forms in different people. Some people feel depressed a lot with it, and some people like me, don't get depressed. I just feel jittery and nervous when my anxiety kicks in.
I hope the Buspirone keeps working for you!