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charmingdisaster
charmingdisaster
I have been off work for a week. I needed to take some vacation time off and really needed the break mentally. I go back tomorrow and my anxiety is through the roof. I'm also in a depressed state so it's just making everything worse and making me feel like giving up. I keep thinking of all the bad things that could happen to me. My mind is racing and I'm feeling panicked right now. I'm such a wreck right now. I'm sorry if this post isn't making a lot of sense.
dancingd
dancingd
You don't need to make sense ...it sounds like you are having a lot of anxiety !
Just try your best tomorrow at work...that's all anybody can ask for .

If you need more time off, maybe a FMLA would be better ..your HR person can explain what a Family Leave of Absence is...you get more time off

Good luck
tommymott
tommymott
Do you have something to take for anxiety like xanax?
Take care of yourself.
charmingdisaster
charmingdisaster
I wish I did. I'm on lithium,lamictal, Prozac and risperdal. Sometimes I get very very anxious and all my doctor does is adjust the risperdal here and there. She said to take an additional risperdal but I'm not sure that would really work.
deleted_user
deleted_user
i found an extra risperdal worked really well in situations such as this. i think your doctor's advise is the right advise.

i'm sorry you feel so awful.
charmingdisaster
charmingdisaster
I'll give it a shot. I had tried it before and it didn't work which is why I'm questioning it. Thank you all fir your help.
surferchica
surferchica
Working while in an episode of any sort is really rough.

Maybe you can see your pdoc tomorrow and get on FMLA so you can have some more time off. I recently had 16 weeks off for mental and physical health problems. I am much better now and am very thankfully working again.

Take care & I hope you feel better soon.
BabyShelby
BabyShelby
(((Charming)))~~

I think the collective anxiety level of America rises significantly on Sunday night. Aaaaaakkkkk! Work tomorrow!!!

What's got you so worked up? Are you worried that your work will be so backed up from your absence that you'll never see the light at the end of the tunnel? Is your work environment supportive of you and your recent time off?

Or .... are you having the nastiest of anxiety -- the kind you can't really pin on anything but it's present and accounted for nonetheless?

I didn't even know I was anxious. I grew up in such a stoic German family that I learned to keep that stuff under wraps at all times. It's not that the anxiety went away .... I just kept it concealed. Eventually it ate my insides out. (Sorry to be so graphic.)

After diagnosis and meds, I now take hydroxyzine pamoate for anxiety. It works really well. Just thought I'd mention in case you wanted to ask your pdoc about it.

Here's hoping you get a restful night's sleep and have a great day at work tomorrow!!