ive got a problem

hey ive got a problem i have been getting latley these feelings that like im going to go crazy like snap and kill myself or something i dont think i will actually do it cuz im so scared of dying but i just feel liike im never gonna be right like im gonna end up crazy and i get these feelings and i cant focus or do anything and while im doing this i just feel like im gonna go crazy the thought of keeping a job and live makes me feel like im gonna end up in the mental hospitAL and i keep tellin myself im not gonna go crazy and im normal but that dosent work i njust want these feelings to stop but they just dont and i cant execpt that this is anxiety cuz i feel my symptoms everyday not the problem i have now but if u read my other posts u will see but can anxiety symptoms last all day for months and months and make u not be able to physiclly work cuz if u start to even do a little bit of work u feel these symptoms and u search the internet to find answers and hope its anxiety but it dont sound like the classic symptoms of anxiety this is what i go through everyday in my head cuz when i went ti the physciatrist he gave me xanax for pannic attacks but i dont have panic attacks i feel these weird symptoms everyday all day and i dont have ur classic symptoms of anxietyu and another question if i keep tellin myself i have anxiety and try everyday to belive it then why aint i better cuz i try and try to belive its aanxiety and i tell myself i have anxiety but i just dont get better i want to be normal again

[crystalfresh]

When you take the correct prescribed dose of Xanax do these feeling go away?

[base09]

i havent takin it yet but the ont time and i went to sleep so i dont know but i started lexapro and im on my forth day of taking it but anyways this stuff lasts all day and can anxiety do this and can this be depression also mabey

[crystalfresh]

I just read up on Lexapro from the lexapro website. It states that relief from this drug starts as soon as 1-2 weeks and the full effect is felt after 4-6 weeks. This drug helps both generalized anxiety and depression. So it covers both.

From the website it says it is too soon to feel the positive benefits yet. So yes you can still be feeling the same anxiety symptoms. So for the mean time I'd follow the Drs prescription and if you are only supposed to use Xanax as needed than follow that. The Lexapro should be enough. But you will need to give it at least 2 weeks to know.

Wanting to harm your self is not normal and if you feel you would "actually want to" do something like that then contact your doctor right away. If you begin to develop the urge to want to do that than contact your doctor right away.

Proud of you. Don't pass judgment on the medication before the full 14 days. If the med does not agree with you contact your doctor right away. Otherwise it is a wait game at this point until 6/18/08.

In 10 days you have to ask your self do you still feel that passing out drop dead feeling? If no then great, if yes contact your doctor and relay that nothing has changed. But it is important to know if it has not changed at all or has a little bit. If a little bit of improvement then wait the full 6 weeks for the medication to fully kick in. If none at all I'd want to talk to the doctor to see if this might have ruled out anxiety.

At least you are not wasting time. You are now getting answers. Either way you get an answer now.

[crystalfresh]

I can't comment other than what Lexapro has on their website so maybe someone else taking Lexapro can post how long it took for positive relief from this drug.

[goodeys]

Hi Base,

Just to let you know that I can totally relate to your post and feel for you.

I hae been 'dying' now for four months and the symptoms that I get last all day everyday from the minute I wake until the minute I fall asleep. This is how I convinced myself that It was a physical problem and not Anxiety as surely if it were anxiety the symptoms would subside at some point and wouldn't wake me from my sleep. I have had every major test done and instead of feeling reassured that the tests have not shown anything serious I think that they have 'missed' something.

I myself am not working at the moment as I have a youg baby to look after but I think that work could be the answer to sort myself out. I had a problem with a health anxiety four years ago and was convinced that I was dying, after a month of being off work i returned on reduced hours and I think that this is what finally sorted me out along with the drugs. I think that having your attention on something else like work is far better than sitting around at home focussing on what is wrong is so much better in the long term but you have to be in a postion where you can feel like you can go to work without freaking out first.

I too am petrified of dying which i where I think the anxiety stems from but at times I feel so crazy that I cannot bare to be inside my own head and have thought about possibly milling myself too just for the release and break from my own delusions.

It is a long hard road but I know that we will both get there in the end. Stick with the drugs, they take some time to work and then the results are so slight sometimes that we do not even realise that they are working until one day hey presto you are nearly back to your old self.

I have also told myself that it is anxiety but it has made no difference to my symtoms (symptoms), I have been told that perhaps I am trying too hard and that little steps are the way to go rather then expecting miracles over night.

Stick with it and you will get there, it is just horrible to be stuck in the moment but it will eventually get better for us all.

Take care
Sam x

[kristine9190]

I am on Lexapro, and it took a good six weeks to feel the full effects of this drug. I feel really great now, so try as hard as you can to stick with it. Have you tried therapy? I was on Lorazapam along with therapy for the full 6 weeks it took for this stuff to begin working. From looking at your profile, it really seems that you have quite a bit to be proud of, a great family, and a baby on the way! Take Care of yourself, and talk with your Dr. frequently about the way you are feeling. As I said, therapy is a hug help, they teach you ways to cope with your stress and feelings of anxiety. Hang with it, I'm glad I did.

Take Care,
Kristine