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Anxiety, Panic attacks, my story ( caution I suck at spelling so please don't comment on that.. you know what I mean)
Jun 05, 2009 06:38AM
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Well I will start with this...
I have had anxiety all of my life, but for the past ... approx. 5-6 years anxeity has been a HUGE part of my life. And for maybe 2 years it has ran my life, however I had no idea how much of my life it was in control of.
I was on and off of zoloft for years for depression and I am going to say if you have SEVERE Anxiety I would not say you should even look at a zoloft bottle.
I can't even give you the symptoms that I was going threw it just made me feel like I was much sicker than I actually am. I always felt like **** and every single time my chest would hurt or I would have pain period which I have a chronic pain disorder and my other one causes alot of pain as well. I would freak out and spend hours on the computer looking up my symptoms as I was shaking and panicing thinking I was going to have a heart attack and hyperventalating. The past few months my anxiety was at it's worst and recently I had a panic attack that lasted 2 and a half hours before I left for the doctors and he gave me lexapro, well guess what lexapro has saved my life. I am now free of my anxiety and everyday gets better.
It is so weird it's like I am feeling and seeing everything for the first time in years like I just got out of jail even my shoulders feel slunched, like the weight has been lifted right off of them.
Please if you have anxiety don't just take xanax like I did at first don't just go to therapy ask you doctor about lexapro... I mean for those of you have anxiety all day everyday and it wont get the f*** on.
Also any of you who have yet to talk to me at all but suffer from anxiety and panic attacks you can talk to me about you panic attacks, no I don't judge you for anything and yes I will know exactly what you are going threw. I will gladdly be here for you, because as my anxiety/panic attacks were at it worst I left it all bottled in because I thought everyone would think I was nuts and I think it only made matters worse!
hope to hear from some of you
- Bethanie T
I have had anxiety all of my life, but for the past ... approx. 5-6 years anxeity has been a HUGE part of my life. And for maybe 2 years it has ran my life, however I had no idea how much of my life it was in control of.
I was on and off of zoloft for years for depression and I am going to say if you have SEVERE Anxiety I would not say you should even look at a zoloft bottle.
I can't even give you the symptoms that I was going threw it just made me feel like I was much sicker than I actually am. I always felt like **** and every single time my chest would hurt or I would have pain period which I have a chronic pain disorder and my other one causes alot of pain as well. I would freak out and spend hours on the computer looking up my symptoms as I was shaking and panicing thinking I was going to have a heart attack and hyperventalating. The past few months my anxiety was at it's worst and recently I had a panic attack that lasted 2 and a half hours before I left for the doctors and he gave me lexapro, well guess what lexapro has saved my life. I am now free of my anxiety and everyday gets better.
It is so weird it's like I am feeling and seeing everything for the first time in years like I just got out of jail even my shoulders feel slunched, like the weight has been lifted right off of them.
Please if you have anxiety don't just take xanax like I did at first don't just go to therapy ask you doctor about lexapro... I mean for those of you have anxiety all day everyday and it wont get the f*** on.
Also any of you who have yet to talk to me at all but suffer from anxiety and panic attacks you can talk to me about you panic attacks, no I don't judge you for anything and yes I will know exactly what you are going threw. I will gladdly be here for you, because as my anxiety/panic attacks were at it worst I left it all bottled in because I thought everyone would think I was nuts and I think it only made matters worse!
hope to hear from some of you
- Bethanie T
i read your story and im on zoloft for panic/ anxiety attacks and i still have them i feel dizzy sick and feel like im not in my own body its wierd and i feel helpless cause i have to go to school and take care of my 1yr old and i just dont know what to do i tell my doctors and they dont do anything im just lost and i wanted to see what you thought
hi i have panic and anxiety and depreesion feel same as u did have been on buspirone for a few months but stop working am now on citalopram been on 4 a week feeling really shit cant c an ending to all this
Try lexapro, I went from feeling like I should be commited to feeling like I did when I was 15 it is amazing!
To answer you question or state my opinion more less for you JAYDENSMOMMYO5O62OO8 I suffered for years and years on end because of a stubborn doctor and my own embarrasment to explain to a new doctor. You have to get your doctor to understand or find a new one. You can't continue living that way... To be free of my anxiety right now is so amazing and I know how you feel right now, it controls more of your life than you could imagine, at least it did mine. It caused symptoms I didn't even know anxiety could. If you seriously have uncontrolable anxiety and it won't give you a break..... (I swear by this medication it is a miricle drug it not only changed/ saved my life but my fathers also) tell you doctor (cause they seem to listen more when you bring in a third party) A friend of yours was going threw what you go threw and she suggested lexapro, there is no withdrawl when you switch from zoloft to lexapro. My doctor explained it like this they are both SSRI's but zoloft only hits 3 receptors and lexapro hits all five, the two that zoloft is missing is what helps to control anxiety. Also if you convince him/her then make it a point that you do NOT want to wean off zoloft first.. I tried that and had a panic attack for HOURS and worst yet I was home alone with my five children. If you just need someone to talk to about anything I am here for you and everyone els!
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