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Grieving widow

Read your post about your insurance and that you have to manage on less medication. As you yourself said it will probably be better for you in the long run, but I naturally understand your anxiety.
Have you started taking less?
I was just wondering how you are doing now, if you are still feeling ok?
Take care
Minnie
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Im not feeling okay. i went to lay down and i'm having a panic attach breathing rapidly
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Im not feeling okay. i went to lay down and i'm having a panic attach breathing rapidly
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is anyone here?
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u ok? I'm here...
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is there anyone who can help me get thrua pannic attack?
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Just breathe, actually the more you move your legs the better you will feel.  Me anyways, and breath in and out in and out... u still here with me?  I hope you are ok.  I'm not much help, but I'm here for you.
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I'm here... when I go through panic attacks sometimes I cut an ativan or a valium in half and sometimes that works.  Usually if that doesn't work, I'll take the other half.  But don't take any more than that, just keep breathing and moving your legs, get up and walk around the room maybe?  How long u been off your DOC?
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Dear Minnie,

So nice to see a post from you, we have not talked in a while.  I am glad you understand while in one way I know I am better off without the extra meds, but at the same time I am scared.  You seem to just about your deal beat now, it seems?  I don't know what is going to come of me.  When I was at my doctor's appt. last week he told me that he hoped I had some short-term disability insurance as he predicted I was going to have some type of significant neurological event in the near future - that was nice to hear on top of also hearing the news about my nosey insurance company.  I cannot get my blood pressure under control even with doubling up on two different meds and I have these headaches all the time which is what got me started on these pills to begin with.  Thanks again though for thinking of me.  I think of you often.


Dear Lonote,

Are you feeling any better?  I started having panic attacks on the second anniversary of my husband's death.  I woke up that morning having one and it may be the scariest day of my life.  I did not know what was happening to me, I just knew that something really really bad was starting to happen either to me or someone I loved, and I even thought I was having a nervous breakdown. That is the day that I started taking Xanax!  But I just take one or two a month now thank God.  Why are you having these, are you in the midst of withdrawal right now?  I am sorry, I cannot remember your exact situation.  Just know that it will pass, that is the thing about panic attacks, they always go away in time.

Love to you both,

Cindy
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