Hi Jake.
It the good news bad news syndrome when it comes to negative emotions and psychological structures embedded in the subconscious.
The conscious mind celebrates the good news, only to have the celebration
interrupted by the subconscious mind, which brings up the bad news-stored negative emotions associated with the workplace, like social anxiety, work performance anxiety and other related emotions.
It is similar in a way to overweight people on a weight loss program where things seem to be going well, until one night, they get up and pull out from the fridge the half black-forest cake, left-over from a birthday celebration and finish it all!
The good news is being on the weight-loss program.
The bad news-stored in the subconscious- is "You will NEVER be loved, so you might as well eat all this cake and be FAT", "If you lose weight, you will be more attractive, which might lead to a relationship and not without all the complications and added responsibilities. Who wants that?" and so on!
Therapy my friend might be your only real solution.
Hopefully you can get a therapist to get down to those core issues and help you clear them. Somebody good in regression therapy, perhaps using hypnosis, could help speed up the process of healing the mind and the psyche.
I have used in cases like yours a combination of EFT, Energy psychology and Hypnosis to facilitate a mental and emotional re-balancing.
Medications can help some people with certain chemical imbalances, but they can only do so much.
Best wishes,
Niko
Thanks for taking the time to read this and respond! Much appreciated. That's a very good analogy. I don't know why it happens. It's like a plague that just overcomes me. It makes me pretty much sick. It's like I barely want to eat or do anything when it's at it's peak. I got my medication dosage bumped up yesterday, and I do see a therapist. Unfortunately, I keep getting new therapists because my other ones have either had to move, got a new job, etc :/
If there are chemical imbalances that cause anxiety and depression nobody knows what they are, and there are no meds for that problem. Which brings us to you're having one major trigger for your anxiety, which seems to be job related and all that entails. If this keeps arising, then it's likely the meds you're on aren't the right ones. if anxiety is your main problem, Effexor is a very stimulating antidepressant, and can often cause anxiety, so it's not usually what someone who mainly has anxiety not caused by depression would be put on. So you might look into that. I think the above, though, recommending therapy is where you should have started, but make sure you find a therapist who specializes in anxiety treatment. Unfortunately, in my experience, most therapist don't, and most who do don't take insurance. CBT is a form of therapy that's considered the most effective for anxiety, but they won't care at all about how you got this way -- they'll just focus on techniques to change the way you're thinking. Good luck whatever you choose to do.
Thanks a lot for the advice. Yeah, I recently started a vocational rehab program. Finally got a call back from them after my initial appointment. Got my next appointment scheduled, and from there that's when my anxiety and nerves and panic just flared up like crazy out of nowhere. So the job stuff and all that it entails are definitely the trigger.
Interesting to hear about effexor. My problems are definitely anxiety, nervousness, and panic. Not so much depression and what not. Do you know what medicine or medicines are the best for just anxiety, nerves, etc? Thanks again!!