Posted by mlj 123 on February 1, 2003, at 12:13:28
In reply to NO MORE PANIC ATTACKS =), posted by mikal on January 31, 2003, at 14:14:37
> I went on Lexapro 3 weeks ago 10mg... it has been an absolute savior. I haven't had a panic attack in about 18 days, this stuff started working fast. At first it seemed to disconect the full blown anxiety which would start with the racing heart from the horrible thinking that ended up, for lack of better words, making me feel crazy, sweaty and diconected from my self. I could still feel the impulse to go into panic but the restults were far less severe. Over the past couple of weeks, especially in the last 3-5 days I have noticed that my thinking has changed. I'm not focused on "what if's." Not thinking about the "what-ifs" has given me the ability to feel happiness. When you're so controlled by "what if this is the big one" it is impossible to embrace anything but horror. My panic has not only subsided; I have realized that life can be happy and good.
> I was always a person who felt "blue," and I couldn't pick out why I would get into so many "funks." I've been mildly depressed for so long that I came to understand it as my reality, because it was. I was sceptical of drugs as therapy for this "kind of thing," but will never be again. My doctor has really been patient with me as my panic and anxiety increased over the past months, I made many trips for heart check-ups, aches and pains. I don't focus on a dry patch of skin anymore manking it into a new disease, it is a dry patch of skin and lotion seems to work well, and if it's not a dry patch of skin I have the freedom to not obsess about it, I can deal with it without falling to pieces.
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> Panic, Anxiety, Depression are debilitating, no ifs ands or buts. There is no reason to stop searching if something isn't working or to stop if something is... I hope the best for everybody who stops by these boards, this has helped change my life in so many ways.>Everything you said is exactley what Ive been thru. Im so funny about having to take medicine and it took so many unencouraging trips to the doctor trying to blame this on anything but anxiety/panic. I thought I was dying of everything. My doctor was so supportive when I pleaded that this was not who I was. But she always would just suggest medicine for anxiety and I would feel so insulted. But one panic attack to many just finnaly caused me to admit to myself that I had a problem. One big problem. I didnt even realize how much my life was changing. I felt like my heart was racing every morning when I woke up just because I feared having another panic attack that day. This web site has really touched me and shown me that Im not alone. That people really do understand what it feels like when life as you know it starts falling apart and you lose your confidence in everyday life.
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