When anti-anxiety medication is not enough to control anxiety.
My daughter suffers from a very very severe case of anxiety disorder. (Read post My daughter needed help for her anxiety disorder.) She has lived a life controlled by worry and depression. At age 34, Beth is finally seeing the light. She is successfully using a cocktail of anti-anxiety medications (prozac, neurontin, klonopin) which have definitely decreased her anxiety. But the medication has not completed the task of controlling Beth’s anxiety sufficiently. She continues to be functioning in a limited capacity both in her personal and business life.
For 2 years her psychiatrist has been begging Beth to see a Cognitive …
Antibiotics can throw off my balance of anti-anxiety & anti-depressant medications
I am getting over a sinus infection that was overlapped with the flu. So that is about 3 weeks all told that I have been taking either an antibiotic and/or Tamiflu. And today I am feeling really cranky and sad. My anxiety and depression are getting the upper hand.
I have had similar experiences of feeling like crap after having other upper respiratory illnesses. My psychiatrist has always reminded me that the physical illness plus the medication taken for it can upset the balance of mood, calm, attitude, that I have achieved by taking Paxil and Neurontin. So, while I know in …
If anxiety strikes, I can now fight back.
As a person with generalized anxiety disorder, I am realizing that I will never be completely immune to overreacting to situations by becoming unbearably anxious. Scary as that is, I am also becoming aware of the fact the anxiety, when it strikes, will be more controllable.
With the help of my anti-anxiety/anti-depressant medications (Paxil and Neurontin), when, and if, I slip and find myself flipping out, I manage to grab hold before it pushes me over the edge.
Everything must be looked at in terms of degree. There is never going to be a CURE for generalized anxiety disorder. But the fact that there …
These are the anti-anxiety/depression medications that I take.
With all the blogging, I did not take the time to mention what my anti-anxiety “cocktail” currently is. The first anti-depressant that I tried was Prozac, That did not agree with me. Instead of helping my anxiety and depression, it wound me up and I was jumping out of my skin. There is no denying that finding the right medication for your anxiety and depression might be difficult. Some people find the right medication on the first try. But that is unusual.
I am taking Paxil CR with Neurontin. I take 37.5 mg of Paxil CR in the morning and midday, …
Becoming a mother made my anxiety worse. Or was it vice versa?
Why is there no real preparation for motherhood? No one can ever tell you how it feels to have your own child. Mothers, you know what I am talking about. Fathers, some of you know what I mean, too.
Now for the relatively normal woman, being a mother is indeed a challenge. It changes your life. You no longer come first. You suddenly (even though you had 9 months to think about it) find yourself responsible for keeping a tiny, helpless baby alive and well. On the other hand, for an anxiety driven woman like me, becoming a mother is a …
The Results of My Visit to the Psychiatrist
Dr. G listened patiently to my “life story”. I talked and I cried. There was alot to tell him. When I was done, he sat back and said, in Psychiatry, we call people like you, who suffer from anxiety and depression, the “walking wounded“. No one knows what is going on inside you as you go about your daily life. To the onlooker, you seem perfectly fine, but all the while you are suffering silently. You don’t have to suffer any longer. I will help you to feel better. This is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. Anxiety …
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