Posted by lizardk on February 12, 2005, at 16:13:05
In reply to Re: Physical symptoms » lizardk, posted by Ritch on February 12, 2005, at 15:08:35
> > Right now what I am experiencing is a constant physical anxiety all over my body, but primarily in my chest.Deep breathing, meditation, going to sleep, taking xanax, nothing seems to get rid of it.I'm currently in CBT with only minimal success so far.I've also tried fish oil and jog 2 or 3 miles a day.Nothing seems to squash the physical anxiety and i think that is where most of my depression and obsessive thoughts come from, but the SSRI's definitelt amplified every problem i have.
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> Would you describe what you are experiencing as a mixture of feelings of impending doom/intense dread (with no clear object) coupled with super hyper-vigilance where your muscles are all tight and rigid (unable to relax/sit still)? Sorry for the questioning, but I go through that at times myself and somatic problems/muscle tension/vigilance are MAJOR components to the anxiety associated with my bipolar depressions and those also strongly run in my family. As far as the SSRI's go... have you taken several different ones? Did you respond differently to any of them or were they all pretty much the same? Just wondering.. I *have* found that lowering the dose way down has helped. But I can't seem to completely get off them. It is like a little helps, but very much makes things much worse.I've been on Paxil and Lexapro, and both sent me into a tailspin very quickly on a low dose.(I think 20 mg)I would definitely describe it as being totally unable to relax with a general feeling of impending doom and also hypervigilance in respect to my physical sensations and any perceived mental errors i might make.I had tried Paxil before and it seemed semi-effective in some areas, like not having as many panic attacks.But i tried just 20 mg for a few days and it really took me to the edge, as did Lexapro.
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