Posted by mike lynch on September 27, 2006, at 1:46:26
For me the symptoms are triggered when I am addressing a group, whether it be giving a speech or simply reading -- sometimes it happens when talking to certain people. The strange thing is, is that I've never had a problem with anxiety to this extent, only when I stopped meds. But the relevant part is that prior to being on meds I functioned for 16 years without meds with none of these symptoms -- I didn't go on meds for anxiety at all, now it's there suddenly.
Anyway the symptoms are as follows, heart pounding, typical -- but then I get a really shaky voice, and a feeling as if I'm about to cry, there is also a noticable nuance in my voice that suggests I'm about to lose it.. This happens sometimes when I'm talking to teachers, espeically when giving speech's and reading in class
People probably think I just experienced something tragic or, I'm just an emotionally fragile wierdo. I just start feeling shamed after these occurences. I can't finish speeches or anything because the feeling of almost crying is just to much and impossible to hide.
I've been off meds for 120 days, and I've given 3 speeches, and this problem has only exposed itself strangely in the last 10 days, before that I wasn't overcome with anxiety that shook me from head to toe. I don't know if the prozac stayed in my system for that long or what. Anyway I don't know what I'm going to do, becaues I'm not screwing myself up with meds anymore, and I don't know how effective natural meds will be.
I'm going to have to drop speech class considering I can't give anymore speeches, any treatment will just take to long -- these random symptoms just crept up spontaneously, this was never a problem ever. This f*cking sucks
poster:mike lynch
thread:689527
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