Posted by bassman on September 27, 2006, at 9:44:13
In reply to has anyone experienced these anxiety symptoms, posted by mike lynch on September 27, 2006, at 1:46:26
Yes...I have exactly the same symptoms, I call it "agitated depression"-not knowing if that is the correct term. I really doubt it has anything to do with you having taken meds...remember that talking to a group of people is one of the top 5 fears of people-higher on that list than death. Also, because you haven't been anxious in the past doesn't mean you aren't now...the anxiety would probably have shown up whether you had the meds or not. I think you are "blaming" the meds when taking meds was really just something that happened before you started having this reaction to speaking-so you think the two are related.
Some people take beta blockers before speaking to avoid the symptoms you describe.
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