Posted by Abby Cunningham on January 14, 2008, at 16:34:20
In reply to My Anxiety is so Bad..Can anyone Relate to this ??, posted by garyengelm on January 14, 2008, at 16:04:41
Hi Gary,
I have GAD and major depression. I hate meds. so I try to stay low on them but it is very difficult. I take xanax 1.75mg-2mg. per day, and 100SR wellbutrin which helps the depression.Today I was snowed in and housebound; like you I don't go out much during the winter; just to the store once in a while and to my doctors appointments. I have no kids however, just the four-legged kind!
I was very bad today; called my psychiatrist, wanted to take a drink was so anxious but instead this afternoon (should have done before) I did 15 minutes hard exercise on the elliptical trainer and I feel at least 85% better! I never thought it would be that dramatic as I am usually not as horribly anxious as I was today.
Gary, have you tried doing exercise, I mean real areobic exercise to get your heart rate up for 20 minutes or so? It may not last for a long time but I can go back and do more later. I hope this helps.
Abby
> Just want to see if anyone has anxiety as bad as mine and what they've tried.
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> My anxiety gets so bad sometimes, I'm on the verge of going in-patient into a hospital. Here is my daily routine. I get up at 8am, awakened by the anxiety. It's usually in my head in the morning. I get up about 8am, take Klonopin 1mg, Serzone 300mg, and Metoprolol for HR control at 12.5mg. Next I get my two kids 5 and 7 ready and off to the bus stop. I come back to the house and within the hour of taking the meds, my anxiety eases from like a 7/10 to a 4/10. With the cold weather, and the general feeling of anxiety, I don't leave the house much. I am able at times to go to the grocery store and to my MD appts. During the day, I try and stay busy doing odds and ends, but the anxiety starts getting worse by noon. I gets so bad that I just sit on my couch with my hands on my head just tapping my feet on the floor. I feel the anxiety in my stomach, chest, and sometimes in the head. I hate it when it's in the head, thats usually when I say to myself I can't take this anymore. I take 0.25-0.5mg of Xanax again at noon or so and I calm down again for a few hours but it's still there. My kids get home and are all hyper at around 4:30pm and this gets my anxiety going again. In general, my anxiety is usually on average a 7/10. I've read all the self help book, audios, etc, but they don't help worth a damn. Around 7pm or so, I repeat the morning meds and then I calm down real nice. Sometimes, I feel perfect. Not sure why this is, but I think I'm just exhausted from all the anxiety during the day. When I finally get into bed usually at around 11pm, I fall right asleep. I don't wake up during the night. I have bad dreams or should I say weird bizarre dreams. They arn't nightmares, but just not pleasant. So now I'm trying to add the low dose antipsychotics, but I only get more sedated. Thats my day, can anyone relate. I didn't talk much about depression, I am depressed, but not sure if it's because of all of this anxiety or if it's what triggered all this in the first place. Any responses would be appreciated.
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> Gary
poster:Abby Cunningham
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