Posted by schleprock on December 13, 2012, at 1:08:09
In reply to What happens if anxiety disorder is unmedicated?, posted by Prefect on December 12, 2012, at 21:03:42
> Lately going through my relapse I've been giving something a lot of hard thought. Heck, I go through an insane amount of panic and anxiety through out the day, and I'm so good at it by now no one at work even notices. My wife forgets I'm going through a relapse, because I still drive everywhere and do everything while quietly freaking out next to her. I can have a quiet panic attack at work and even find a window of opportunity to respond a something a coworker asks.
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> This got me wondering what would happen if I just gradually went off my 75 mg /day Luvox all together (which has lost its effectiveness anyway) and put up with the panic and anxiety everyday, had a quiet little panic attack or two a day like I am these days, and like I've been doing for the past 4 months. What would happen?
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> Wouldn't my head at some point desesitize? Or would it get worse? I keep getting conflicting messages when I try to research this, one school says exposure will desensitize me, the other says untreated anxiety can get progressively worse. But can it, if I'm not succombing to avoidance behavior? How can my brain maintain this for good? Wouldn't I get desensitized?If you're able to travel to work and have conversations with your co-workers, then you still have quite a bit of the abyss beneath you. I really don't think you want to go down any further...
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