Posted by Greg A. on November 6, 2001, at 0:20:56
In reply to lol.. on that last subject line, posted by juliedealer on November 5, 2001, at 18:18:36
Thanks Julie. You seem to have a lot of insight into what might be part or a cause of your depression. (Also into how to get through a Polish winter)
Seriously, I used to think 'anxious' was my normal state of being. Like you describe,it seemed I always felt some level of anxiety, followed by periods of even greater anxiety. Strangely - I never had outright panic attacks. That would be unmanly! I discovered Xanax about 15 years ago. I could not believe that it killed my anxiety in minutes. But of course I then entered the vicious circle of more and more xanax, and rebound anxiety. I related in one of my posts how my pdoc convinced me to give ADs a real try and slowly eliminate the xanax. I was amazed that as the AD relieved my depression, the anxiety became much less. Even without the tranqilizers.
I would be very suspicious that your anxiety is depression related from what you say. I suppose you must have been through lots of ADs over the years. Has anything worked for you? Even with lots of alcohol, I still found most of the ADs helped my depression -for awhile, and then I'd have to switch to another one. My current cocktail (pun intended) of ADs has lasted the longest of anything.
There's something that will work for you Julie. It's a matter of being persistent in searching for the right thing(s) and getting the best hep possible. And being honest with yourself - something you seem to do quite well.Greg
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