Posted by karenR on March 6, 2001, at 9:46:04
I recently posted a message about Remeron and weight gain. First, I want to thank
everyone who responded. This web-site has been a real God-send to me. I was really
feeling alone about the symptoms of anxiety I was feeling, but to know that there is
population of "normal" people with the same problems is a real comfort to me. Anyway, the form in which
my anxiety was most severe was tightness in my chest and difficulty getting a full
breath in. I have been on remeron for 2.5 weeks now. I swear, it's a miracle.
I couldn't believe anything could make me feel "normal" again. Anyway, now that I am
properly medicated, I need to develop "coping skills". I don't want to be medicated
for life (plus, I dread gaining weight on the Remeron. I think I only gained a few
pounds, and I am on top of it, but can this continue?!?). Anyway, what types of coping
mechanisms have other people been successful with? I am still seeing a therapist but
I am not sure how much I am going to get from him. When my breathing difficulties started
about 6 months ago, he said things like "just don't take deep breaths" which to me sounds
as stupid as telling people who have insomnia to "just relax", it doesn't work! Now I
seem to be pretty irritable on the remeron, but he thinks it's just the medication "allowing"
me to feel the emotions that I had previously bottled up. I am not so sure of this, but
I'm willing to consider it. Anyway, has anyone ever had the type of anxiety symptons (or
even others!) that they've learned some sort of coping mechanism and been able to go off
of meds? My worst fear is that my anxiety will keep increasing to keep up with
the level of meds in my blood.Thanks, karenR
poster:karenR
thread:55703
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