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Re: anxiety does this? » coral

Posted by mikal on January 15, 2003, at 16:21:45

In reply to Re: anxiety does this?, posted by coral on January 15, 2003, at 16:12:37

> Dear Daizy,
>
> What was your original diagnosis? Was it the anxiety? The reason I ask is that my first symptom that something was wrong was a massive panic attack and I began suffering panic/anxiety attacks VERY similar to what you described. The meds my original doc prescribed, Xanax and Elavil, were terrible. In any event, four months into the panic/anxiety, I nosedived into a severe depression. Like you, my anxiety worsened in the evening, even to the point of waking me once I was asleep. However, all attempts at conquering the panic/anxiety were futile because, for me, they were warnings of the oncoming depression. After three and a half years of hell (depression w/anxiety/panic), I did recover and have only had one minor relapse in seven years. There's hope....
>
> Coral

That's the scariest part for me... knowing that the panic and anxiety push me further into depression. I'll fight tooth and nail to stay out of that. I used to be a real dumb as* when it came to using drugs for psych disorders; that people who did we're weak minded (though I had no problem for many years doing "illeagal" drugs - idiot.) And now my attitude is "what ever it takes." I didn't realize what it was like to live w/o depression. Depression is awful and panic/anxiety is awful, and there is no shame in fighting it with all available means.


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