Posted by anxious babe on June 11, 2004, at 10:12:06
In reply to RE:: Anxious babe, posted by mystic on June 11, 2004, at 9:53:36
Luv ya Mystic...you are always there to lift my spirits with your kind words of encouragement.
I just want you to feel better soon and I know that you will - just keep your head up and we will be here for you. It took me a long time but I finally decided to try something and luckily it works for me,so I just take advantage of it and try to help other people like you who are not feeling so good right now.
I know how discouraged you must feel but believe me you will pull out of it and look back at it like I do and say "oh I never thought I was going to feel like myself again" I say it all the time.
I still have my ups and downs especially around my period. I still have to take a xanax around that time. I am currently on 5mg of Lexapro for my anxiety/panic disorder other than that the xanax has been a life saver for me. I never tried anything else and suffered all these years since I was 17 on and off - now 33 I think I finally have it under some control.
I am really scared of meds like you are and I have a very low tolerance for medication so that makes me even more scared, but I was so sick of having panic and anxiety and fearing to do so many things with my family that I finally asked my doctor what I should do... and that's when she prescribed me the Lexapro and believe me it sat in my cabinet for 2 weeks until I finally decided to take it. The first 5 weeks were tough and I thought I would have to live like this forever, but then Lexy introduced me to this board and with the help of all you guys I stuck with it and after the 6th week I started feeling much better, so now here we are 3 months later and still managing to get better.
Hang in there and just know that I am here for you and so is everyone else on this board.
Love,
anxious babe
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