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    My anxiety disorder was sort of like being in a perpetual flight or fight state, day and night. It just got worse and worse over the years. Like my adrenaline was turned on, slowly more and more and more... until sleeping, working, even relaxing, I was constantly on edge. The SSRI's just totally fixed that.

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    The "what if's" are what do me in most of the time too. I wish I could find somethign that works on me. Nothing ever has any effect

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    My daughter and i went to a Psychiatrist today, she is on a low dose of Celexa. I will be watching her close, she hates drugs. I hope this is going to help. She said she felt fine after taking it today, and she is home from work now, and heading to the bf's soon. I hope all is well. Don't know...she was up for 2 nights with a racing heart and sweating before today. Her tests came back normal (heart, blood panel). So this is the route to take. We will see. I hate for her to feel this way.

    She's got to give it the hard fight. I back her up all the way.

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    Thanks for starting this thread!

    I have horrible anxiety, and it is really hard for me to explain to people because I hide it really well, so people are like, "You did fine, it was okay..." Yeah RIGHT.

    I hate it. I have weird paranoid thoughts, like I'm going to have a heart attack and die or have a seizure or pass out or whatever. I know it's stupid, but....that doesn't make the thoughts go away.

    One thing that I try to do is when I am scared of something and panicking, I try to do it anyway...because otherwise you're just building up your fear of that particular thing.

    I have been honest about this before, if I am feeling heavily anxious I will have a couple glasses of wine, even if it's like 2pm. I know it's not PC of me to say that, but it is the only thing that helps me .... also, I don't see what the difference is between that and say taking a valium.
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    I read that ativan is a stronger effect than valium and valium is like drinking alcohol.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TigersMilk View Post
    I read that ativan is a stronger effect than valium and valium is like drinking alcohol.
    Ativan leaves the body quick (short half life) Valium stays in the body much longer (long half life)

    I do understand that people react different to these drugs, so for some they can't tolerate Ativan but will do fine on Valium. But, Ativan will be the first choice between the two for less side effects etc.

    I should pull out my book, Benzo Blues. Has all the info. needed.

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    By all means please share. Maybe it can help others understand better what they are taking. Or if they are right for them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VegasPrincess View Post
    I hate it. I have weird paranoid thoughts, like I'm going to have a heart attack and die or have a seizure or pass out or whatever. I know it's stupid, but....that doesn't make the thoughts go away.

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    It's not stupid. i do it too. When I get a heart palpitation(it runs in my family) I'm SURE I'm going to have a heart attack and die. When I get a migraine...i wonder if I have a brain tumer (my grandmother did so it runs in the family also)

    I hide it well too. The only person who truly sees this side of me is my husband...and I hide a lot from him too because I dont want him to worry. Or get annoyed at my hypochodriacism(is that a word?)

    Mostly because other problems I've had in the past turned out to actually be pretty serious diseases or disorders...now I wonder about everything.

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    ^^Good to know I'm not alone when it comes to hiding it well. I wear a pretty mask.

    Giving detailed descriptions of whats been going on makes me very uncomfortable. So, no one but me knows the whole story.
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    Does anyone else get more anxious when they take meds? If I take something I've never taken before, I get scared of how it will make me feel. Even if it's just a benadryl or something. I think it stems from the very first med a doctor gave me for panic (effexor). He gave me too high a dose and it made me feel like I was going crazy for 2 straight days, even though I only took 1 pill. It freaked me out!

    I've posted recently about how my anxiety is getting bad again, and I don't want to go back on celexa, so I ordered this: http://www.seredyn.com/index.html

    It's all natural and since I believe that my anxiety is from a chemical imbalance (it runs in my family), I'm hoping it will work. I'm still going to be nervous taking that first pill though...

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    Quote Originally Posted by veronicavale View Post
    Does anyone else get more anxious when they take meds? If I take something I've never taken before, I get scared of how it will make me feel. Even if it's just a benadryl or something. I think it stems from the very first med a doctor gave me for panic (effexor). He gave me too high a dose and it made me feel like I was going crazy for 2 straight days, even though I only took 1 pill. It freaked me out!

    I've posted recently about how my anxiety is getting bad again, and I don't want to go back on celexa, so I ordered this:

    It's all natural and since I believe that my anxiety is from a chemical imbalance (it runs in my family), I'm hoping it will work. I'm still going to be nervous taking that first pill though...
    Yes. And i think it's perfectly normal to worry about any new drug you put in your body. Too many people have reactions to drugs and don't know it until they crash, say after they took another dose. That is a very valid concern we all should think about and listen to our bodies when we take any drug.

    Even if we have been on a drug for months, it still happens, a reaction. It just took that long to build up the levels in the body to affect us.

    For example an allergy NEVER happens the first time we are exposed, it's always the second time or there after. Drug allergy would be no different, that is why many MD's call it a "reaction" instead of allergy, they are different.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cameron_keys View Post
    It's not stupid. i do it too. When I get a heart palpitation(it runs in my family) I'm SURE I'm going to have a heart attack and die. When I get a migraine...i wonder if I have a brain tumer (my grandmother did so it runs in the family also)
    me too.

    heart palpitations = heart attack
    shortness of breath = heart attack
    headache = brain tumour
    lightheadedness = brain tumour/neurological disorder
    goosebumps = i'm about to faint
    getting overheated = i'm about to faint
    stomach pains = appendicitis
    nausea = stomach cancer
    tingly feet or hands = stroke
    random body pains = cancer

    and so on, and so on.

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    reading through this thread, it seems almost as if i'm the only person who has no history of depression, anxiety or anything like that in my family. is that unusual?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    reading through this thread, it seems almost as if i'm the only person who has no history of depression, anxiety or anything like that in my family. is that unusual?
    You will need to go back many generations to see about that. It's an argument, many say it runs in families, well if so you could very well be the first one.

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    well, i've spoken to my parents about it, and my grandparents, and there's no history of anyone in my family being treated for it.

    i think that might be why my parents had such a hard time dealing with my depression at first, they'd had no experience with it and found it difficult to understand.

    for me though, i think i know what caused it. i got picked on a lot at school, from second grade onwards when i moved to a tiiiny little outback town. before that, i was a really bright, happy kid. but that town drove me insane.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    reading through this thread, it seems almost as if i'm the only person who has no history of depression, anxiety or anything like that in my family. is that unusual?
    Nope. I have one third cousin who is bi polar...other then that...nothing. NO family history. Just crazy ol' me.

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    it makes you wonder what causes it then, like where the disorder comes from. i wonder if it can be created from life experiences. but then i think, there's a LOT of people who got picked on just as badly as i did at school, but not everyone ended up as completely fucking nutty as me. so i must've been predisposed to it for some reason. perhaps it's just a combination of genetics, rather than the actual specific gene being passed down, maybe it's something from my mum mixed with something from my dad? fuck, i don't even know if that's how genetics work. but then, neither of my brothers have any problems with it.

    bah... kinda makes you wonder, "why me?"

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    I dont know what causes it...I got picked on...actually tortured in school too. I'm sure that has something to do with it. Having your self esteem beaten down on a daily basis from kindergarten through high school has to have SOME lasting effect.....

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    well yeah, that's what i figure too. i guess people react to being bullied differently. some people get aggressive and violent, others get self destructive.

    i know that i can attribute my lack of self-esteem to the beating it took for pretty much the entirety of my school years.

    i guess the anxiety is just a way of my brain releasing all the shit that's stuck up inside there in the form of panic attacks. i have no idea where the hypochondria comes from though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    well yeah, that's what i figure too. i guess people react to being bullied differently. some people get aggressive and violent, others get self destructive.

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    Oddly enough..I became both.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    it makes you wonder what causes it then, like where the disorder comes from. i wonder if it can be created from life experiences. but then i think, there's a LOT of people who got picked on just as badly as i did at school, but not everyone ended up as completely fucking nutty as me. so i must've been predisposed to it for some reason. perhaps it's just a combination of genetics, rather than the actual specific gene being passed down, maybe it's something from my mum mixed with something from my dad? fuck, i don't even know if that's how genetics work. but then, neither of my brothers have any problems with it.

    bah... kinda makes you wonder, "why me?"
    It could have been even your grandparent's parents or your grandparent's grandparents. Back in that period of time I am sure people were frequently misdiagnosed and there was little to no treatment for them.

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    They say it's hereditary, as well as learned. I do believe both.

    Just say from studying Serial Killer behaviour, MANY are not depressed or on any meds. to function in society, they lead normal lives outside their killings. These are people who have had MAJOR events in their lives that turn the tables for them (picked on as kids, divorce, molested etc. etc. etc). making them Serial Killers, very clever and deadly. I don't believe one is born a Serial Killer and never found a study that supports it, so why can't life make us depressed and anxious.

    Our past as children molds us tremendously.

    I think that is a prime example of disease and how it can manifest in one.

    Why can't Depression and Anxiety be the same. Learned behaviour.
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    I've been having this shitty feeling all morning. I had a great time last night with a friend but this morning I have this awful feeling something bad is going to happen. Been very shaky too. Not so much that I'm not having a complete crying under the blanket feeling but uuggghhh. I took some kava kava just now maybe it will calm me down.

    I do agree our that childhoods mold us into the people we are today as well as mold our behaviors both good and bad. Its changing the manifesting behavior is the hard part.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    reading through this thread, it seems almost as if i'm the only person who has no history of depression, anxiety or anything like that in my family. is that unusual?

    It seems that I am the only person in my family, too, that I know of. I've tried countless times to talk to my family about it and they are clueless. They have no idea what I go through every single day... although they try to sympathize, of course.



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    ^I'm the only one in my family that has it too .I also hide it very well because I feel its embarrassing and hate when people surround me and freak out or think I'm full of shit .I believe my anxiety disorder was triggered when I got raped because I remember I thought I was pregnant because I would get dizzy and would want to blackout( I was young and would watch soap operas were the girls would get really dizzy when they were pregnant) and my heart would feel like it wanted to come out because it was pounding so hard and fast.

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