I'm sitting here, ready to leave for work in about twenty minutes, and I'm sweating and my heart is racing. This happens everytime I'm about to go to work. And everytime I'm done with a shift, I feel relaxed and pleased, and wonder why I have to get so worked up.
Once I get into the club and talk with customers and do dances, I'm generally fine. You probably wouldn't be able to tell I am a very anxious and wound-up person if you met me, but I get extremely nervous. It does a number on my gastrointestinal system and my nerves.
However, I recently started Prozac, but I'm still in the early stages, so there isn't enough build-up in my system to start affecting me. I have obsessive-compulsive disorder on top of generalized anxiety, so I'm finally giving in and taking medicine to see if it can help me.
I'm curious to see if any of you ladies have had similar experiences, and if you've taken medication, how it affected you while at work. I suppose one of my concerns is that I feel my friendliness is directly related to my overexcitability and nervousness, so I fear that will affect my interactions with people. I'm worried about other side effects, and how it will translate into my dancing life.
I stopped drinking alcohol pretty much completely, so I'm not concerned about interactions with the medicine. But some nights, I'm so tied up in knots, I want to slam a couple screwdrivers and get it over with.
Any first-hand experience you can share with your own anxiety and related issues? I'd love some insight.




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, yeah, I tend to get a little shakey handed and nerve rattled at times. The Librium has definitely helped w/that. When I got that way while dancing (didn't happen too often), I would have a drink. But working for M.A.C, there's no bar on site... so I had to find other options. LoL.

I hope I've done as much as I can, and that this is just to help. I'm only on week three right now, so I haven't felt any difference. I'm really tempted to get a drink at work, but I'm going to try my best to be good and not rely on a second drug.
I think I will continue the medication for the summer, and see if it helps. I feel it's worth a shot after all these years. If anything, it'll completely discourage me from ever wanting to spend money on alcohol at work.



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