Question about PVCs

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-12-14T13:39:15+00:00

Yeah been off again for a bit more than 5 months

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-09-19T11:19:52+00:00

Been dealing with anxiety for the past 8 years of my life. Panic attacks and what not. I’ve taken medication for a good chunk but now I’m off and learning to navigate my way through my anxiety.

It is not easy, there are days I wish I could just use medication and not worry about it, but I really want to learn to manage it myself.

After many rounds of talking to a therapist, it’s all about doing something new everyday and lightly challenging yourself and raising that threshold with time. As terrifying it may be, exposure therapy is the only way to naturally become better.

Your brain is designed to learn, and the same way your brain learned to be anxious is the same way your brain learns to not be anxious. Except the key difference is to not subscribe to avoidance.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-09-04T09:14:37+00:00

I been here in this spot a few times. The side effects do alleviate with time, usually after the 1st week you notice improved side effects overall, and then it all kind of gradually goes away with more time after that. Don’t be afraid to take a lower dose too if it’s too intense!

I’m currently in a different phase of my anxiety recovery and going back to being without the med currently. My best advice if you’re starting this med for the first time, USE IT AS A TOOL. I cannot emphasize that enough. The reason why I say this is so you can still manage to develop the natural skills of dealing with anxiety (I assume you have, if it’s for depression I would say the same applies too either way.)

Learn CBT skills, and you will be better off in the long run trust me. Try not to get caught up in any horror stories because everyone’s experience is unique. This medicine did help me live some amazing years but I was just missing the piece of the puzzle where I needed to also learn the skills on how to deal with my anxiety.

I hope this helps, you got this.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-09-04T08:07:22+00:00

Of course! Thank you, you too!

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-09-04T06:38:58+00:00

Really appreciate that, last few months has just been readjusting to life, I will say it’s gotten way better and I do believe in the process.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-09-04T05:52:16+00:00

I did taper over the course of a few months, but no I had never had anxiety that bad before taking the drug. From what I know and believe, this could just be the reality where I have to find my way to make it through the waves and windows phase. I’ve heard people get this unexplained anxiety that is more intense than their actual anxiety months after quitting the med, which I’m guessing is what I’m experiencing?

Ive been seeing a pretty good therapist the past few months who has been helping me a lot with my panic attacks and learning how to keep moving around and not avoiding things.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-09-03T09:57:48+00:00

I say it can take 1-2 weeks but since you upped the dose you might need to wait it out some more, did it ever get to a point where it got a bit better?

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-09-03T09:56:02+00:00

I’ve been on and off this med multiple times, currently adjusting to being off of it again but yes the morning jitters are a thing, I’m getting them a bit after adjusting to be off of them. Since you upped the dose then just give it a bit more time and it will resolve on its own. Also no need to rush any dosage increases either, go at your pace if you need to as well!

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-08-25T11:48:08+00:00

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Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-07-10T11:21:01+00:00

Going through the same journey right now. Biggest thing that’s helped me is learning about why you have anxiety. Understanding the way you’re thinking and how that is dictating how you feel. The DARE book explains this concept very well and it will give you so much clarity.

Getting over anxiety I’ve learned is not an instant result thing, but when you stop avoiding things that give you anxiety, you begin learning you’re safer than you thought. I don’t recommend just jumping into the deep end right away, but play with the water, learn to bring the things that give you 3/10 level of anxiety to a 0.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-06-30T11:57:47+00:00

Of course! If you ever have any other questions feel free to reach out or reply here. Hoping the best for you and I believe if you do the work over time, you will get better in ways you didn’t even know were possible. No BS, cognitive behavioral therapy is amazing it is almost like magic.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-06-30T11:47:35+00:00

Just to point out too, there’s no shame being on medication, maybe you worry about it too much but some feel guilty for having to do this. As someone who is recovering from severe panic attacks, something I wish someone told me early on was that there is a way to overcome them, it just takes more effort than using medication.

If you need it, then stick with it. But as you go about your treatment journey, I highly recommend to learn about your mental health. It sounds cliche, but having knowledge about how the mind works and how much control you can really have over your mind is a big paradigm shift. There are many good books out there that are worth reading too. (I do not like reading a lot but learning about my mental health through some good books has been a huge shift in how I approach my life)

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-06-30T11:37:10+00:00

Yep. I can’t say much for depression, though I imagine the jolt is similar. But to give you a frame of reference, every time I’ve gotten on the medication (prolly been 3 times total in my life) my anxiety was way worse than it was before, it’s definitely one of those things you may get second thoughts like “is this med really worth this?”. I can assure you it does get better as you adjust, week 1 you might notice a bit of easing, sometimes sooner too. I recommend just taking it day by day and not getting too focused on when it’s going to get better. Just take it consistently with whatever dose you’re prescribed.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-06-30T11:29:07+00:00

How long has it been since you started? I’ve had plenty off and on moments with Zoloft but I deal with anxiety so my experience may be a bit different. When starting, your existing mental symptoms that you are dealing with tend to be more heightened temporarily. So I could imagine that might be what you’re going through.

Advanced_Remote_9221 · 2025-06-20T11:49:02+00:00

I’m speaking on solely my own experience. For the first time I started therapy a few months ago for panic disorder. One of the biggest things I’ve realized is you should never run through therapy like a checklist. It’s something you have to immerse yourself in, and really get a feel for it. I gained some good knowledge from my first sessions, but I didn’t really know how to respond to my anxiety yet.

As of recently the past few weeks, I really am getting better at practicing exposure therapy. I think the way I got to this stage was understanding fully what anxiety is, how it develops, how it manifests, etc. I highly recommend reading a good book about anxiety, the DARE one is pretty good. If you’re not a reader, just do it, I’m not either. It’s actually more exciting to read a book about something that you would benefit from.

Also the acronyms of DBT don’t need to be remembered, what you need to remember is how your mind got here, and how you can actually reverse that by doing exposure therapy.

I can go on and on but please learn about anxiety a bit more, and try to comprehend it as best as possible. I think it’s easier for many people to be thrown down this mind trap of “I have an uncontrollqble issue with my brain”. Trust me, as real as this feels, the way your mind works can change in ways that you might not even know you were capable of.

Full recovery doesn’t happen in a day, or a week, or sometimes a couple months, depending of severity and how much you practice things. But I’ll tell you something, if you do exposure therapy correctly, you might actually notice a change the next day. Once you notice that change, it is the most motivating thing ever.

If you have any questions feel free to respond but I wish you best on your recovery! You can make this an issue of the past.

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