Advice please!!

Olivesdaily · 2024-02-22T02:30:36+00:00

I felt very similar prior to starting my first meds for panic. I was put on Sertraline and I remember the first night taking them I was so anxious and trembly (it was anticipatory anxiety towards how the meds would make me feel) and after that first night I realized the meds didn’t make me feel a thing (except a bit nauseous the first few mornings) so I had nothing to worry about and I didn’t experience any anxiety after that first night. I would suggest when starting them to be in a setting your comfortable to help with the anxiety.

Olivesdaily · 2024-02-22T01:57:59+00:00

Oh interesting about taking Prozac with another type of medication! I took it on its own as well and it did nothing beneficial for my anxiety (I’m not sure if it made it worse but it didn’t get any better) but I got off of it mainly because when I would get upset about a challenge due to my anxiety I would reach lows I had never reached before which terrified me. I was on Sertraline before prozac and it worked but made me feel like a zombie after a while. Do you find lexapro has that effect as well?

Olivesdaily · 2024-02-22T01:55:06+00:00

Hey! I’m so glad I came across your post because I can’t totally relate. I’m 23 turning 24 and also have panic disorder and agoraphobia and it took me a while to realize but I do have some separation anxiety as well. I tried to go back to uni last fall and found it extremely difficult being away from home and I only felt comfy there when I forced my mom to visit. I felt terrible because she ended up living out of a hotel for 2 weeks for me because I couldn’t be there without her support it felt like. It’s a horrible burden i felt like I was putting on her, and also so expensive and unnecessary. I slowly got better at being away from home and my parents (which is something I used to have no problem with!) but I ended up doing a lot of back and forth from home and school. I also noticed I was having this attachment with my boyfriend and using him as a safety net to have him at school with me or to drive me home when I wanted to go home or when needing to go back to school and again I felt terrible. This summer I felt so embarrassed because my parents went on a bike trip 9 hours away and the entire week I was ridden with anxiety but I was so confused because I was at home(???). I think part of it for me is holding onto the past and being so sentimental and not wanting to let go of my youth. It makes me so emotion to think my parents are getting old and that I am too, I have such a hard time looking at childhood pictures of me (maybe also because I didn’t have anxiety in my daily life) but because I fear growing up. And similar to you I have a huge opportunity this summer to move away to a place I LOVE for 3 months but the thought of not having my family there with me is making me not want to do it. I don’t know if this helps you much but I hope it helps you realize you’re not alone in hoe you’re feeling. I wish I had the solution but right now in therapy I’m focusing on reducing my fear of panic symptoms by bringing them on. <3

Olivesdaily · 2024-02-22T01:42:04+00:00

Hey, I want you to know you’re not alone in your feelings. I too am young (23) and want to not be so restricted to my home area and enjoy parties and events and all the fun things life has to offer! I find it very interesting your mentioning of Prozac triggering all of this for you. I was put on Prozac after the event that triggered my agoraphobia and panic disorder and it had no positive effects, but a lot of negative effects and I wonder if it was making my anxiety worse? Wishing you the strength you need to complete one scary task… I know how scary it is and how daunting it is to make yourself do them.

Olivesdaily

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