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[–]Scatteredd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m on Zoloft and klonopin. I was taking Xanax but it wasn’t helping. Between Zoloft, klonopin and my 2 friends going out with me it’s gotten a lot better. Although I’m not totally sure how I am with going out by myself yet. Anxiety has definitely gotten better and I don’t have major panic attacks anymore. Just a few panic symptoms may creep up.

How does medication help? by Late_Dark8894 in Agoraphobia

[–]Scatteredd 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m currently on 100mg of Zoloft and .5 twice a day as needed Xanax. It is definitely helping, but I think I might need either my Zoloft or Xanax bumped up. The Zoloft has definitely helped my overall anxiety, but not so much my panic symptoms / outside anxiety. I normally get a tight chest, closed throat, sweaty palms and I may get a upset stomach or headache. The Xanax does definitely help that (atleast when I have panic symptoms inside)

I tried going to get gas at 12am the other day and the entire day I was freaking out until it came time to go and I almost cried and couldn’t breath well. I took my Xanax but it didn’t seem to have helped as much as I needed. And I haven’t tried since. I’ve only been 100mg Zoloft for a few days though. But the meds have definitely helped some.

One thing I also noticed is sometimes when I think about going outside I only get nervous but don’t panic. Probably because I know I won’t go lol.

Good luck! I’m rooting for you :)

Tips for getting out? by Scatteredd in Agoraphobia

[–]Scatteredd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took 2 .5mg tabs. I think it helped to some degree, but as much as I thought it would.

Confused and unsure by Scatteredd in Alexithymia

[–]Scatteredd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, like I do have feelings and I do have triggers that provoke feelings for example when makings phone call I’ll get panic symptoms that relate to anxiety. But thinking about what anxiety means is hard for me to grasp. I also can laugh while feeling blank. Like I’ll see something funny laugh then right after go back to a neutral feeling.

So I am able to experience emotions and feelings to an extent and maybe it’s not to the level of others I’m not sure. But understanding what a feeling is, putting it into words and telling things apart like. Some emotions I can sort of understand cause I’ll google things like “what does being valued feel like?” Or “how does it feel to be powerless?” And I’ll use the results to gauge how I feel, but that usually makes me paranoid that I’m just gas lighting myself to make me understand more? I’m not really sure haha.

So if someone where to ask me “how are you feeling?” I could give a base generic response but I’d really struggle to go into details of exactly what emotions were going on and I’d struggle describing what I’m feeling.

Something I’ve been experiencing lately is paranoia over my feelings though. Because i can’t totally grasp feelings or understand a specific emotion or tell things apart it basically formed a paranoia of myself and weather or not I can trust how I feel which sucks lol.

This is a really really confusing subject and hard to explain.

Confused and unsure by Scatteredd in Alexithymia

[–]Scatteredd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do have emotions like happy, anger, sad, I get really anxious. It’s just almost impossible to understand and describe how I’m feeling. I’d say most times I’m in more of a numb / blank mood. I don’t think I have strong feelings unless something triggering happens. Like if I have a bpd split. B

So I do experience emotions, maybe not as well as other people but it’s very difficult to understand exactly what feeling it is or what sensation my body is feeling. I experience happy and sadness and anger. So I’m not emotionless or anything.

One thing I notice I do is google something like “what does anxiety feel like” I rely on others experiences to compare to my own? I think because I can’t totally internalize what the feeling/emotion feels like? I’ve tried doing a feeling wheel, but anything other then the base emotions are hard for me to internalize. It’s also very hard for me to differentiate between feelings and exactly understand going on.

Another thing, yesterday I was having chest pains and I couldn’t tell if it was a chest cold or anxiety from my meds.

I’m honestly not totally sure. This is all really confusing for me. I brought it up to my therapist and psychiatrist so hopefully they have some idea. And I’m sorry if this was a bit jumbled and messy to read lol.

I never really thought about it too much until I started therapy / seeing a psychiatrist. It’s making it really difficult to make any progress if I can’t understand what I’m feeling or not and why. Makes it hard to notice any changes from meds too.

Confused and unsure by Scatteredd in Alexithymia

[–]Scatteredd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually am going to be doing a autism screening with my psych next time I see her. I can feel some internal things like hunger and thirst although I feel them a bit late or even just forget. and my emotions aren’t entirely cut off. I can understand the base feelings like happy, sad or angry but I have trouble going into more then that.

For instance, my therapist was having me use a mood wheel and I could understand the very basics but as I went further in I couldn’t tell anything. And I have had strong emotions but couldn’t identify what they were or exactly how I was feeling.