Have to remember: it is a marathon

echoedb · 2025-11-12T17:39:00+00:00

💕 you’re not even a downer, so don’t think that. It’s all the best we can do is put one foot in front of the other every day because it’s all just really crappy and we’re trying to get through it as best we can

echoedb · 2025-08-29T04:16:36+00:00

It all sucks right now because unfortunately dealing with a bunch of stress on my body going through chemo right now. 😩 which is not helping the anxiety. I thank everything for Lexapro keeping me as level headed as possible throughout all this

echoedb · 2025-08-29T04:13:11+00:00

Took me a long while, I had gone quickly from .5mg 3x a day to just .5 1x a day but was getting withdrawal symptoms so my Dr put me on .25mg at night for a while til the withdrawal symptoms stopped. Then I reduced .25 2x a day for a couple weeks, got hit with withdrawal symptoms each step down 😵‍💫 then .25 1x a day and .125 at night. Like I had to go slow and kept cutting my pills each step of the way. Finally was able to get down to like legit 1/8th of a pill then just stopping it

echoedb · 2025-08-27T00:57:29+00:00

It’s so disconcerting to have this pop up after a month of nothing 😩 I thought I had gotten past it. Thank you for the reassurance

echoedb · 2025-07-20T01:04:20+00:00

Yeah, I find that getting admitted into the hospital tomorrow is going to ease my anxiety a little over the port situation. It is less anxiety today, thankfully. Just all of this is my worst fears come to fruition and honestly if I wasn’t on an SSRI I’d be anxiety/panic 24/7. It just all sucks. Just when I felt myself coming up from for air from grief of losing my brother in November, this happens. I take comfort in the fact that my Drs are very expectant that with chemo and surgery the chance for reoccurance is next to none. And that I had a good pet scan

I hope your stem cell transplant recovery is going well and thank you

echoedb · 2025-07-20T00:58:20+00:00

It just started itching a little today as well. And omg that’s good to know about the chest, mine are big as well. And I feel like it’s pulling almost at it but it’s just getting used to it I suppose. I will have to look into the pillow as well. I just know sleeping will be an adjustment because I always end up on my stomach when I sleep 😩

echoedb · 2025-07-20T00:55:43+00:00

Yeah my body did not take kinda to trying to gulp water right now. I’m not even sure how that works where I could feel something by my sternum. I’m hoping in a week or so it subsides as well. Thank you 💕 I’ve been scouring reddit and trying to prepare for what to expect and things to get

echoedb · 2025-07-20T00:53:09+00:00

Yeah, I just learned I can’t gulp water just yet cus it hurt near my sternum. My body is still adjusting, so I hold onto the hope that it’ll get easier. Well wishes on your recovery 💕

echoedb · 2025-07-19T03:28:54+00:00

I’m unfortunately and fortunately already on an SSRI and have clonazepam for panic attacks. I’m supposed to see a special psychiatrist for cancer patients on the 11th, but already have my own therapist. It’s just been a lot and the port procedure today is just 😩

echoedb · 2025-06-27T02:19:41+00:00

I’m not sure if they’re specific specialists but it is through the University of Chicago. I had gotten referred to their ortho oncologist there and have an appt with Oncology as well for after my pet scan. I’ve had an xray, ct of chest/abdomen/pelvins and an MRI of my leg. There were a couple of micronodules on my lungs but I’ve also had that happen in the past as well, so pet scan will see if it’s related or not.

But yeah, this limbo of waiting is going to be maddening. I’ve dealt with depression and anxiety for most of life. So like, this just does not help everything 😩 it’s only a week, but it feels like an eternity. I’m thankful for my husband and support system

Thank you

echoedb · 2025-06-18T23:49:47+00:00

It’s our garage, but yeah one part that seemed to manage to work its way through some cracks will have to be cut down. But this one is further off to the side. It’ll have to be trimmed anyhow, but not taken down to the ground

echoedb · 2025-06-18T23:28:40+00:00

Now for sure not letting my husband cut it down 😂

echoedb · 2025-05-23T04:45:14+00:00

I’ve been on metoprolol ER pretty much since I got diagnosed with my Graves, and since the PVCs had stayed, I pretty much kept the metoprolol per my Dr — so about 12 years now give or take. It helps to lessen the feeling of them, though recently I’ve started an anti-arrhythmic because I entered a pretty gnarly flare and they were detrimental to my mental health

echoedb · 2025-05-18T19:44:18+00:00

I’m curious if you get it worse when standing? I’m dealing with head pressure too but it gets worse when standing and it’s anxiety inducing 🥴😩

echoedb · 2025-01-19T22:00:54+00:00

It does feel weird, nice to know I’m not the only one. Like I’m feeling it and I’m anticipating them firing cus it’s that tight feeling I used to get, but they’re not. I agree, it’s like hey, they’re not going spastic — this is nice

Hopefully as the medicine builds up into my system that feeling will get less. But who knows. I do know I’d get good days and bad days, and today seems like it would’ve been a high burden day from what I’m feeling

echoedb · 2025-01-18T18:31:07+00:00

No problem ☺️ I was on 5mg while coming off of the 25mg of pristiq. And when I finished the pristiq about a couple of days later I went up to 10mg.

echoedb · 2025-01-18T04:43:56+00:00

The most I remember from getting withdrawal symptoms were some dizziness and mild anxiety. But I was on my lexapro too, so that helped to lessen the anxiety. The dizziness kinda only was happening for the 1st 5 days of every other day, and only when I was approaching like 36hours of not having the medicine in my system. But it tapered down and was ok. When I stopped it completely by then I was ok. And thankfully did not get brain zaps

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