What Helps Anxiety?

Marie Mallory said:
Just made an appointment with primary care doctor for med for axiety.
I talked to my granddaughter and researched meds.
I think maybe clonazepem seems to have less side effects.
What do yall think?
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I'm not sure. I was on something briefly but, not to be crude, it gave me the squirts.

All I can say is the Lexapro I've been taking hasn't presented problems for me, but everyone has different conditions, hormones, and body chemistry. Even "panic attack" might be used for different conditions.

Just got back from the Doc, and he said since I am on the lowest dose I can just stop Lexapro for 2 weeks and monitor for symptoms. Some of these drugs require ramp-up and ramp-down of dosages to avoid side effects. Doc said if I'm concerned I can split tablets and start by taking 5mg/day for 3 days before stopping. I probably won't bother. I don't expect trouble.

I guess what I'm saying is that you can't tell how your body will react ahead of time, so reading "labels" only goes so far.
 
Jacob Petersheim said:
I'm not sure. I was on something briefly but, not to be crude, it gave me the squirts.

All I can say is the Lexapro I've been taking hasn't presented problems for me, but everyone has different conditions, hormones, and body chemistry. Even "panic attack" might be used for different conditions.

Just got back from the Doc, and he said since I am on the lowest dose I can just stop Lexapro for 2 weeks and monitor for symptoms. Some of these drugs require ramp-up and ramp-down of dosages to avoid side effects. Doc said if I'm concerned I can split tablets and start by taking 5mg/day for 3 days before stopping. I probably won't bother. I don't expect trouble.

I guess what I'm saying is that you can't tell how your body will react ahead of time, so reading "labels" only goes so far.
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OB Gyn were handing Lexapro out like candy. When I woke up steam pressing my hand in the middle of a mandatory team call I kind of woke up. I had whined about weight gain and menopause.
 
Well I'm only on day 2 of not taking it. We'll see how it goes. I don't feel any different, but its a low dose AND in any case takes a while to flush out of your system. However I don't ever remember it making me feel "chill."

I keep coming back to the idea that "panic attack" might be a term applied to more than one condition.
 
Jacob Petersheim said:
Well I'm only on day 2 of not taking it. We'll see how it goes. I don't feel any different, but its a low dose AND in any case takes a while to flush out of your system. However I don't ever remember it making me feel "chill."

I keep coming back to the idea that "panic attack" might be a term applied to more than one condition.
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Condition, where should I start? So far none that I know of far as bad side effects with the one in the shot yesterday.
 
Well in my own case I would have attacks out of the blue with no real cause or pattern or even time of day. They felt like a deep dread, something saying "you are dying" but with no other symptoms. No breathing issues, no palpitations. Just a deep dread and inability to settle down or function very well. Often I'd end up pacing, trying to distract myself. It was hard to just sit and watching TV, reading, even listening to music did not help - I just couldn't do it.

This could last an hour or even 2 hours. For days or weeks it would not reoccur and then bang, it hit again.

For a while I was able to use conscious deep breathing to help gut it out. But that became less effective, and as I said at one point I had severe diaphragm spasms resulting in my one and only ambulance ride and hospital stay.

The sick part is that they kept me in there a week to address other issues. The attacks kept coming. I was mainly there getting diuretics', rationed liquids, and very thin diet.

I didn't get Lexapro prescribed until almost 9 months later.
 
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@Jacob Petersheim - I would rather take my chances with a regulated edible from reputable lab ,than another pill with more possible side effects that can even be mentioned during a commercial. :)
Besides the legalized street drugs were used as medicine,before people started abusing them.
Yet, I do understand everyone is different :)
 
@Hedi Mitchell did these ever become legalized? As far as I can tell they are still illegal, though most States have opted to abidicate enforcing Federal law.

It is notable that in advertising many of the words are bleeped out. These words are significant because if left in the ads (instead of being obscured) they run foul of the law when crossing inter-State boundaries.

There is little control of actual content, concentration and dosage. I've never heard a legitimate doctor approving their use for any condition.

They are NOT legal. What they are is a wink-wink by States who want the tax revenue they bring along with soft money funneled to them by foreign actors. In my opinion the only "enefit" is the placebo effect, and the potential damage they cause is swept under the rug.

I'm no prude or obedient robot. I'm using NAC drops against the advice of an ophthalmologist for example. They are not FDA approved for human use, and they may have limited or no effectiveness but at least they aren't linked to any harm. This is very different to street druh products of erratic composition motivated by sheer profit and contrarianism.

At the very least, if one insists on relying on intoxicants you should not be driving or operating most equipment. I'm not sure turning on the stove or using kitchen knives is safe.

While researchers have not definitively proven that THC gummies or other cannabis products directly cause suicide, extensive studies show a strong association between cannabis use and increased risks of suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts.
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It really seems that poor morals and behaviors left over from the 1960s Soviet campaign to undermine society still have a strong hold on people today.
 
Jacob Petersheim said:
Well in my own case I would have attacks out of the blue with no real cause or pattern or even time of day. They felt like a deep dread, something saying "you are dying" but with no other symptoms. No breathing issues, no palpitations. Just a deep dread and inability to settle down or function very well. Often I'd end up pacing, trying to distract myself. It was hard to just sit and watching TV, reading, even listening to music did not help - I just couldn't do it.

This could last an hour or even 2 hours. For days or weeks it would not reoccur and then bang, it hit again.

For a while I was able to use conscious deep breathing to help gut it out. But that became less effective, and as I said at one point I had severe diaphragm spasms resulting in my one and only ambulance ride and hospital stay.

The sick part is that they kept me in there a week to address other issues. The attacks kept coming. I was mainly there getting diuretics', rationed liquids, and very thin diet.

I didn't get Lexapro prescribed until almost 9 months later.
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I have panic attacks for years but not as frequent as now.
Jacobs sorry you and others here have them too.:(
 
Hedi Mitchell said:
@Jacob Petersheim - I would rather take my chances with a regulated edible from reputable lab ,than another pill with more possible side effects that can even be mentioned during a commercial. :)
Besides the legalized street drugs were used as medicine,before people started abusing them.
Yet, I do understand everyone is different :)
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Hedi , un the 60s many smoked pot, but it made me feel bad, I aleays told them to roll down the windows when driving or I'd leave the room when they smoked. My preference was alcohol.
I didn't like speed either,no drugs, probablt because I was in er for hurt arm.
A young healthy Georgia Tech football still in his jersey, had ODed and two med students snatched my 15yo self up took me to him and made me aoserve his horrible death.Told me they did all they could ,one of the doctors was crying, ask me, 'YOU WANT TO DO DRUGS'
It made me afraid of all drugs.
 
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