Feel like giving up. Anxiety.

Treatment and medication
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Hi

I am seriously down on myself today, I am so  fed up of being aware of my breathing, its exhausting and causing panic attacks. I'm on 20mg . what more can I do? I have this awful fear this isn't going away this time.  I have been on a course of steroids for 6 weeks and it's caused all this :-(

I have been off steroids 1 week and I thought yesterday afternoon was a little better but today I'm in the thick of the anxiety, I can't breathe properly and I am so teary.

I seem to have a good day and then an awful one.

Can anyone give me any success stories on this. I am losing hope, not strong enough to do this. I am so scared of upping my Cit dose.

Has anyone recovered from this on 20mg??

Any help is appreciated.

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Hey Laura. Just read your post.  Hang in there. It will get better.  I have always used 20mg doses but it takes up to 8 weeks before I started having more good days than bad.  The anxiety levels I know get very high but you can get through this.  There is light at the end of the tunnel. Do you feel better in the evenings? If yes then enjoy those moments before the anxious mornings.  The days will get better earlier and earlier.  Keep chatting. Youa re not alone.  Take great care and you are stronger than you think. Just getting this far means you have deep reserves of strength. Just know that.  Take care. Mark

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The breathing issue I had in the beginning.. it cycle thru out the day..it did pass after about two weeks..it wasn't constant ..it was annoying..take care your not alone...

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Thank you so much. 

Yes it eases by evening and back with a bang the next morning. Then I have what I. Call normal moments through the day and then seriously anxious ones. 

I am going to hang in there and hope this passes and I feel better ☺️

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Thank you I feel better knowing I’m not going mad about the breathing thing 

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Hi im here to give you hope! 😃

I was awful before i started on these i had agoraphobia and i couldnt get out of bed, i was constantly crying and i was throwing up the panic attacks got that bad. I went through some bad side effects at first i couldnt eat and i couldnt sleep or stop throwing up and hightened anxiety and depression but that only lasted about 2 weeks before i started feeling better. I am now able to go out and go to work and im also a lot happier and havent had a panic attack since i started them about 10 weeks ago. It feels like your never going to get better, you read all these and you think yeah but thats not me its just not going to work for me but i promise it does!! Theres so many success stories on this site thats what got me through in the early days. You're having normal moments through the day even though they may not last long right now it is proof that the tablets are working. It gets longer and longer until you get blips which is basically the other way around more good days and some bad but they go away too you'll be okay xx

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Thank you so much for your Kind words It's made me feel loads better!

I actually feel slightly better today, but I'm not hopeful it will last long.

Not obsessing with my breathing as much, but still the silly thoughts,

I hope these fade though with time.

Do everyone get these head tingles too? I know it sounds crazy but I seem to feel better after them,

Like the tablets are doing what they should.

Thanks again

 

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Yes the head tingles are common..I still get them once in a while..take care..

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It may not last long BUT it will come back, you'll keep feeling better for longer. Mine was really bad in a morning and i read that thats the last thing to go but mine just went after a week and a half, i woke up waiting for it and i thought oh is it there at every feeling i had but the more i didnt have it the less i expected it  

I havent had the head tingles i did get headaches though but they also seem to have gone. The obsessing with your breathing will go also with time, if you are able to be active and do things to take your mind off it this will help too, even if its just reading a book i think ive read about 7 million books since i started the tablets lol. 

Xx