So I have been battling anxiety for many years, and here recently I have let it take complete control over my life. I'm scared to take medicine cause I don't want to have a reaction to it, I'm scared to make plans because I don't know if I will be able to follow through with things. At times I feel sick, dizzy, headache, tingling in the hands, stomach pains, and when these go on they go for days and I feel like I'm dying even though my doctor and all test have come back that I'm fine. I do the worst thing with anxiety, and I google everything and then I end up throwing myself into a panic attack thinking I have what I just read.
My doctor has prescribed me Ativan and Zoloft but I'm scared to take it.
Any help is greatly appreciated on how to over come my anxiety.
I feel exactly like you except intook Zoloft and it didn't help . I think I felt worse due to getting insomnia it everyone is different. Now I have lexapro at home but scared to start again.
Looks like you might Generalized Anxiety Try Relaxing and Deep Breathing Excercises
Medecine Should Help if your Doctor Prescribed them to you. Its always Best to Start with a Low Dosage. Try to Distract Yourself too . walking in the park listen to music.
I know it's scary to start meds. But at least the side effects end and then you can start feeling better. And you have all of us to talk to when things get rough ☺️
That's is true it's always the start up that sucks
I have the exact same iasues...My tingling and prickly feeling ia in my legs..Has that ever happened to you?
I just started taking zoloft 5 weeks ago...I started with 25mg, and now Im on 50mg. The shaky anxiety side effect was bad for me in the beginning....since I just 4 days ago switched to the 50mg tablet my side effects are back...Well I hope its just side effects...I pray everyday it was the right decision and the right medicine. Because I too have let the anxiety take over....for instances at first I worried i had melanoma, then colon cancer, then ovarian cancer, then heart attack, then I actually got strep and I was worried about Leukemia, now I am stressing cause of my tingling legs, and sometimes a spot on my face that it could be a brain tumor. This has all been since February....My poor husband. Here is my prayer to all that suffer
"Lord, give me strength to understand that this is a mind set and not reality, and I pray that you free all the suffers of this terrible, joy sucking illness. God In your name I pray, Amen!"
michelle that prayer just helped me more than you know.
They tried me on zoloft, i coudnt take the nausea and agitation with anxiety, only managed a few weeks with diazepam to help too. Had to stop. I get terrible nightmares too, then wake up exhausted. Now they want to try risperidone and im scared so sitting looking at the box, like you, dont know what to do. Ssri meds just dont suit everyone.
HI gh, don't be afraid to take meds even though they may make you feel worse for a little while, it will get better and you will be able to get your life back.
The start uo sucks and the weaning off sucks. So therapy is needed all the way through to learn and committ to applying self calming tools. This is tied into your personality as well. Hooefully sooner then later someone will figure this all out and actually produce a real cure or reset to this.