Posted by needesp on September 14, 2005, at 7:17:28
In reply to feel like i'm weak/failure for using XANAX again, posted by chess on September 13, 2005, at 16:40:14
> am i wrong to feel like i'm weak and a failure for deciding to try xanax again to help me handle my anxiety and ocd?, i've been working hard for a month now without xanax to handle my anxious feelings and thoughts and fear of having another panic attack with just my cbt skills and lexapro (doing alot of exposure and saying all the right things in a rational and accepting way, i'm even doing interoceptive exercises to get used to the panic feelings), sometimes i've been able to do well and i even started working again, but then recently i've been very anxious and i'm obsessed with fearing having another panic attack, i dread having one again and i'm tired of feeling general anxiety all the time, my fear of dying is very intense lately, maybe i'm depressed?, anyways can anyone relate to what i'm saying?, maybe i should be grateful that xanax exists?
Hi Chess,
Never never let yourself feel a failure. You have courage and resilience.
My son so often feels like you do and I have to keep reminding him how far he has come, 10 steps forward and 2 steps back is still 8 steps forward. Sometimes you need time out and Xanax will give you the rest you deserve (I watch how exhausting it can be for my own son).
Take the Xanax and keep up the CBT skills you have learnt. Keep trucking.
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