Posted by blueboy on August 9, 2008, at 7:42:04
In reply to Stress levels, posted by rjlockhart '05 on August 6, 2008, at 19:44:51
Yeah, I get physically ill when I've been too stressed out. I'm sure mine is anxiety-related -- i.e. psychosomatic -- since it only happens when I've been around a group of people for more than an hour or two. I have social anxiety.
I just got back from visiting my mother. One day my cousin and his seven children came for a two-hour visit. Another day I threw a birthday party -- just four people, but I did all the cooking, cake, set-up, etc.
Both times, I got physically ill afterwards -- only a tiny bit of dizziness but general malaise and nausea. I should also say, both occasions were a lot of fun. So it's not brought on by an unpleasant experience, just the social anxiety thingie.
Klonopin helps me out a great deal with this problem. I'm sorry Xanax doesn't always help you -- I don't know whether or not Klonopin might be better for some reason.
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