Posted by stargazer2 on April 22, 2010, at 22:23:33
In reply to Severe anxiety and other problems, posted by Lisa2712 on April 21, 2010, at 19:42:00
Hi Lisa,
Do you have any other medical problems? I saw you were on a few seizure meds, i.e. Trileptal, Tegretol.Do you also have depression?
How long have you have agorophobia for? Have any meds helped at all for any symptoms you have?
Nardil can be very good for social anxiety but many docs will not prescribe it because of it's side effects and special dietary restrictions.
When you say you only had one friend at age 11, was this seen as a problem in the school system or by your family? I'm just curious and hope I don't come across as being too nosey, but often times things like this are overlooked or ignored. I guess if it was identified as a problem then it could have been addressed at the time.
Were you able to finish school or ever work?
I'm sure some people here will have some ideas but we all ask lots of questioons to try and get to the root of the issues. It is part of the process to figure some of this stuff out. It is not an easy thing to do and unfortunately even the best doctors can miss the obvious, sad, but true. I'm still looking for answers and I started meds in 1987, so it can be a long hard road to figure this stuff out.
Do you have access to doctors in a major medical center or a large city? Some times that is a good thing as you could get another opinion if you have only seen one doctor for your treatment.
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