Posted by ChicagoKat on December 10, 2012, at 11:25:49
In reply to Re: Poll: anxiety meds » ChicagoKat, posted by brynb on December 10, 2012, at 10:48:51
Hey Bryn! I've missed you! Sounds like you are suffering from a scary ailment, and what's worse is they can't figure out what it is!
But one thing I want to confirm: I feel better psychologically too whenver I have a physical ailment. (of course not a life-threatening illness, or one that causes serious morbidity...something like the flu would be perfect. So I didn't get a flu shot this year. lol) Physical pain is easier to deal with, and it drives all the psychological pain away. Sometimes I wish I could be physically sick all the time so the depression would be overshadowed by the pain. And, of course, there's the stigma factor. If I am suffering from physical pain, I'm far more likely to get sympathy and caring from my loved ones AND from other people I meet through the day. Just my 2 cents. I know it's kinda weird to wanna be physically ill, but I know from experience that physical illness overwhelms psychological illness, and I'd much rather suffer physical, rather than psychlogical pain, any day. And once again, I'm talking about non-life threatening pain, that doesn't lead to morbidity of any sort...I'm thinking of a bad cold, the flu, even a broken leg would do.
Sorry I went off on a tangent Bryn. I will write you an email. But in the meantime it sounds likeyou are feeling better and that makes me happy.
Kat> Kat! Hope you're doing a bit better...sorry you're having a rough time. I just read your former posts and it left me thinking about physical vs psychic pain.
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> I've been really ill (some weird virus and I blew up with edema and cellulitis around my legs--they still aren't sure what it is!) and haven't been around much over the past two weeks, but oddly enough, it feels "easier" to be physically
> ill. (I say this though as I'm not suffering from anything life threatening.)
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> Anyway, back to anxiety:
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> My current anxiety choice is 20 mg of Lexapro with 50 mg of Librium. The Lex/Librium combo is great, and I've tried all the anxiolytics.
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> Drop me an email if you'd like to let me know how things are.
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> Hang in there friend...
Ive got a really bad disease
Its got me begging on my hands and knees
So take me to emergency
Cause somethin seems to be missing
Somebody take the pain away
Its like an ulcer bleeding in my brain
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