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Posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 20:48:17
I don't get it. I just don't get it.
I have panic disorder and tons of anxiety. daily. The annoying part is this: Why can I go into a grocery store on a tuesday and spend an hour there with no anxiety but I'll go back on wednesday and not be able to even get out of my car in the parking lot or have to run out the door leaving my cartful of sundries sitting in the middle of an aisle?? Same thing with work. I can be fine, no anxiety one day and then terrible, scary, neurotic paranoia the next?? It's too roller coaster-ish. Dammit. How is a person supposed to deal with this. It makes NO sense. Just yesterday I was at work for an 8 hour shift, fine and dandy, no problems. This morning, I wake up, and I'm shaking, terrified, and weak-kneed over nothing. Nothing at all.
Is this normal for GAD or PD??
Posted by dreamer on November 17, 2001, at 21:24:54
In reply to Pissed off confusion.....Argh!!!!!, posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 20:48:17
> I don't get it. I just don't get it.
> I have panic disorder and tons of anxiety. daily. The annoying part is this: Why can I go into a grocery store on a tuesday and spend an hour there with no anxiety but I'll go back on wednesday and not be able to even get out of my car in the parking lot or have to run out the door leaving my cartful of sundries sitting in the middle of an aisle?? Same thing with work. I can be fine, no anxiety one day and then terrible, scary, neurotic paranoia the next?? It's too roller coaster-ish. Dammit. How is a person supposed to deal with this. It makes NO sense. Just yesterday I was at work for an 8 hour shift, fine and dandy, no problems. This morning, I wake up, and I'm shaking, terrified, and weak-kneed over nothing. Nothing at all.
> Is this normal for GAD or PD??Hello,
Don't know if this helps but people with cyclothymia can be different everyday.
After sleep get up confident have a good day go bed wake up crappy depressed for no reason.
I'm not one for pigeon-holeing illnesses cus so many other problems can make a dx difficult.
I'd just try and find meds that deal with mood disorder/anxiety/phobias and other nasty things.dreamer another complex case.
Posted by shelliR on November 18, 2001, at 10:04:00
In reply to Pissed off confusion.....Argh!!!!!, posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 20:48:17
Hi Tina, Sorry you're having such a hard time.During the years that I was mostly not depressed, I still always became depressed premenstrually. It sounds from your post that the good day, bad day is probably not related to your hormones, but I just
wanted to check. I would have bad week, three good weeks, bad week. And at least I could anticipate.Are you on a mood stabilizer? I'm wondering whether mood stabilizers even out anxiety? Also, what about klonopin on a regular basis (not as a prn). Although it is a benzo, it's longer lasting than others and the best defense is to have it in your body at all times. It's not one you'd have to worry about in terms of needing to go higher and higher to get the same effect, in my experience.
Anyway, I'm just taking a few stabs in the dark, but wanted to say I do understand how scarey it must be to not know whether you can or can't depend on yourself on a day to day basis.
Are there panic specialists available to you in Canada?
Take care,
Shelli
Posted by Greg A. on November 18, 2001, at 10:31:07
In reply to Pissed off confusion.....Argh!!!!!, posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 20:48:17
Tina,
I don't get it either. Predictability is one thing I would welcome. Just to be able to function day after day at some predictable level, without the ups and downs. And we're not talking the 'average persons' ups and downs either.
I don't get anxiety attacks that totally cripple me, at least not while on meds that help. But I can relate to the one day I'm fine and next i am not scenario you describe. I can seemingly have done everything right - meds, exercise, no alcohol, lots of rest - and be very anxious. Other times, I expect to be anxious because of my failure to adhere to stuff above, and I turn out to be Mr. Calm and Composed. I have found that the longer I go without severe anxiety, the more confident I get that if a bit of anxiety shows itself, it will be mild and gone quickly.
I'm just rambling here because your post reminded me of how many of us suffer from anxiety. I'm surprised at how many others talk primarily of anxiety as the problem, even though depression is the diagnosis. For me, I acknowledge that depression is much of the cause, but it is the anxiety that can, on a daily basis, wreck my life. I seem to have more control in getting myself out of a depression, than I do over the anxiety.
Sorry to be of little help, Tina. But I'm in there battling the same thing you are. I'll let you know if i have some success.Greg
Posted by susan C on November 18, 2001, at 12:00:31
In reply to Also Pissed off . . ., posted by Greg A. on November 18, 2001, at 10:31:07
Hi,
This is a common saying in San Francisco and in the North West.
Maybe we should adopt it as our motto
mouse checking the sky
susan C
Posted by dreamer on November 18, 2001, at 15:16:16
In reply to Don't like the weather? Just wait five minutes..., posted by susan C on November 18, 2001, at 12:00:31
> Hi,MM,
Although romance is in the air and I'm painting I'm feeling pretty bad also my cat is ill-seems to have gone brainless I mean all fatigued and stupid + floppy (erm ..much like meself)hope she didn't fall and knock her head taking her to vets.
Suppose wat I mean to ramble bout is it aint just enviro-mental 4 me brain chemistry an all that wish Dr.Eamer could fix it.
> mouse checking the sky-hope you dont get the weather I've been having takecare
dreamer.....sleep-oholic.
Posted by Gracie2 on November 26, 2001, at 22:31:10
In reply to Re: Don't like the weather? Just wait five minutes... » susan C, posted by dreamer on November 18, 2001, at 15:16:16
Tina-
Sorry about your predicament. My unofficial opinion is that you need a mood stabalizer and maybe some benzos to get you through the worst of it. Seroquel is an anti-psychotic, but it helped me a great deal and let me sleep.
I don't recommend Depakote except maybe at very lose doses. I was taking quite a lot of Depakote (as prescribed) and turned into a zombie with 6 months.
The little neurotransmitters in your brain are not working correctly and you need a pdoc to help you with that. Be very honest, start at low doses and be prepared to switch medications several times, as the first stuff often - hell maybe even almost never - works quickly and well. But don't give up until you have the quality of life that you want and deserve.
-Gracie
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