AnxiousDad
09-02-2013, 06:03 PM
Hi all
This is my first post. I'm 29 years old, married, and have an eleven month old baby boy. I had mild anxiety in college, and with some counseling and medication, I was able to get over it. A few years ago it started to creep back and my doctor put me on zoloft. I was on it for about 2.5 years and finally decided to go off it. To be honest, I didn't think it was helping, but it appears it was. My anxiety is worse than its ever been. I am constantly worrying about my health. It typically comes as chest pain, which is scary. Over the last two years I have had two stress echos and several EKGs, as I think I'm having heart problems. As you all know, it's extremely scary and I feel helpless. All of my test results came back negative, so my doctor wants to put me on medication again. This time I was prescribed Buspar, which gave me some awful side effects (whole body sweats, confused, can't sleep). I'm going to ask her to switch me back to zoloft (she's a new doctor for me and that is why she didn't prescribe it the first time). I guess what I'm looking for is some support and guidance on how others deal with anxiety. My wife had been amazing, but she doesn't have anxiety so it's tough for me to describe what I'm feeling. I have started seeing my therapist again, which I'm hoping will help. Anyway, sorry to ramble but looking forward to interacting with folks in this forum.
Thanks all.
Anxious Dad
This is my first post. I'm 29 years old, married, and have an eleven month old baby boy. I had mild anxiety in college, and with some counseling and medication, I was able to get over it. A few years ago it started to creep back and my doctor put me on zoloft. I was on it for about 2.5 years and finally decided to go off it. To be honest, I didn't think it was helping, but it appears it was. My anxiety is worse than its ever been. I am constantly worrying about my health. It typically comes as chest pain, which is scary. Over the last two years I have had two stress echos and several EKGs, as I think I'm having heart problems. As you all know, it's extremely scary and I feel helpless. All of my test results came back negative, so my doctor wants to put me on medication again. This time I was prescribed Buspar, which gave me some awful side effects (whole body sweats, confused, can't sleep). I'm going to ask her to switch me back to zoloft (she's a new doctor for me and that is why she didn't prescribe it the first time). I guess what I'm looking for is some support and guidance on how others deal with anxiety. My wife had been amazing, but she doesn't have anxiety so it's tough for me to describe what I'm feeling. I have started seeing my therapist again, which I'm hoping will help. Anyway, sorry to ramble but looking forward to interacting with folks in this forum.
Thanks all.
Anxious Dad