lannace91
11-05-2013, 03:44 PM
Hello,
(sighs)
My name is Lana (or that's at least the name I'd prefer you called me) and I am 22. I'm a midwestern, United States undergraduate college student who is studying Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, which I always think of as funny as I rarely ever like to speak (still working on it, however!)
I have always known I struggled with anxiety and often struggle with depression. So much I have missed out on in life and am still not able to experience because of it. For the first time in my life I am on medication (Zoloft, 50mg/day) while regularly going to counseling, but still don't feel any real improvements yet. Time and further therapy and maybe a higher Zoloft dosage will tell... but while I am trying to be optimistic I still constantly worry. (sighs)
I decided to come to this forum to hopefully find support and maybe even some friends? In person, I know I am a likable person, but my real friendships in the past almost always stemmed from some contact on a shared interest web-forum, so I am hoping that after years of trying solely to find friends in person, and not doing very well, I might add, that I can try and make connections this way, build up my confidence, and with medication and counseling, eventually get myself to the point where I know I can make friends through in-person interactions first.
Anywho, my boyfriend saw me writing this and told me not to forget " to annotate 'failure'" in my "anxiety diary" when I failed to turn off his computer after using it as a joke. (Am also hoping I can get relationship advice? LOL. :)
Nice to meet you all!
(sighs)
My name is Lana (or that's at least the name I'd prefer you called me) and I am 22. I'm a midwestern, United States undergraduate college student who is studying Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, which I always think of as funny as I rarely ever like to speak (still working on it, however!)
I have always known I struggled with anxiety and often struggle with depression. So much I have missed out on in life and am still not able to experience because of it. For the first time in my life I am on medication (Zoloft, 50mg/day) while regularly going to counseling, but still don't feel any real improvements yet. Time and further therapy and maybe a higher Zoloft dosage will tell... but while I am trying to be optimistic I still constantly worry. (sighs)
I decided to come to this forum to hopefully find support and maybe even some friends? In person, I know I am a likable person, but my real friendships in the past almost always stemmed from some contact on a shared interest web-forum, so I am hoping that after years of trying solely to find friends in person, and not doing very well, I might add, that I can try and make connections this way, build up my confidence, and with medication and counseling, eventually get myself to the point where I know I can make friends through in-person interactions first.
Anywho, my boyfriend saw me writing this and told me not to forget " to annotate 'failure'" in my "anxiety diary" when I failed to turn off his computer after using it as a joke. (Am also hoping I can get relationship advice? LOL. :)
Nice to meet you all!