annakatarinas
08-21-2014, 06:29 PM
Hey y'all.
So, as I've mentioned earlier, I've been prescribed with sleeping pills and also anti-anxiety ones, mainly consisting of benzodiazepines. I'm not supposed to take the anti-anxiety pills everyday due to the risk of addiction. I only take them when I feel "jumpy" or extra nervous or when I feel an anxiety attack creeping up on me in a situation where I can't solve it in any other way than chemically.
The "normal" anxiety I live with is basically me feeling on the edge all the time; I'm overly sensitive, I'm agitated, very self-concious, and also have physical symptoms such as slight nausea, slight headache and slight feeling of faint. These symptoms and this anxiety is persistent; I just have to learn how to live with it, but sometimes it's too overwhelming and then I pop a benzo.
But I've noticed that the evenings (because it's specially at night I get extra anxious and panicky) when I take these pills, the bad feeling doesn't go away; yes, I don't feel as agitated or nervous or jumpy, but instead depressed - I can cry for hours at a time for no actual reason, I feel extremely depressed, sometimes suicidal, paranoid and like I'm on the edge of a cliff. I'm obviously going to bring this up to discussion at my next appointment with my psychiatrist, but my question is: Has any of you ever experienced this? That you take pills for anxiety, and the anxiety is then replaced by extreme (and I do mean EXTREME) sadness and feelings of emptiness and worthlessness?
So, as I've mentioned earlier, I've been prescribed with sleeping pills and also anti-anxiety ones, mainly consisting of benzodiazepines. I'm not supposed to take the anti-anxiety pills everyday due to the risk of addiction. I only take them when I feel "jumpy" or extra nervous or when I feel an anxiety attack creeping up on me in a situation where I can't solve it in any other way than chemically.
The "normal" anxiety I live with is basically me feeling on the edge all the time; I'm overly sensitive, I'm agitated, very self-concious, and also have physical symptoms such as slight nausea, slight headache and slight feeling of faint. These symptoms and this anxiety is persistent; I just have to learn how to live with it, but sometimes it's too overwhelming and then I pop a benzo.
But I've noticed that the evenings (because it's specially at night I get extra anxious and panicky) when I take these pills, the bad feeling doesn't go away; yes, I don't feel as agitated or nervous or jumpy, but instead depressed - I can cry for hours at a time for no actual reason, I feel extremely depressed, sometimes suicidal, paranoid and like I'm on the edge of a cliff. I'm obviously going to bring this up to discussion at my next appointment with my psychiatrist, but my question is: Has any of you ever experienced this? That you take pills for anxiety, and the anxiety is then replaced by extreme (and I do mean EXTREME) sadness and feelings of emptiness and worthlessness?