anxietyinhoosier
07-29-2009, 06:48 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm new to the boards and well frankly needed people to talk to that understand what's going on in my life.
I'm a newly diagnosed GAD person and have recently been prescribed lexapro 10mg and xanax .25mg. I've been on lexapro for 5 days now.. i've been on xanax off and on for about 3 weeks.
I get palpitations(almost all day), tense muscles (all over back, chest, and legs are the worst!!), dizziness, shortness of breath, and a whole mess of other things.
I've generally been a person who lived life pretty carelessly (healthy careless), I've noticed that it got bad once i moved back home. I was living in korea for about 3 years and moved back to indiana after a realization that my life wasn't moving anywhere and needed to get back into school... i've had the wonderful (sarcasm) experience of living with my parents again.. after living by yourself for about 5 or 6 years is quite a swimg to get back into again. Well about half a year into getting back into school my anxiety came into full swing.. i was driving to visit a friend and felt this wave of panic and felt like i was gonna pass out.. i had to pull over and catch my breath and try to relax myself.. my heart was pounding in my chest. after a few minutes i calmed down and resumed my drive.. although from that point on it was down hill from there. I haven't had a day where i haven't full uneasy and worrisome...
My worries usually revolve around heart problems, brain aneurysms, and MS! lol.. so, i've got quite a bit on my plate.. my mom is't much help as she just tells me that i need to calm down.. i wish it were that easy!!! I've had numerous tests all came back negative... but to no avail... i haven't had any relief.
anyways, enough with my life story.. it'll be nice to get to know everyone. thanks for listening.
I'm new to the boards and well frankly needed people to talk to that understand what's going on in my life.
I'm a newly diagnosed GAD person and have recently been prescribed lexapro 10mg and xanax .25mg. I've been on lexapro for 5 days now.. i've been on xanax off and on for about 3 weeks.
I get palpitations(almost all day), tense muscles (all over back, chest, and legs are the worst!!), dizziness, shortness of breath, and a whole mess of other things.
I've generally been a person who lived life pretty carelessly (healthy careless), I've noticed that it got bad once i moved back home. I was living in korea for about 3 years and moved back to indiana after a realization that my life wasn't moving anywhere and needed to get back into school... i've had the wonderful (sarcasm) experience of living with my parents again.. after living by yourself for about 5 or 6 years is quite a swimg to get back into again. Well about half a year into getting back into school my anxiety came into full swing.. i was driving to visit a friend and felt this wave of panic and felt like i was gonna pass out.. i had to pull over and catch my breath and try to relax myself.. my heart was pounding in my chest. after a few minutes i calmed down and resumed my drive.. although from that point on it was down hill from there. I haven't had a day where i haven't full uneasy and worrisome...
My worries usually revolve around heart problems, brain aneurysms, and MS! lol.. so, i've got quite a bit on my plate.. my mom is't much help as she just tells me that i need to calm down.. i wish it were that easy!!! I've had numerous tests all came back negative... but to no avail... i haven't had any relief.
anyways, enough with my life story.. it'll be nice to get to know everyone. thanks for listening.