take it, 100 mg/day. Gave me some ED (I am a 62 yo male in excellent shape) but nothinh that viagra or levitra can't help. It is mostly used for blood pressure/irregular heart beats I thought? ...

Your probability of having another STD is very low. I understand your concern. The only way to cure this anxiety definitively is to gett a HIV test. Save your money, dtop worrying and get the...

exercise has always been my friend. Start out very slowly!! 5 -10 mins on a exercise bike-- pace is conversational-- you can easily carry on a conversation without running out of breath. Then go...

a lot of anxiety is often health related. It is a constant circle!!!! You have to fight these thoughts daily. 99.9% of the time there is nothing wrong with people!!! My best advice is to go to...

have to agree with most of the posters!! aerobic exercises, running, walking, swimming, biking, etc. I will say that strength conditioning
is a great anxiety reliever. A mixture of cardio and...

quite good!!! very accurate too!

dentist mouth guard is best but a cheap option is a plastic mouth guard you can buy at walmart-- used for athletes-- you put it in boiling water-- boil it-- take it out, let it cool, then put it in...

pot and anxiety is not a good combo.

booze and anxiety is not a good combo either.

I would never EVER recommend either.

I do know several people who drink very modestly (e.g. 1 glass of...

very definitely!! anxiety made my face go numb, hot, flushed, etc.

benzos will not cause seizures-- in fact high doses of benzos are sometimes used to help treat seizures.

Hopefully you can find an MD that will listen.

Imust say it sounds a lot like you have...

COMING OFF ANY BENZO KEY = COME OFF VERY SLOWLY

There is no hurry-- about 10% reduction/week and you shouldn't have problems.

My sister reduced her klonopin from 2 mg/day to 0.5 mg/day in about...

this is a very common anxiety symptom; harmless but it feels weird!! I get a hot face, ears, etc.

I never encourage anyone with anxiety to drink alcohol or smoke pot. Having said that I know people that regularly mix benzos and booze at a very moderate level (2-3 beers) and have been doing it...

this is how I got hooked on benzos!!! Bottom line is that my testosterone was very low (170 total) and likely had been low for years due to an injury. I was diagnosed with GAD, went through all the...

paxil was the first medication I tried 17 years ago. I have GAD and it helped but I was anorgasmic the total time I took it. My wife didn't complain but I could not ejaculate nomatter what I...

I suffer from GAD and have been fairly successful dealing with it although I do use klonopin daily.

Shortly after I developed GAD I increased my exercise effort significantly (both cardio and...

aerobic exercise, slow and easy working your way up to 30 minutes oe whatever your goal is. Strength conditioning second after several weeks of aerobic conditioning. Use light weights and perfect...

A lot of us have health related anxiety!!!! I am a prime example. I worry about health issues all the time.

I approached it in a systematic way and had a great MD and good insurance. Basically...

Of course you are correct. Google is great for finding out about anxiety, CBT, meds, diet and other anxiety related matters.

My point using googl, web MD and other "self diagnosing" cyber sources...

have anxiety related to health issues! I know that for me google only makes my health related anxiety much, much worse. IMO reading about drugs, side effects, symptoms etc. is just a no-no.
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if taking your BP increases your heart rate then it will increase your BP.

140s/70s would NOT BE HYPERTENSION by most standards. My guess is your syatolic has been pushed up because of the heart...

Health related anxiety is extremely common, imo. People fear dying in general so it is easy for their mind to "play tricks" on them. One can dream up chest pain, etc. which changes your breathing...

hi there!!

welcome. this is a good place!

give up alcohol and see what happens.

I would NEVER advise people to drink alcohol because it can make ancxiety and depression much worse!

Binge drinking = going out and getting really drunk...

Are you talking dizzy as in vertigo??

To me I never get dizzy but I do get "light-headed". When I lay or sit I never feel the world "spinning".

True vertigo is often an inner ear problem...