Hi I,m Donna I have had anxiety for a long time, now it has turned into panic attacks. I just started taking 10mg of Paxil daily for about tow weeks now. It sure would be great to talk with people who is experiencing the same thing that I do.
Donna, welcome and keep working with your doc. Paxil is a good med. Just take as Rx'ed. I bet he has you going to 20mg in time? It takes time to work but I think the ssri med(paxil in this case) is a good first thing to try as well as going over all the stresses in your life right now to see if you can indentify what bothers/stresses you the most. Alankay
Thanks for your reply. I am hanging in there, I just want my life back. Do you have any helpful tips?
Sometimes the medications can take a while to start working, so just hang in there. I find it helpful to try and distract myself with something I enjoy that makes me laugh, or something that requires a lot of attention, such as knitting or driving, to get my brain focused on something else.
Well I'm afaird to drive to far away from my home, thinking that I might have an attack. The meds make me feel tired.
I'm also in therapy.
Does the therapy help? I've been looking into that myself.
Yes I have had some improvements, but I have only been going for a short while. I know that it takes time to recover from panic/ anxiety.
hiya donna. i used to have panic attacks all of the time. like really bad. i don't know if i still get them mildly or if it is just anxiety attacks ...or are they both the same lol
anyway, my therapist once told me that as soon as i hear a thought(trigger) pop into my head, to start humming a tune and concentrate on that tune. it seemed to work, and a paper bag, breathe into that.
my thoughts are all related to other people though so i don't know if it would be the same for you. it's worth a shot though
Hi donna
Welcome .
Give the meds some time , there can be start up problems .
So what are you learning with your therapist ? Are they address that fear you have of the fear ?
Anxiety wont do you any harm and understanding that is the start of recovery .
cheers kev
“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt, You Learn by Living
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