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Stephj526
12-04-2013, 03:36 PM
It's annoying the crap out of me at the moment. I was doing great, then they increased my meds. That caused extreme anxiety, so we decreased back to where I was. It's been 2 weeks now and I'm still a mess.

I keep having these anxious thoughts and feelings. All health related. I've convinced myself I have a blood clot. And now my lungs hurt (saw doc yesterday, they think it's sinuses). And of course now my head keeps hurting and feeling like it's going to explode or vision is changing. Numbness. Just anxious.

I can tell myself that, and convince myself to calm down after a while, but it's bad and I don't know what to do about it. I was starting to feel normal just a few weeks ago, now this is every day.

mykids12
12-04-2013, 03:38 PM
Sounds like me!

Stephj526
12-04-2013, 06:16 PM
It sucks! I start CBT soon, hoping it helps. But in the meantime I'm a mess.

Stephj526
12-04-2013, 09:26 PM
I think they said something like I was at a weird dosage and wanted to get me to a "standard" level. I am currently at 12.5, but they tried to put me at 15 of Lexapro.