Anxiety sucks.

[lightningandsnow]

I thought my meds were starting to work. They're pretty ineffective so far and my anxiety is coming back.

And I'm sick of being told to suck it up.

This blows.

[JNelson6563]

1. Marijuana: Nature's Xanax

:hug:

[Deja Q]

3. Controlled, as how the ingredients in Adderall are, I've no qualms.

Indeed, there is good stress and bad stress. Our "society" is currently emitting enough negative stress in the media, then the news asks why everybody is stressed... and fat (one contributor IS depression, another is anxiety, and both cause more cortisol to be produced, which in turn produces more body fat. Or so the Relacore commercial told me, but it's not a total lie... Relacore is still worthless, merely taking a fact and spinning it to their own gain.)

[asdjrocky]

4. You beat me to it.

[Skip Intro]

5. Not true. Not for me.

MJ makes me anxious as hell, usually, but not always. Paranoid and wondering what those around me are thinking about me. Usually, but not always. Sometimes intense introspection with some vague sense of some fatal flaw, that I can never remember. Sometimes. Sometimes, it makes the music and the mood cool and fun times ten. Sometimes it's the opposite. Sometimes it may relieve anxiety, sometimes it intensifies it. For me anyway...

[seabeyond]

9. unless you are prone to anxiety attacks.... lol, then escalates them

to a whole new paranoia level.

[JNelson6563]

13. Worked for mine, sorry not for you.

Best of luck to you.

[seabeyond]

15. if environment was messed up

i tended to paranoia. but in theory, sounds like it should work

[Deja Q]

2. I hear ya; similar problems here...

:hug:

Some meds take up to 6 weeks to work. The sad part is, the prescription cost, with or without insurance, makes this professional guesswork aggravating. Not to mention, expensive.

BTW: Be wary of drugs that cause weight gain. I had weight gain and the quack just said to exercise more (like I had the friggin' time...) Not to mention, I say "quack" because I was MISDIAGNOSED. Not everybody replaced broccoli with cotton candy in their diets...

[ThomCat]

6. Being told to "suck it up" never help.

:(

That's just a way of telling people "just pretend that your problem doesn't really exist." That's easy advice for people to give who have no idea what they are talking about, and no real empathy.

I hope your anxiety passes. I hope your med starts working, or else I hope you can get an alternative that works better. :hug:

Please be well.

[UndertheOcean]

7. Ativan is amazing , all your worries dissolve ....to bad you can't be on it for long

but you can have it on a temporary basis .

[Skip Intro]

10. xanax too nt

[seabeyond]

8. hey... have you tried meditation. when you feel it coming on

lower lites, indian music, sit, back straight, close eyes and breath. in and out. in and out. concentrate on the breathing. only breathing....

have you tried any of that

i would get panic attacks and i found some thing that helped.

if you want to talk, pm me

[Ptah]

11. Wish I could help.

[Skip Intro]

12. Try this. I liked it. Relax...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpT5MrD44wM&feature=related

check the other vids to the right when this one is done...

[rbnyc]

14. I know meds really help some people...

...but personally, I favor Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, meditation, and other non-medical solutions. I have previously been diagnosed with GAD and with PTSD. I have been on meds before, and I have been in other forms of therapy. My experience with meds was really horrible.

I'm no longer in therapy, and I generally manage pretty well now. Though I recognize certain tendencies in myself and wouldn't rule out needing help from time to time.

I hope you get to a place where you have the tools you need to manage (which is a lot different than sucking it up.)

Anxiety really does suck. I feel for you.

Good luck.