Posted by Crystal on March 6, 2001, at 14:03:02
In reply to Anxiety and Coping Mechanisms, posted by karenR on March 6, 2001, at 9:46:04
Karen,
Do you take remeron by itself for anxiety?? Did it knock you out the first couple of days you took it. I think I tried it once and I couldn't stay awake. Just curious cause I have anxiety too and looking for some help.
crystal> I recently posted a message about Remeron and weight gain. First, I want to thank
> everyone who responded. This web-site has been a real God-send to me. I was really
> feeling alone about the symptoms of anxiety I was feeling, but to know that there is
> population of "normal" people with the same problems is a real comfort to me. Anyway, the form in which
> my anxiety was most severe was tightness in my chest and difficulty getting a full
> breath in. I have been on remeron for 2.5 weeks now. I swear, it's a miracle.
> I couldn't believe anything could make me feel "normal" again. Anyway, now that I am
> properly medicated, I need to develop "coping skills". I don't want to be medicated
> for life (plus, I dread gaining weight on the Remeron. I think I only gained a few
> pounds, and I am on top of it, but can this continue?!?). Anyway, what types of coping
> mechanisms have other people been successful with? I am still seeing a therapist but
> I am not sure how much I am going to get from him. When my breathing difficulties started
> about 6 months ago, he said things like "just don't take deep breaths" which to me sounds
> as stupid as telling people who have insomnia to "just relax", it doesn't work! Now I
> seem to be pretty irritable on the remeron, but he thinks it's just the medication "allowing"
> me to feel the emotions that I had previously bottled up. I am not so sure of this, but
> I'm willing to consider it. Anyway, has anyone ever had the type of anxiety symptons (or
> even others!) that they've learned some sort of coping mechanism and been able to go off
> of meds? My worst fear is that my anxiety will keep increasing to keep up with
> the level of meds in my blood.
>
> Thanks, karenR
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