Posted by alexandra_k on October 6, 2006, at 22:57:16
In reply to Re: My new meds » alexandra_k, posted by Lindenblüte on October 6, 2006, at 19:59:57
> I'm not convinced that the anxiety I feel after missing my prn dose will be much different from the anxiety I've had since January.
It won't be the anxiety that you have had since January plus the anxiety that you have from withrdawal?
If you have had the anxiety since January then this prescription isn't just something to get you through a temporary hard patch. If you take it for a week then you are going to have a tolerance to it. You won't feel so zonked on it anymore, but if you stop taking it then isn't it likely that you will have the anxiety of withdrawal but the initial anxiety that led you to take the med in the first place?
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Some people say that they have been taking the same dose for a number of years and they never have increased it.
They also say that it manages their anxiety fine and they don't have negative side effects from it.
What I wonder is... Is that right? Is reaction time slowed? Is cognition slowed?
___________________________________So I'm concerned, yeah.
That being said, I'm sorry if what I said struck you as unsupportive. I didn't mean to be unsupportive. Concerned, yeah. Maybe I should have just left this alone... But if you have had the anxiety since January then I don't see what is going to change over the next week...
> As far as coping with anxiety, I'm trained in Insight Meditation and that has not seemed very helpful.
How often do you meditate?
What kind of meditation do you do?I'm doing some mindfulness meditation with Deneb and Clearskies over on social if you would like to join us:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20060922/msgs/691416.html
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