Posted by tm on May 31, 2003, at 13:52:15
In reply to Re: anxiety?! ..Hey, Wayne!, posted by blkvettes on May 31, 2003, at 13:24:55
> > > hi tim,
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> > > i am hoping to get blkvettes (Wayne)'s attention for you.
> > >
> > > TM asks:
> > > > > > How long did it take for you to feel the full effects and at what strength are? tHanks Tim
> > > > >
> > > Mariposa replied:
> > > > > I would say I probably started feeling better at 9 weeks, and by 11th week I was sure I was doing MUCH better.
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> > > > > I started at 5mg, at end of 4th week went to 10mg, still at 10mg going into 5th month.
> > > >
> > >
> > > and now (this is where Wayne can help us) TM asks:
> > > > I wake up with so much anxiety which is one of my problems and not caused by the Lex. I take .75 Xanax while I'm still laying in bed. Did you have or do you have this problem?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Wayne has lex experience with anxiety and social phobia.
> > >
> > > if he is busy, you could use the search at Babble to check Wayne's old posts .... they really are quite inspirational ...... just check for blkvettes' older posts..... that's 'blkvettes', as in "black Corvettes".
> > >
> > > and as Wayne inspired me to say, with his closing....
> > >
> > > TAKE CARE !!!!
> > > and keep on posting!
> > > ~ jim
> > >
> > Thanks I'll start looking, I have noticed some of his posts and not so sure we haven't crossed paths, but I new at this.
> > Tim
> >
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> Hi, the depression was the first to go for me. I had bad panic attacks and anxiety. The panic attacks went away early but the fear and anxiety persisted. Now I had this bad!!!! So bad I did not leave my room for months. I was shaking had muscle spasms and I could go on and on. Afraid to be alone for a couple of months. Now I do pretty much what I want on my terms. Somewhere around week 6 everything started to come around slowly. I started leaving on my own and it was hard. I remember that 1st drive in the car. I only drove about 1 mile and got gas and air for the car. My legs felt like noodles and the anxiety was overwhelming. But as time went on I gained more and more confidence. It got so bad at one point I had to have someone keep my dog because the barking would drive me crazy. But once the med starts to work you still have to do your part. Its not something that just goes away. You have to face all the fears that have built up in you if you have them. Im still doing this now. I have a trip to the mall planned and the next big hurdle is the 1 hour drive to the beach by myself. The med does a lot of the work, but you have to do a lot of it also. Its a slow process and Im in like week 15. But it gets better and better if you have the right med. I have a thought that it took us a long time to get these fears and it takes a long time to overcome them. It does not happen over night. Need more info, just post!!!! GOOD LUCK!!!
> WAYNE>>>>CANT GAT AWAY WITHOUT SAYING TAKE CARE TO lil jimi!!!!
>Thanks Wayne,
I can leave the house and travel on my own. My anxiety I guess is getting the day started and the fright of how the day will go. I can not stay in my room or will go crazy. The anxiety is worse in the morning and comes and goes as the day moves along. I seem to be better at night. I have troubles going home which is 5 hours away. I have been in this new town with my family for a year. I suffer for about ten days after I go home. Horrible; nausea, lose of weight & confusion. My big challenge is over the next couple of weeks. I have had trips planned before I started having these problems. Next week my wife and I go to Jacksonville for a few days, which we have been doing for ten years. Two weeks laters the whole family goes to D.C. for a family vacation. I do have an appointment with the Psy Doc Tuesday the day before we leave. Darn the anxiety. This sight has been a relief for me, I have been reading and asking for a week now. Thanks Wayne, It alaways help to know that there is hope. Do you take Xanax?Hang In There! and Thanks Tim
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