4th November 2007
:mad:
Hi everyone, its very frustrating, I recently decreased my paxil from 10mg to 2.5mg. The reason being i started to feel better, BUT I felt a loss of emotion, and when you are trying to find someone that you can date etc. I think its important to be yourself. I have a phsyc, and a therapist, and both help to a degree, but its not a permanent fix. The meds help as well, but I am all for the all natural way to fix things. I excercise regularly, walk/run a mile each day, do moderate to heavy weight lifting. If you saw me on the street you would think I played football, but i think thats the worste part, you would never think i suffer from bad anxiety.
Recently i have become VERY anxious whenever I am put on the spot, or when people are staring at me for instance if I am filling out a form and someone is staring at me while i fill it out i get real nervous and start writing fast as possible and my hands sweat horribly (which is another reason for my anxiety) My hands are sweaty alot of the time.
In the past year I lost my job (lay off), but have been doing some side work which is mostly sitting down at a computer for a majority of the day. I notice that the computer makes me a little irritable. In addition I have started to like someone alot but become anxious about going out on a date with her because I dont want to become anxious, and have this horrible tension in my head. In addition i have elevated blood pressure which i take 5mg of norvasc for my bp resting is usually 72-78/129-138. When I get too excited, or too nervous my bp will go up sometimes to 159/92, and I feel it in my head. Its like a viscious cycle, and its very disheartining. I have held consistent employment since the age of 15 (im 25) hold a college degree, and have delt without med's for my anxiety my entire life. Now it seems that it has become a little more debilitating and my confidence is shot. I dont want to let anxiety & moderately high bp ruin my dreams of owning my own biz, can anyone relate? Any techniques to deal? Anything?
Thanks for reading my long write :)
Hi everyone, its very frustrating, I recently decreased my paxil from 10mg to 2.5mg. The reason being i started to feel better, BUT I felt a loss of emotion, and when you are trying to find someone that you can date etc. I think its important to be yourself. I have a phsyc, and a therapist, and both help to a degree, but its not a permanent fix. The meds help as well, but I am all for the all natural way to fix things. I excercise regularly, walk/run a mile each day, do moderate to heavy weight lifting. If you saw me on the street you would think I played football, but i think thats the worste part, you would never think i suffer from bad anxiety.
Recently i have become VERY anxious whenever I am put on the spot, or when people are staring at me for instance if I am filling out a form and someone is staring at me while i fill it out i get real nervous and start writing fast as possible and my hands sweat horribly (which is another reason for my anxiety) My hands are sweaty alot of the time.
In the past year I lost my job (lay off), but have been doing some side work which is mostly sitting down at a computer for a majority of the day. I notice that the computer makes me a little irritable. In addition I have started to like someone alot but become anxious about going out on a date with her because I dont want to become anxious, and have this horrible tension in my head. In addition i have elevated blood pressure which i take 5mg of norvasc for my bp resting is usually 72-78/129-138. When I get too excited, or too nervous my bp will go up sometimes to 159/92, and I feel it in my head. Its like a viscious cycle, and its very disheartining. I have held consistent employment since the age of 15 (im 25) hold a college degree, and have delt without med's for my anxiety my entire life. Now it seems that it has become a little more debilitating and my confidence is shot. I dont want to let anxiety & moderately high bp ruin my dreams of owning my own biz, can anyone relate? Any techniques to deal? Anything?
Thanks for reading my long write :)