Brian0787
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Today, 12:26 am
colliegrace wrote:
Brian0787 wrote:
colliegrace wrote:
I recently was in the ER due to an anxiety attack pushing me into dangerous levels of blood pressure. They had to give me Ativan to bring my heart rate down.
My anxiety was extreme from October to mid January. I'm back on meds prescribed for anxiety. Mine is an antipsychotic, anxiety is an off-label use.
Sometimes you just gotta. Same as I need meds and insulin for diabetes.
My anxiety was extreme from October to mid January. I'm back on meds prescribed for anxiety. Mine is an antipsychotic, anxiety is an off-label use.
Sometimes you just gotta. Same as I need meds and insulin for diabetes.
Thank you for sharing colliegrace
Being in the ER with anxiety is nerve wracking. A month ago I had an ambulance take me to the ER as I thought I was having a heart attack but was just a severe panic attack. Ativan is very helpful in reducing blood pressure. I'm glad your meds are working for you! I am hoping a new Psychiatrist I am seeing tomorrow will be able to help me find the right med. It's definitely like managing diabetes which I know is very very difficult to manage.It's not much fun, idn't it. I walked out of there with 6 new prescriptions.
Mental health science is still in its early stages, so meds are veryyy much trial and error, even moreso than stuff like diabetes or hypertension meds.
And I do think they sometimes push meds when they're not necessarily needed, but for severe cases like mine or yours, they are at least needed for a time. Anxiety and depression have so many different and varied causes and triggers that are still not well known or understood.
For some with depression, it's a chemical imbalance and the right meds that correct that imbalance improves their quality of life, and it may be necessary lifelong.
For someone else with depression, it may just be circumstantial and something that will eventually correct itself. In that case, meds may still help for a time, even if not lifelong.
Imo of course.
Thank you! It's not very fun. I agree that for severe cases that are definitely needed. I am definitely beginning to believe there is a chemical imbalance issue going on. I kind of questioned it for a while because I was seeing articles saying how the theory was never proven but there has to be something chemically going on in some cases. I know it runs in my family on my Dad's side so I believe genes play a role which then might influence the chemical factor. Antidepressants have definitely improved many lives and the quality of life and that's a great point
I met with a Psychiatrist today who wants me to try half a dose of Remeron (Mirtazapine) to help with sleep and boost my Paxil. I'm kind of anxious about trying it but I guess you never know until you try.
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Brian0787
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