Job hunting...nervous

I put in applications online so now I have to go by the places and talk to the managers

I suffer from anxiety and I take Buspar for it but I know I will still be nervous even though Buspar is one of the best drugs for anxiety

 

I find the best cure for anxiety is to learn how to deal with it instead of popping pills.

Just be confident and have a clear idea of what you want from those jobs you're applying for and you should do fine.

 

oh but popping pills is the accepted way to deal with anything in todays society.. god forbid someone deal with there mental issues this day and age.

thats what shrinks and pharmaceutical companies are for.. you should trust them to give you whats best for your problems and not even attempt to face them on your own..

no,, dealing with your issues is a social faux pas nowadays..

 

pills are really bad
so so bad
I don't take chemical drugs

 

I know what you're talking 'bout. I have bad social anxiety, which is why my social life mostly revolves around this place, and that's the number one reason I haven't told the people at my job to take it and stick it up their asses. My hours got cut WAY back and my boss just called me and told me I could either come in and work 2 hours instead of the 4 I was scheduled to work, or I could take the day off. I'm not making my mom waste her gas to take me to and from work for only two damn hours. But I can't complain about getting Halloween off!

 

If I'm nervous and I feel like they know it would it be more comfortable to let them know off the bat. I didn't in the past but within the last year I have learned that it is better to be honest

 

you'll be fine, im looking for a higher paid job at the minute. even if you dont pass the first interview you do you get more confident with everyone, its all good practice.

 

Let them know if you think it will help in the long run. I have been getting over much of my anxiety in the past few months, so I have not told my work about it. I'm trying to get past it, and to be honest it's working very well.

Strive for a day when you don't need to reach for a pill, because you have solved the problem inside. I was on SSRIs and benzos, and all they did was make me more depressed, more anxious, feel more helpless and dependant (this is the root of anxiety btw), and made me gain about 40 lbs. Quitting them was the first and best step to my true recovery.

 

i thought you were off drugs or something

 

Don't forget to breathe. Really. People tend to hold their breathe when they're anxious and that makes it worse. It's OK to mention that you're nervous, but I wouldn't mention the drugs. Not information you want to share at the first interview!

 

This anti-anxiety is not addictinng it's not a benzo or SRRI drug it's listed as something else. I will have to look it up

 

doesnt mean you aren't taking a drug to "correct" your mood

 

thanks for your advice you guys. I also asked my department manager if it was okay to admit that I was nervous if it bothered me bad enough and he said it would be okay to say that

 

Yeah but if you had anxiety like I had you wouildm't be saying that

 

Here's the info on the drug since it's a good drug and not well heard of

GENERIC NAME: buspirone

BRAND NAME: Buspar

DRUG CLASS AND MECHANISM: Buspirone is an antianxiety medication that works by stimulating serotonin type 1A receptors on nerves thereby altering the chemical messages that nerves transmit to each other. Unlike the most commonly prescribed antianxiety medications of the benzodiazepine class (for example, diazepam [Valium], lorazepam [Ativan], alprazolam [Xanax]; clonazepam [Klonopin]), buspirone does not cause sedation.

 

i'm plenty familiar with both buspar and anxiety.

but its a simple thing: you might not be getting "fucked up" but you're taking a drug to alter your mood, behavior, mental state. thats using mind altering drugs whether its legal or healthy or not.

i just think its bizarre how so many people "clean up" and claim to be 100% drug free, but so many of them are still dependant on prescriptions, or caffeine, or tobacco, or whatever.

i'm not bashing you, i just think you might as well call it what it is, thats all.

 

Thank you, I understand