Feeling irrational panic

i don't believe that as long as aggressiveness is romanticized, or anyone feels like they have to be to prove their gender, that panic attacks are at all irrational.

 

I am sorry to read that life is difficult right now for you. While I have nothing to offer other than positive energy and the hope that you are able to have a measure of control in the near future on this, it is my wish none the less.

Take care of you.

 

I see the shrink tommorrow because of that.

 

Thank all of you for your thoughts and compassion. I've started the process of finding relief. Im fortunate in that I am in the menta lhealth profession and so have friends who can quickly guide me into the right options. I think this is going to come down to the classic Iatrigenic situation where one medicaction addresses and treats one symptem but inadvertantly created a far worse problem of another kind. The SNRI did work well for depression but opened the door for panic and anxiety to run wild...and it has been wild indeed. I slept several hours last night and feel far more positive today. Got a bunch of follow up appointments to make sure all is as it should be.

I also felt once again just how warm and compassionate some of you folks are. Thanks for the support cause It was a pretty lonely place to be. Steve

 

hey glad to hear that you are ok!

you hadn't logged on for a while, I was worried

 

Thank you. I'm sorting a bunch of stuff out. And all the while I'm humming the Beatles tune about getting by with a little help from my friends.

Odd how something like this does some much toward restoring faith in humanity, especially during a period of time when the nation seems to be in such strife. You're all a fine bunch of Primates and I'm please to ahng out in your family tree.

 

You want to know what helps me when I get that way? Writing.

I know a lot of people don't like to write or think it never helps them, but its honestly been the best therapy I could ever have.

I set a timer for 20-50 min and just go without really thinking into it. Afterwards, I reread what I wrote and realize a lot of decisions have been made or feelings have been resolved through it.

My anxiety usually comes without rhyme or reason, it seems, so when I take those moments to write it out, I feel so much better after. Its like releasing negative energy onto the paper and I feel renewed with positive energy.

It can be a tough thing to get into if writing isn't your thing and it might not work right away, but with time, it does help a lot with any kind of mental troubles.

 

Thats a great idea and I've already kinda made an outline of whats going on in life...a road map outta the maddness so to speak.

 

Good luck, and the best of ishs for better health.