Recent anxiety - Advice please :)

[Kan12]

Hi everyone, In the last couple of months I have had 2 anxiety attacks. 1 very severe and the 2nd one not as bad. Dr says its "situational anxiety". I don't cope well with conflict/drama. I never think it's the other person I always try to "fix" myself to make things better.

The Dr put me on medication, I now have to wean myself off and if I'm finding I'm needing it again she will put me on something long term. The crazy thing is, she asked me to wean off by having 1 tablet, none for a day, tablet next day, wait 2 days, then have a tablet, wait 3 days, have a tablet etc. Im finding I feel great off the tablet but when I have it, as a once off I feel shaky again. Is this common?  Any advice or experience will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[white knight]

Hi Kan, welcome

Unfortunately we cant give out medication advice as we are not trained professional medical people. We are actually people with mental illness.

So adhere strictly to your doctors orders, it wont be long and you will be off your meds.

In terms of social interaction develop a few basic rules for yourself like- if you join a club stay in the background which will help avoid conflict, Refrain from joining committees etc.

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[Kan12]

yes i know you cant give out medication advice as you are not trained professional medical people. I was just wondering if someone else had experienced the same as me. This is all very new to me so just trying to gain as much info as i can.

I will check out those other links, thanks for that.

[Lilybell]

Hi Kan,

There are a number of medication information lines that can be contacted if you can’t talk to your Dr or pharmacist.

Best wishes

[Tunsie]

If you don’t feel that this is correct for you then seek a second opinion. I always double check with my pharmacist if I’m not sure about medication I’m taking. The one thing my anxiety has taught me is that you need to advocate for yourself and not let anyone force you into making decisions that you don’t feel are right for you. When I was first put on medication I was promised it would be 6-12 months max. I have now been on it for nearly 2 years.