Anxiety/panic attacks

It could be part of withdrawal. It could also be a sign of generalized anxiety disorder. That happens when something in life makes you very anxious and even after that something is gone, the anxiety remains.

The fact that it seems to be ever present in the background, leads me to believe it may be worth a trip to your doctor. I have the condition myself and I know what you’re experiencing. It’s terrifying. The longer you let it go, the bigger the risk that it could get worse. Not trying to scare you, but I also believe in good self-care and not suffering The fact that it seems to be ever present in the background, leads me to believe it may be worth a trip to your doctor. I have the condition myself and I know what you’re experiencing. It’s terrifying. The longer you let it go, the bigger the risk that it could get worse. Not trying to scare you, but I also believe in good self-care and not suffering unnecessarily.

Just my opinion. Either way, I wish you the very best!

 

It can be a scary experience especially at first. My situation is probably different than yours. I have had it on and off for years. In the past, my doctor would prescribe Klonopin, an anti-anxiety medication. It worked wonders! That type of treatment is temporary. Once the anxiety is gone and you don’t feel it without the meds, you wean off the meds. I have done that several times. To the point that my doctor and I have now developed a longer-term treatment strategy. I have different meds for the long term, and and using Klonopin to deal with any anxiety that breaks through the other meds. Both the long term and the short term treatment worked amazingly well for me! If you think this might be generalized anxiety disorder, I strongly urge you to see your doctor soon. It is probably only the short term variety for you. But, yes, the meds make a world of difference. The other nice thing is you will feel a difference within a half an hour of taking the Klonopin, if that’s what they give you. Please ask any questions you like and please do keep me updated. I’m happy to help if I can.

 

You’re welcome, my friend! It’s a scary thing to face alone. The more you tell me, the more I am convinced you are having some sort of generalized anxiety disorder. It isn’t a sign of weakness or not being good or any other thing, it’s just an illness, like diabetes. The fact that it has remained for so long and no matter what situation you’re in, is what leads me to believe you should see a doctor. It’s possible that your first attack set it off. The cruel joke about anxiety is that those who have it can actually get anxious about their anxiety, which only makes it worse. Stress definitely will not help. If you have a family doctor, Please call tomorrow and get an appointment as soon as possible. There is relief and you do not need to suffer this.

 

My best advice is don’t think about it in terms of temporary versus not. Chances are very very strong that it is only a temporary condition. It happens to many people. If you worry about it being more than temporary, you were only agitated more and cause yourself more suffering. Thank of it as just temporary and get that doctor appointment as soon as possible. With the right medication, it will pass, I promise. One other piece of advice, I would specifically bring up Klonopin. It’s been around for a very long time, is proven safe and is available as a generic, so it’s not expensive.

 

You’re welcome. Eating healthier and working out and doing distracting things (healthy ones) along with socializing will help, too. It is perfectly normal after an anxiety attack and even when it’s just anxiety in the background, to feel anxious about or unable to do certain things. When my first experience with it happened, there were nights I couldn’t go sleep in my own bed. I had to sleep in the living room. I’m glad to hear you are finding ways of getting control of it! That leads me to believe that this is only a temporary issue. It could be related to your reboot. The big question I would have for you is, whether it’s reboot related or not, is it constant and off (which it sounds like it is) that it is interfering with your life and making you uncomfortable? If that is the case, you definitely need to see a doctor.

 

It sounds like you are coping really well. It may be possible that a prescription (short term) would be the last push to get you over this, with everything else you’re doing. Just food for thought.

 

I have had increased anxiety and stress as well since trying to stop pmoing. The longer I go with out pmo, the better and more calm I get, public places or people don’t bother me normally. Never have. But when I am coming off a relapse and such everything stresses me out and I get very anxious around people and want to avoid them. I have not taken an medication for it though. Everyone is different in their opinions, but MOST, not all, most of the time all those prescription meds do more harm than good, imo.

When I was younger I was on several different anti depressants. All they did was make me gain weight and make it to where I couldn’t hardly O.

Now if you are concerned about your heath defitnley visit a doctor for some tests and blood work to make sure everything is okay.

However what you mentioned seems very normal. Especially after coming off a hard relapse.

 

My first episode was a little over 10 years ago. It took about three months of treatment before it was gone. Weaning off of the medication took a few more months. Now that case was very severe.

I did not have a repeat experience until a year or so after my mother died. Treatment for couple months, wean off the drug, everything is fine. The following year, it happened again, same treatment. This January it returned as a very mild case. But because mine keeps returning, we decided to go for longer term care. Yours really sounds like a short-term problem, so I wouldn’t focus too hard on how many times mine came back. It is doubtful that will happen to you. After my mom died, there were several other trumatic experiences that kept it returning.

 

I’m sorry to hear about your situation and the loss of your mother! I hope you can find a way to get rid of your general anxiety for good.

 

To your point @Fallensoldier1, not every case requires medication, I agree. As far as your statement about the drug is causing more harm than good, I agree with one minor change. You were on antidepressants. In younger people, those can cause more problems than good. Anti-anxiety medications are completely different classes of medications with completely different systems of action. I am definitely not pushing drugs here, but what concerns me most is the original posters issue Is not going away. That is more of a sign of a medical issue than just reboot, though it certainly could have been brought on by reboot. Please no I am not trying to be argumentative, I totally respect your opinion.

 

Thank you for your kind words, I truly appreciate it. At this point, it is unlikely mine will go away. Never say never, but it doesn’t seem very likely.

Also, I am glad you are here to provide a different perspective for the original poster.

 

Thank you, I appreciate it. Failing two classes could certainly do it. What brought my first one on is failing the bar exam.