Why is my anxiety so bad?!
Question: I went to the doctor already.. got medication. (lexapro) it helped for a while but the anxiety seems to be slowly creeping back and i hate it! do I need a higher mg? whats going on? anyone have the same issue?
Answers: I went to the doctor already.. got medication. (lexapro) it helped for a while but the anxiety seems to be slowly creeping back and i hate it! do I need a higher mg? whats going on? anyone have the same issue?
The trouble with most medications is the tendency to wear off over time, and requiring higher doses. As the dose increases the side effects begin to get more severe. Lexapro is a drug with many lasting side effects. Try to work on causes of your anxiety. Only you can decide what they are, but typically center around relationships, work, family, etc... Diet & exorcise can have a huge impact on getting well, as can the use or abuse of alcohol and other drugs. Good luck, its a long road back to health.
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I've been suffering with the same thing for a few years now. Try and remove yourself from a polluted environment that gets you anxious.
Correspond with people who are positive and supportive in your life.
This should definitely be of some help.
ive dealt with severe anxity for a few years now and it is so hard and im sorry your going through it too, but iv done major research on it and heres a few things i have found...
oh p.s. iv heard that its something that eases off as you get older so just hang in there, mines slowly getting better maybe cause i just started faceing it, try not to turn to alcohol like i did cause that will just bring about a new set of problems...anyways heres thats stuff...
Diversion Tactics
Here are a few examples of diversion tactics to use whilst having an attack. Practice them, they really work!
1. Splash face with cold water - this produces the dive reflex
And causes your brain to send messages to your body to slow down
2. Distraction - Count down from 100 as fast as you can,
Repeat over and over. Do math problems or anything
Else that occupies your mind
3. Listen to your favorite music loudly and sing along to it
4. Say to yourself - this has never hurt me, it has never hurt anyone else and it never will. I know what it is and it means nothing - disempowering the attack
5. Tell yourself that what you are feeling are sensations; nothing more and that sensations never hurt anyone
6. Watch a funny video on TV, laugh out loud
7. Don't look at yourself in the mirror
8. Keep some apples in the fridge. Eat one, then another if you wish
9. Gently slap your cheeks and dance around - confuse your thoughts to distract them
10. in the night, get out of bed, turn on the TV, get a drink, eat an apple and keep moving
11. Talk to someone or phone someone - don't discuss your anxiety
12. Do something physical if you can
13. Do not sit down! Keep moving
Do any amount of these diversion tactics simultaneously if possible?
Anxiety is caused and perpetuated by an organ in the brain called the Amygdala. When the Amygdala becomes disrupted it causes us to experience a higher level of anxiety than is appropriate.
hope that helps a little bit, and hang in there it will get better!