Anxiety update (hopefully the last one)
YoYo
Zoloft, wunnerful Zoloft!
I am no longer experiencing anorgasmia, as I was on Paxil. Orgasms aren't
quite the same, but they're there, and they'll do.
Zoloft doesn't control my anxiety *quite* as well as Paxil did. I have
very low-level anxiety most of the time, and I do have some anxious
moments - mostly when I've got a good deal of "down time" and nothing to
engage my mind (e.g. when I'm driving). BUT, the anxiey that I'm
experiencing now is qualitatively different from what it was before. I no
longer feel this overwhelming unfocused dread. I no longer have the
electric current running through my chest. I no longer lay in bed feeling
my heart pound. I no longer dread going to work. I no longer feel
ill-at-ease at home. I feel, on the whole, pretty good. My concentration
has improved. I'm capable of devoting myself to a task without getting
significantly distracted.
If the relatively minor amount of anxiety that I have now is the price I
have to pay for being able to have orgasms while on meds, I'm more than
happy to pay it.
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Nicest of the Damned
Mmm... I spent what felt like the whole weekend out of the house..
Walking around the lovely city of Worcester MA. Going out to
restaurants with friends. Attending the annual theatre festival
at WPI. All without a shred of the agoraphobia I'd been having
up 'til last November-ish.
I attribute this to 2 things:
1) Paxil. It's given me a lot more energy and mellowed out the
anxiety I'd been feeling when away from home. (The only side
effect I'm getting is very VIVID dreams. Like a new movie in my
head every night)
2) I've discovered that the 'anxiety attacks' I was getting weren't
so much anxiety as hypoglycemia. My brain was running low on glucose,
and triggering a panic attack to release more from the body's store.
Once I learned to control that through diet, I was able to go out more,
and to know what to do when it happened.
This is a big improvement from the past couple years, where I went
to work, went home, and went no where else, if I could help it.
-jer , sharing his brain. take a piece
and pass it along.
Solipsist Nation
In article <slrn6jp7j...@sidehack.sat.gweep.net>,
Nicest of the Damned <j...@sidehack.sat.gweep.net> wrote:
>Mmm... I spent what felt like the whole weekend out of the house..
>Walking around the lovely city of Worcester MA. Going out to
>restaurants with friends. Attending the annual theatre festival
>at WPI. All without a shred of the agoraphobia I'd been having
>up 'til last November-ish.
Yep. And we're mighty glad to have you back.
>2) I've discovered that the 'anxiety attacks' I was getting weren't
>so much anxiety as hypoglycemia.
Eek!
Josh
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Nicest of the Damned
In article <6hic50$d2n$1...@sidehack.sat.gweep.net>, Solipsist Nation wrote:
< Yep. And we're mighty glad to have you back.
<
awww.... gosh *blush*
< >2) I've discovered that the 'anxiety attacks' I was getting weren't
< >so much anxiety as hypoglycemia.
<
< Eek!
yeah, fun fun... Thing is, I was eating more to try to keep my
blood sugar up while I was travelling,etc., thus adding an extra 1/2 Jer
to my frame, and I was still getting 'em! Eating smaller meals spread
out more through the day was the key.
My first doctor said "Go see a psychologist" who said "Well, you're under
some work stress, and still have some grieving issues, but you seem
mostly calm. I'm not sure why you're getting Panic Attacks. " , and sent
me along my way with relaxation techniques. That lasted about 2 years
'til my next Dr. said "you're putting on lots of weight. Let's check your
blood sugar" and found it was up-n-down like a roller coaster.
Having nigh-random 'panic attacks' kept me close to home or close to work..
someplace that I knew, and where I knew I could meet my needs if a
problem arose.
-jer