i am calling tomorrow to make an appointment with a new doctor that has been recommended to me more than once. i struggle with anxiety attacks on a daily basis, and i have major trouble falling asleep, and staying asleep at night. i am just wondering if any of you have had similar issues, and i know when it comes to medications, you have to go through the trial and error process before you get it just right, but if any of you out there can suggest the best medications to help with my problems, i would greatly appreciate that so i can discuss medications with my doctor. i have tried xanax and ambien, xanax worked good. ambien got me to sleep quick but i would wake up periodically throughout the night and have to take another. i just tried trazadone for the first time so we’ll see how that works…. but i guess my main question is…. what would you recommend i ask my doctor to prescribe me for the anxiety and insomnia???? i need some good stuff that works, because these issues are starting to interfere with my daily activities and they are depressing the relationships i have with friends and family. i want to get better, not worse, and i damn sure dont want to end up in a hospital. any suggestions are appreciated.
For a little over 6 years now I have been suffering from bouts of Depression, sometimes really bad, other times I am just "sad" for no reason that I understand…My Anxiety is pretty bad sometimes, no panic attacks *i.e heart pumping wildly ,feeling like I am spinning out of control* But is getting worse with age to the point that I don’t want to do anything that could potentially "kill me" that pretty much covers everything outside the house, I hate talking to people and I have terrible insomnia that is only quelled by Sleeping pills nightly, otherwise I start panicking really bad about things I don’t even understand and because of it I wake every morning with a terrible headache and can’t ever seem to "wake up".
So my question is, is there anything I can do to self medicate without a prescription "drug" or therapist?
I exercise at least 4 times a week for at least 20 minutes a day, I can’t afford a therapist and even if I could I have a phobia of talking to people face to face, and I sure as heck can’t show weakness or emotion to them..
would cause anxiety in any case?
I lost a great deal of money on the stock market yesterday, around 5% of all my savings. Whereas a small loss does not make me anxious, I know that had I not been taking antidepressants this type of loss would cause depressive symptoms such as insomnia (no sleep last night) and desire to drink water – the fight or flight response.
But now I am on antidepressants, which work for me, I have had this relapse exactly the same as I would have had in the past.
Is it likely to disappear in the next few days once I have got used to the idea of the loss, or could it disappear faster, or slower?
Thanks
