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Maybe because then we'd take love for granted. Our brains often search for comparison points, hots and colds, goods and evils, chocolate and vanilla... cortisol and serotonin. I took serotonin for granted before I got a big cortisol dump. Now I personally understand the magnitude of stress and anxiety, and take great joy in the fact that my brain is moving toward peace and happiness again.

Yeah, evil is bad. Yeah, everyone should strive to love (or at least, not hurt). But sometimes without balance there is less understanding.

Like, if you ate the same favorite food forever and ever, without a little nutrition or variety, it might lose its magic. It might just taste like food. Your tastebuds would want to wander.

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Do you have any recommendations for good anti-anxiety medication?

Incredibly, I'm not on Xanax (people have been telling me those symptoms were from anxiety). Coffee/caffeine is apparently bad for acid reflux (and thus I am so lucky I never got hooked on it, or even started). Ah, I miss chocolate.

But klonopin, that's something my NP just recommended. If hydroxyzine isn't a possibility in my future, that is. (I'd take tired if it meant relaxed and painless!)

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Other than guessing from language, can anyone tell who the anonymous posters are?

Haha, this whole thread reminds me of -- and explains completely -- an embarrassing post I made 9-10 years ago trying to do some self-promotion for a Sims story. Mods definitely saw right through me.

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oh lord, this site layout brings back some memories!

Amen! Way more inclined to post/answer here than I was with the HelpToGo layout. Feels much more pleasantly 2007-y.

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Do you have any recommendations for good anti-anxiety medication?

Nix wrote:
im on citalopram i think its called from memory. i like it but it did cause more anxiety at first which settled down after about 2 weeks, now its great, my mood has picked up and i can sleep better.

non prescription i have used 5htp supplement which i love, and you could try cbd oil, it seems to be all the rage now.

Thanks! Citalopram is something I should research, then. Apparently a lot of other anti-anxiety meds can take 4+ weeks to do anything. Also, luckily I believe I have some 5htp around the house. Took it once a couple weeks back when I was first having brain fog. Maybe it'll be more help now.

BIG-AL-ONE wrote:
Consider an anti-anxiety diet. Research food groups that bear relaxing properties. You may also find there are many properties in foods that trigger stressors.
So, by lessening one food group and increasing another, you may find what you're looking for and live better for it.

So I've heard! After all, ~90% of serotonin is made in the gut. I do kind of feel like my diet change/restrictions were what set off my anxiety this year (thanks a lot, silent reflux). Unfortunately anxiety --> nausea --> more food aversion --> small meals --> fatigue --> no energy to make or get food --> anxiety.

It's a vicious cycle, but I'll have to break it anyway.

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Do you have any recommendations for good anti-anxiety medication?

Your English is great, no worries! I think my sister's boyfriend recommended something similar to that, as well as square breathing.

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Do you have any recommendations for good anti-anxiety medication?

Kalinihta wrote:
Don't do the mistake to self medicate. They could make you feel worse. Some of them could cause fatigue, nausea etc. Make an appointment with a psychiatrist and they'll know what to give you. You might need antidepressants and not anxiolytics.

I agree, I saw my NP and a therapist yesterday. The latter said she wasn't qualified to prescribe anything but recommended anti-anxiety. My sister, who has gone through the same symptoms I've been going through lately, recommends short term Xanax, calling it "safe and incredibly effective for short term, as needed relief but it isn't a permanent solution." Honestly, I'd prefer to see a psychiatrist that my therapist referred me to. Don't know when I'll get to see her though, but I'll push towards that.

Kalinihta wrote:
Oh! And I've been through a period where I had the feeling there's something wrong with me. Turned out it was just anxiety, as soon as I stopped feeling anxious, started meditating and aome breathe exercise, all my symptoms vanished.

Do you have any meditation/breathing tips? The last time I meditated was for a Restorative Communication class and it made me feel strange and buzzy.

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Anxiety to the point of getting sick.

I second @SerenelyBlue's "see a psychologist." I've been dealing with a lot of psychosomatic symptoms from my anxiety lately, and yesterday I went to a therapist for the first time and it felt so good to talk about what I've been going through, it distracted me from a lot of my discomforts for a while.

Anxiety piles on. Confront it before the dam breaks.

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I can't bring myself to eat.

BIG-AL-ONE wrote:

CarolineFCY wrote:
That's a good idea, we have a cherished InstantPot and crockpot in the house... I wonder if I can also manage potato soup with bacon or something.

That's nice! Don't forget to add the processed cheese (for real) and heavy cream!

I'll try -- it sounds heavenly -- but I'll have to tread lightly! Just recently getting over reflux.

Kalinihta wrote:
I knew this girl who had the same problem, doctor suggested she should start with mixed juice, then vegetable soups and then start adding some meat in the soups and bread. He also gave her anxiolytics which are known to increase appetite.

Hmm, I think I can handle the juice. And despite what my mother and sister have said, I may need those anxiolytics... the panic attacks have been bad, and nonstop. In fact, they may solve a lot of my problems because I'm sick of losing weight.

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* sad *

No matter why you're sad, I hope you can find the strength to take whatever this is a day at a time. Like my older sister told me, it won't be like this forever. It doesn't have to be.

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