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If it's the physical symptoms that you fear, I would ask your doctor about propranolol (Inderal) as needed. It is a beta blocker which blocks your bodies response to the fight-or-flight adrenalin rush. It works great. You can take it whenever needed to squash the physical symptoms. It was originally...

Hi Maria, I'm taking 30mg of Lex. This dosage helps with my obsessive thinking much more than 20mg. Even at 30mg, I still get anxiety but I'm able to use the techniques of the program to keep it under control. I've tapered off the Lex too soon in the past and it backfired. I'm sticking with it longe...

Hi Brandi, You could ask your doctor about a precription of the beta blocker Inderal (Propranolol). It works great alleviating the body symptoms. You could take it as needed to break the viscous cycle of anxiety about body symptoms leading to further body symptoms. I rarely take it but knowing I hav...

Hey Susan, No you're not alone with the so called 'breathing obsession'. I started this obsession about a week ago. I have made a lot of progress and hopefully what I've discovered will help you too. It's not the breathing that's creating your obsessive thinking. What about breathing should cause an...

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That may very well be why you've started feeling depressed again. It happens very slowly and the changes are subtle so you don't even realize it. I was on 20mg Lexapro and doing well. So I thought I didn't need it and cut back to 10mg. I very gradually started having trouble sleeping again and my an...