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by A Silver
Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:21 pm
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: dizziness/off balance/jolts
Replies: 23
Views: 9207

I have been having a dizzy and generally unsteady feeling for some time now. I am on a low dose of med and a possible side effect can be dizziness so I keep blaming that, however, it seems like I had this problem before I started the med. I also suffer from allegies and some sinus problems so I am w...
by A Silver
Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:23 am
Forum: Prescription Medication Discussion
Topic: Xanax question
Replies: 24
Views: 7671

I have recently began taking 0.5 mg of xanax after taking 0.25 for about four years. I never took the 0.25 3x as directed because taking it twice a day helped. Well, now that I am taking 0.5 because 0.25 stopped being effective, I am constantly feeling strange. I am very sensitive to medications so ...
by A Silver
Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:04 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Wigging out about Thunderstorms
Replies: 32
Views: 10176

I just had to respond to this subject. I grew up in a household, when thuderstorms & bad weater occured it was like everything "stopped." My dad had been in the military before he and my mom were married and had seen horrible weather conditions in places over seas. When my brother & I were young and...
by A Silver
Sat Apr 12, 2008 4:14 am
Forum: Parent to Parent
Topic: Any other stay at home moms ready to lose their mind!
Replies: 52
Views: 20962

I can completely relate to so much of what everyone is saying on here about staying at home W/ kids. I was a stay at home mom for almost six years until my daughter started school. Shortly after she was born was when my anxiety & panic started. I was afraid to be home alone with her all day because ...
by A Silver
Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:19 pm
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Anxiety Symptom?
Replies: 5
Views: 1552

I have just about experienced all of the "symptoms" of panic & anxiety that are discussed on here, however, recently I keep feeling a strange "Pulse" feeling on the right side of my head, just above the temple area. It of course scares me since I am not sure what it is. I was just wondering if all o...
by A Silver
Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:22 pm
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Physical Symtoms of Anxiety-hypochondriasis
Replies: 65
Views: 28203

Kelly 22, I can totally relate to the symptoms you have written about having. Lately I have had a horrible time dealing with panic & anxiety. I have been on med. for about 4 years now & for the first few that I was on med. my symptoms almost completly dissappeared. Recently, in this past month my me...
by A Silver
Wed Mar 19, 2008 11:50 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Self-doubt -what to do?
Replies: 6
Views: 2822

After just having a rough two weeks of anxiety, and my med. just recently being moved up to a little higher dose, I am having a horrible time doubting myself. After taking my medication, which by the way is the same one I have been on four almost 5 years, I haven't able to sleep much because I am co...
by A Silver
Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:03 pm
Forum: Prescription Medication Discussion
Topic: Question about Xanax
Replies: 25
Views: 7138

I have been on a very low dose of Xanax for a few years now. I have done wonderful on it until a few weeks ago. I started a new job a few months ago and everything seemed perfect. Then all of the sudden the symptoms I had a few years ago started coming back (racing heart, feeling of fainting, racing...