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by Gingerbell
Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:38 pm
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Fear of taking an antibiotic...
Replies: 9
Views: 3720

I just went to the doctor today to get an antibiotic for a urinary tract infection... and I'm scared to take it. I took the first dose (I'm supposed to take it twice a day for 7 days), but it took me about half an hour. I cut it into pieces and swallowed each piece with like a 5-10 minute break befo...
by Gingerbell
Thu Oct 23, 2008 8:19 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: anyone have good coping strategies?
Replies: 7
Views: 3048

I'm getting better at leaving my house and doing things- both with others and alone- but it's not easy. I tend to get really nervous and anxious just before going somewhere and during the first part of whatever I'm doing, before starting to relax a little and feeling a little more normal further int...
by Gingerbell
Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:40 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Upcoming road trip
Replies: 3
Views: 983

I've been trying to manage some extreme anxiety and panic attacks for about 5 months now-- I never had a problem before then, it dropped on me out of thin air after I went through a bad breakup and moved out, then got laid off from my job. I quickly found a new and better job, but then got sick for ...
by Gingerbell
Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:51 am
Forum: General Comments/Inquiries about
Topic: Unreality, spacey, derealization
Replies: 9
Views: 4336

This is my main symptom too... I feel like I could handle panicking or even feeling general uneasiness, worry, and anxiety if I felt more like myself and less "spacey." It's a difficult symptom to describe to other people-- even my closest friends can look at me in complete confusion and give up tal...