My day/Medication?

[gilded_masquerade]

Yesterday was my First Aid + CPR day where from 8 am - 4:30 pm I was doing this course. The morning was a little rough but it wasn't but until maybe an hour before I had to leave where I was hit by a bad anxiety attack which took me a while to come down from despite me having all my anxiety tools with me. It was probably one of the worse ones I've had in a while, it was extremely draining, physically and mentally.

Needless to say, I spent the rest of the day relaxing.

Now on the way to this course, I was talking to my mom about how I was debating medication. For days like yesterday it would make my life a bit easier but,

1) I don't have a doctor currently, I'm waitlisted at two places and bave been for a while

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2) With how I am I'd probably treat medication like I couldn't live without them, like I'd become too dependent...

I don't want to be taking them daily (unless I absolutely have to) I just don't know how I'd fair.

I have full support, it's just a matter of waiting for a doctor to get back to me. Any thing I should know about medication, or thoughts about my day yesterday?

[IheartDogs]

I'm so sorry about your panic attack yesterday, I know how debilitating and frightening they can be. Of course you made it through and when the next one happens you will also get through it. That's another thing you can tell yourself when it's going on, that you will not die and that it will pass.

That's great you're looking into medication for yourself and the question you have about taking the medication too often is a good one, means you're very aware. Sometimes even having the medication there to take is an intervention in itself. I was prescribed Klonopin, I never took it, but knowing it was there helped me tremendously.

If you're waiting for an appointment with a psychiatrist, perhaps you can ask your primary care physician to prescribe an anti-anxiety med until you can see the psychiatrist.

I hope you're having a better day today and that you keep pushing through❤

[IheartDogs]

P.S. search for David Carbonell on YouTube... Has great techniques for panic disorder called The Panic Trick

[gilded_masquerade]

Thanks so much, and unfortunately I don't have a health care physician at the moment, that's what I'm being waitlisted for and I haven't seen a psychiatrist in quite some time, I sadly don't have that kind of money at the moment...

But thank you for the advice and kind words, I'm very appreciative

[Marshall64 in reply to gilded_masquerade]

IIRC, aren't you a college student? Do they have a clinic for students at your university? When I was a student I used it a few times (not for anxiety) and it was cheap if not free. Could be worth checking into if your school has a clinic. I imagine anxiety has to be a common thing that they see in students. The only thing is I don't know if they would prescribe something.

[gilded_masquerade in reply to Marshall64]

I start in September and I'm about a half-hour/hour away from campus, but I'll certainly look into it