Driving anxiety

[My4leggeddaughter]

My anxiety while driving has recently skyrocketed. This generally happens when making a left hand turn or most recently while sitting in traffic, like three lanes down to one. Any one have any helpful hints? My Dr has recently upped my buspar from 10mg x 3 a day to 15mg x 3 a day but I can still feel it....

[Hidden]

Hi, years ago as my first marriage was ending, I would drive home to my ex-husband and my foot would not stay on the gas. It was always when I was driving home. The car would kind of jump around because I could not maintain my speed. It was scary and initially I thought the car needed to be repaired. I never even considered it a panic attack until years later. My whole body was rejecting his explanations about cheating. I am really sorry and remember how it feels. My driving panic attacks ended when I left him.

[My4leggeddaughter in reply to Hidden]

I am so sorry you went through that. I'm not sure if my relationship is my issue or not. It doesn't matter where I'm going including to a job I love. 😫 So frustrating and dehabilitating at the same time.

[Hidden in reply to My4leggeddaughter]

It was better that I left. I hope you feel better. It stinks when it happens and the anxiety of waiting for a panic attack kind of piles it on. My job was a haven for me back then.

[SillyHuman]

5-HTP WORKED FOR ME!

My doctor tried Buspirone (Buspar) and Lexapro.

Both work with Serotonin.

No improvement. Just kept getting worse.

My doctor said to "give it time".

I talked to someone who used Lexapro for 4 years and it wasn't helping .

Then I started thinking that maybe there was no Serotonin in my brain for the meds to work with .

5-HTP is used to produce Serotonin.

It's like I was stepping on the gas pedal but the gas tank was empty.

I just started using 5-HTP yesterday for horrible Morning Anxiety/Dread.

I noticed a 90% improvement this morning.

I'm using Irwin Products Double Potency 5-HTP Extra for $22 at CVS.

I also took some Nature Made 3,000 mcg Sublingual Vitamin B-12 but I don't know if it helped or not.

[Midori]

Do you have driving instructors who can give you a few refresher lessons, in order to get your confidence back?