medications

[Arieolguin]

I am on an anxiety medication that has been working well for me for about a month, but here the last few days it seems like it’s not working the way it was. Has this happened to anyone?

[RMHiker]

That happened to me with Ativan. It's like I needed to take more to get the same effect but I knew it wasn't good to do that so I suffered. Then I was prescribed gabapentin and that worked so well I was able to get off the Ativan.

[Arieolguin in reply to RMHiker]

I thought I may talk to my psychiatrist. Seems like all the progress I have been making with my anxiety is starting to fail. I’m having some pretty heavy anxiety right now, and that’s because I woke up from sleep and it hit out of nowhere. The hydroxyzine isn’t working like it normally does.

[knitlover64 in reply to Arieolguin]

Yes, call your Dr and let them know. They should know how to handle this. Its what they get paid for.

[designguy]

Anxiety meds helped me be able to realize and feel what normal was like but it did not eliminate my anxiety. For that I had to learn what anxiety really is and how constructively to deal with it by learning to no longer fear the anxious thoughts and feelings. You might check out The DARE Anxiety book and youtube videos, they really helped me and can help you too.

[RMHiker]

Hydroxizine didn't work for me but if you saw an improvement that's a good sign. You probably just need a higher dose. Try calling your doctor's office and leave a message asking to increase the dose. If he thinks that will help, he'll probably just call it in to your pharmacy. Some YouTube channels that have really helped me are Therapy In A Nutshell and Douglas Bloch. Praying you get help quickly 🙏