generalized anxiety

[Humminhbird6]

hi I have generalized anxiety and I’ve been on Lexapro for five weeks. I am feeling a little better but very anxious and need to talk to people that understand what I’m going through.

[LoveforAll41]

Welcome Humminhbird! I am sorry that you are going through it right now. New meds always throw a wrench in things. Going on and off venlafaxine (effexor) was a wild ride for me. I am sorry that anxiety has become an issue for you this year. I hope that you can find peace. Are you also going to therapy? I can't say that I have tried lexapro

[Humminhbird6 in reply to LoveforAll41]

yes I see a therapist every two weeks but just started

[CL3V3R-G1RL]

I've been on Lexapro and clozanpram when I was in junior high. Along with my therapist. It helped work wonders for me.

I feel Lexapro just helps you to talk more openly about your feelings to your therapist. And takes a little bit of the edge off. The rest is learning coping skills and going out into the world and using those skills.

At least that's what I did and it helped laid the foundation for me to build on and eventually recovered from anxiety. I was good for a decade. Then I had a relapse. Now I'm thinking of maybe asking my psychiatrist about getting back on Lexapro. But I don't know. I've been off of it so long. I hate going back to it. I worked so hard to get to a point to get off of it to then go back to it.

I learned though to push back against those thoughts. What ifs questions. Change it to what if it goes right? Or what if I have a panic attack here? Well f' it, then someone will call an ambulance and hopefully I'll get those hot firefighters that took care of my mom 😂

[Humminhbird6 in reply to CL3V3R-G1RL]

I get body anxiety. it’s pin and needles all day. I was on Lexopro 10 years ago and it did help, but the anxieties are much worse this time. I’m at the beach right now with my husband and friends and feel so anxious🤦‍♀️

[CL3V3R-G1RL in reply to Humminhbird6]

I usually recommend this book to people. It has helped me with my anxiety and it's also an app. I found the app first but it helped me. It's called Dare by Barry McDonagh. It'll help understand anxiety better and maybe help you add some tools to your tool box for coping.

Here's a link to Dare app. cqx3k.app.goo.gl/DPKJaHzeMS...