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Anxiety...
#14169391 - 03/23/11 11:13 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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So I've pretty much always had a lot of anxiety, but now it seems way worse.
Probably the biggest cause of anxiety is university (I'm in engineering). I've heard that for some people, when they get anxiety over this type of stuff, they get motivated. I just get unmotivated and can't concentrate.
So what happens is anxiety will build up until a midterm, then I'll have a lot right before and during the midterm, and sometimes I'm alright, other times I'll make a ton of stupid mistakes due to not being able to concentrate from the anxiety... and that's assuming the test fairly represents the course material.
Then as a result of doing poorly on the midterm(s) (usually they're worth 20% to 30% of the term mark), I have even more anxiety until the end of term as I basically just have to hope that they write a fair test so I can nail it and get through the course.
And of course, there's the typical extra drama and bullshit in my life to increase anxiety and panic. I don't even make friends in class, because with all the shit going on the last thing I need is competitive assholes gloating to me about how good they're doing. I've stopped communicating with friends too, because I feel like the last thing I need is more anxiety from social anxiety.
I was thinking about going to a doctor on campus in the hopes of getting prescribed some anti anxiety pills. I've never done this before though... does this seem like a reasonable scenario to present? Has anyone else been through something similar?
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LeeHarvOz
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if you start taking benzos on the reg it will prob help your anxiety but YOU WILL BECOME DEPENDENT on them, you won't be able to just stop taking them. I suggest if you do get yourself a script take it as infrequently as possible, try to save it for the really bad days and don't get into the habit of taking them every time you feel any kind of anxiety. Just be careful man benzo addiction is a very easy thing to slip into and a very hard thing to give up.
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Ajaxx
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LeeHarvOz said: if you start taking benzos on the reg it will prob help your anxiety but YOU WILL BECOME DEPENDENT on them, you won't be able to just stop taking them. I suggest if you do get yourself a script take it as infrequently as possible, try to save it for the really bad days and don't get into the habit of taking them every time you feel any kind of anxiety. Just be careful man benzo addiction is a very easy thing to slip into and a very hard thing to give up.
yea. ive been taking benzos for years. its the best thing ive ever found for anxiety, but if you dont have them it sucks and anxiety seems to intensify.
avoid caffeine too. that sometimes worsens my anxiety to the point of me needing some klonopin. i try not to take it, but sometimes i have to, or just feel like it.
just be smart about it.
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PeterGriffin467
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Getting benzos is harder than you may think if you go to a doctor whos afraid to Rx to young people. I have general/social anxiety disorder and panic attacks and benzos help me soooooo much but I never take them everyday for longer than 2 weeks. The worst part about benzos for anxiety tho is if you do throw caution to the wind and decide you dont care about getting hooked the tolerance factor comes into play very fast and what worked fine last week wont even realy put a dent in your anxiety anymore so you have to up the dosage.
I get 90 0.5mg lorazepam a month along with my suboxone from my sub doc. At first he put me on paxil and some other non benzo meds, I humored him and tried them knowing the wouldnt work and he ended up giving me ativan. Dont mention much about the midterm thing causing anxiety because he will see that as something that is normal and most people probably go through and will likely not Rx a benzo. Stress to him that you are agoraphobic and its a chore to even leave the house and go out in public and you isolate yourself because of it, say you dont know how to describe your anxiety any other way than feeling like you want to jump out of your skin. Say it sometimes gets so bad where I'll feel like I cant breathe and my chest gets tight and I have to jump up and run outside to get fresh air because I feel like Im gonna have a heart attack. All of those symptoms I listed are symptoms I actualy have though so its not hard for me to bring them up to the doc in a convincing way because they actualy happen. You will probably get put on a few crappy meds first and have to try them for a few weeks but you should eventualy get some type of benzo.
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I've got 30 bars sitting in my pocket, I think i've got my anxiety under control 
still barred out from yesterday.
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bigmike7104
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I've heard that for some people, when they get anxiety over this type of stuff, they get motivated.
some anxiety is good and probably necessary for motivation, but when it gets to be too much it just holds you back(obviously).
i heard engineering is the hardest major you can do at college maybe except physics, so I'd imagine it's probably pretty crazy.
look at why you have anxiety though. is it because you believe you can't do it or do you truly want to be in engineering? maybe go to talk to professors for advice and help and remember you always have campus psychological resources.
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