In which I am, once again, the world's biggest idiot.

[marykaykare]

Since a year ago Sept. I've been dealing with anxiety. It has waxed & waned, but was always present. Add the SAD of the last few months into really seriously waxing anxiety and life has been, well, hellish. Sounds melodramatic, but there you go

Comments

[smofbabe]

Really glad this is working for you - hope it continues!

[marykaykare]

Me too! You'll be at Boskone? Any chance of a meal?

MKK

[smofbabe]

We will indeed be at Boskone but I'm afraid we're all dated up for dinner with larger parties than I usually like. Maybe breakfast one morning?

BTW, do you want the Mad Robins ARC back?

[batwrangler]

I'm glad you are feeling better and hope this continues to work for you. (Also, I don't think you are an idiot.)

[marykaykare]

Well. *I* think I am!

Looking forward to seeing you T Boskone. can we arrange a lunch or a drink or something?

MKK

[redbird]

I am glad it's helping you, and that the only apparent side effect so far (the sleepiness) is tolerable.

Meta: Whether "If your doctor wants you to try something, go ahead, you can always stop it if you want" is good advice depends in part on one's reasons for hesitating. "It might not work" is different from "that sort of change is scary" is different from "the side effects scare me."

[marykaykare]

Thank!

[webbob]

From my own resistance to taking meds as advised, I would say that all of the above reasons tangle in my major anxiety disorder.

The ones involving being frightened are the ones hardest to overcome without the help of the very meds whose attributes make most anxious about them.

Oh, also, "what if I can't stop?" A particular problem with venlafaxine/Effexor which has a reputation (deserved, IMHO) of being very hard to discontinue.

[gilraen2]

So pleased to hear this Mary Kay. I'll keep my fingers crossed that it continues for you.

[marykaykare]

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing you soon. We get in mid-afternoon on Fri. Be organizing all the good gossip for me!

MKK

[athenais]

From my own experience with a drug that moderates anxiety, the sleepiness is both the drug working and your brain climbing off the hamster wheel and letting your body relax enough to catch up on weeks and months of never letting the death grip go. It also eases off on the overwhelming sleepiness after a few weeks, but YMMV for sure.

[green_knight]

That is good to know. (I came off antidepressants because they made me continually sleepy. When I put a dent into my car due to that, I decided that now would be a good time to stop.)