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« on: July 12, 2008, 07:04:45 PM » |
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God lord! My anxiety is getting worse in the driving department. We went to my sisters house today which is about 30 - 45 min away from our house. I took 2 ativan a little while before we left so it would have time to kick in. Yeah, no... not so much. I think I need valium, seriously. I was crawling out of my skin and shaking and sweating. I could have been sweating because it was humid out. who knows. All I know is I was still shaking after we got to my sisters house. We had to drive through a construction zone and that just drove me nuts... all the semi's and everything. I have no idea what I am going to be like when we drive to North Carolina in August.  |
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2008, 07:15:34 PM » |
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Sorry to hear that Phyllis, sounds like you definitely need something else to help you out. Hope you feel better soon.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2008, 11:57:35 PM » |
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I take Valium and not Ativan. I usually don't do the drivning if possible because I do get the "shakes" or tremors. If I get tensed at all I begin to shake, but some days I don't, so just try to think that you had a bad day and maybe it won't happen next time. Were the kids with you? That's always an added delight to road construction!
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Phyllis
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« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2008, 09:24:55 AM » |
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Yeah, the kids were with us and Brian was driving. The kids were actually well behaved!  |
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« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2008, 01:03:47 PM » |
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Phyllis, I hate to drive and I am scared of it. But only when I have to drive. Which is most of the time, because I don't have someone to drive me. I was so surprised when I got to your second post and saw that you were that upset when Brian was driving. I am glad you don't have to drive if you get that upset just riding shotgun.
Jane
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The endless, agonizing recycling of what might have been, soon followed by a litany of rationalizations and self-deceptions as you struggle to reconcile the void between the person you want to be and the person you fear you are.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2008, 01:44:23 PM » |
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yeah I drive to K-Mart, the post office, the drugstore, gas station and to my friends house that lives here in town. Otherwise, I don't drive. Brian does all the driving. Takes the kids where they need to go and takes me to my Pdoc appointments. I've been thinking so hard why and how I got this way, but I come up with nothing. I'm going to discuss this with my Pdoc. I also looked up Ativan and I notice that the highest dose is 2mg. So I gave that a whirl today and it knocked me out for a two hour nap. I am only on .05mg but my doc said I was allowed to go up to 1mg. So, she might be mad at me that I went up to 2, but I think she will understand.
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francie
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« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2008, 08:03:45 PM » |
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It's really crappy to be scared driving, Phyllis...
ever since my car accident, i drive like grandma most of the time, and i think it drives my roommate NUTS, but at least i'm careful. I do drive the speed limit, and since gas is so high, on the freeway i normally don't go any faster than the posted speed because of paranoia and to save gas -- of course, coming out of San Francisco, sometimes you don't have a choice but to drive 20 mph... traffic.
i take xanax for anxiety and that is the only med i take right now... i dont' take it often, but there are some days, i really need it.
i sure hope your pdoc can help you with this issue... i was wondering if you had known someone who was in an accident or else have seen one? that might cause some fright... sending hugs.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2008, 07:09:16 AM » |
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I've been in 3 accidents in my life so far. First one the person I was with rearended the car in front of us and I got whiplash and torn nerves.
The second one a drunk driver rearended me and took off. And the third one I slid down a piece of icy road and hit a truck in it's gas tank.
But my driving anxiety just cropped up a few years ago. All of those accidents happened years ago. Still think they affect me in some way?
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Brian
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2008, 09:29:38 AM » |
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The anxiety started about the time the bipolar medications started, I think.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2008, 10:07:37 AM » |
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could be possible. Some of my meds do have anxiety as a side affect.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2008, 10:46:03 AM » |
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well, it can't be my meds because the only one I am taking that can cause anxiety is the abilify and I was on trileptal before that, meaning I haven't been on abilify this whole time since diagnosis. Still going to talk to my pdoc when I go in and see her in mid august.
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2008, 09:47:53 PM » |
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See if you can get klonopin. It does so much better for me than ativan and you can take it prn. been on it for years and I use ativan for breakthrough anxiety but regular baseline is taken care of by klonopin. I know my typing is horrible. Totally manic (actually mixed) so what the hell do I know. OK I do know that klonopin works.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2008, 07:30:13 AM » |
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that is what she put me on the first time and it didn't do anything for me.  |
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donna14
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« Reply #13 on: July 15, 2008, 08:16:17 AM » |
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You have to get a high enough dose. There are times when I take 2mg at a time. Most docs want to put you on 0.5 mg. That does not work. It does work much better at higher doses at least for me. I hate the anxiety. It paralyzes you. I have had many times when I would be at home for weeks and not go out even to the mailbox because of my anxiety. I still don't go the mailbox because I am always afraid there will be bad news in there. I know, not exactly intelligent but it is how I feel. Hopefully yours is not as bad.
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« Reply #14 on: July 15, 2008, 02:12:37 PM » |
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Phyllis, damn I hate that you are going through this. My anxiety is also bad. Sometimes I shake so bad. I rarely go anywhere by myself b/c I will get so anxious out in public that I begin shaking. I can't concentrate on what I'm doing and I drop money at the checkout counter and forget bags of groceries, lock keys in the car, lost my purse. It's a horrible thing to go through. I just don't do it alone. I am so isolated and such a baby. I get so frustrated and I know everyone here gets frustrated at me b/c it seems that I can't do anything by myself. Like I said in my other post, some days are different and it's best to try to pick carefully. Sometimes I will think I'm fine until I get to town and I end up not even knowing why I'm in town or what I came for and I have to just turn around and get my husband to help me. It's humiliating to see someone you know and just brush them off b/c you don't have the courage to talk to them. I think I don't talk to them b/c I'm embarrased of everything that I've been through.
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