Does anyone else have a fear of opening (and replying to) emails? I do, even for emails from close friends. I get really anxious and find it really, really hard to open them, even if I want to. Then I delay them and then I feel guilty and then feel more stressed about it. But I even fear emails when they have just arrived - so it's not limited ( Read more... )

So, every now and then, I have these mood cycles. Usually they come when I am under stress. If something is going wrong or I feel overwhelmed, I get depressed. If things are going well, I'm happy. It cycles every now and then, but sometimes, when things are not going well, the depression I feel gets worse ( Read more... )

I started taking my cymbalta again this week after deciding that i've been struggling way too much with my anxiety lately, and i was hoping that it would help relieve some of it ( Read more... )

Nine minutes until I go into class (with my second cousin as my TA) and teach Act II, scene i of Macbeth for the second time today and I feel like I can't breathe ... I only took two Klonopin today b/c I'm almost out (just called my dr in NYC to have them renewed and he'll call it in and I can pick it up tonight ... I seriously feel like I've been ( Read more... )

So I've been doing this social anxiety group for a few weeks now and I'm finding that a lot of issues boil down to my relationship with my own self-confidence ( Read more... )

Earlier this week when I saw my therapist I told her I felt like my mood was still unstable and that I possibly have an anxiety problem in addition to ADD. She agreed. Not sure how I feel about that ( Read more... )

suriyel676 suggested a tagging system for this community. I think I can do that. What tags would you like? So far, I'm thinking:

Specific medications
Non-med alternatives
Getting diagnosed
Organization
Home
Work
School
Family/friends
General rants

OK, hit me. What else would you like?

I was diagnosed when I was 18. I started taking Zoloft for severe social anxiety and depression and dexadrine soon after. Then I started taking Adderall XR. I don't remember the details but I started picking at the skin all over my body so I was put on Abilify to counteract that, which didn't work. I stopped everything but Zoloft soon after and the ( Read more... )

For the past year I have been on a successful combination of Concerta and .5mg of Tenex to take the edge of for anxiety. The past few months I have been rather panicky and stuff. So I saw my shrink last week and she added Zoloft 25mg for me to start. I don't notice any difference? What are all of your experiences with Zoloft

Ok this is about day 5 on Concerta and it seems to be doing a subtle good. Enough to take the edge off anyway at 18mg/day. Now today I didn't sleep very well last night and I had two cups of coffee today, one in the morning one in the afternoon. I feel soooo fraking horrid, my chest is tight, very anxious, jitter bugged, and inconsistent speech. ( Read more... )