Well then. the Horse Is pretty cheap....?
Well then. the Horse Is pretty cheap....?
If you have insurance go see someone when you can. We all have different chemistry so there isn't a one size fits all approach to this problem.
My Dr in CA put me on Ativan initially for a few months then a couple of low dose (.5mg) Xanax a day later for a few years. (The same DR who I got my MM card from).
My new Dr after getting remarried and moving to OK brought me down off the Xanaxs and I found me some counseling to help with my anxiety and some other social problems. It's a work in progress.
On benzos I never felt safe even when I was living in the big city only blocks from a hospital and always having someone nearby. I became a bit paranoid being alone. I was also basically a vampire, living at night and avoiding the daytime. And people. I lived an opposite existence from most everyone else around me. My work didn't suffer because Ive always worked at night but my social and family life suffered as I became more of a recluse.
Off the benzos, I now live rural in NE OK with a hospital about 20 minutes away and sometimes I'm home alone for days, and at my other place in CA I'm up on the mountain miles from the nearest town living alone for several months.
Therapy works, for me anyways. Meds were just a bad bandaid fix for me.
Being a boxer/kickboxer in my younger days and a pro musician for almost 25 years as an adult I was used to being in front of people and would never have thought I would ever have a panic attack. But I did. My first was even while onstage performing. I have learned since that it can happen to anybody any where at any time. No matter how strong you think you are mentally and or physically.
I keep a small wrist blood pressure machine handy to monitor my heart rate. I know my rates from resting and relaxing to lifting weights or kicking/boxing the bag to pushing a lawn mower in 103 degree heat for half an hour. And in an anxiety attack. I know how far I can push myself physically which has helped me learn how to ride out the waves of the panic attacks. I'm not fixed, yet, but I'm better.
(Tapatalk)- on the road.
My Dr in CA put me on Ativan initially for a few months then a couple of low dose (.5mg) Xanax a day later for a few years. (The same DR who I got my MM card from).
My new Dr after getting remarried and moving to OK brought me down off the Xanaxs and I found me some counseling to help with my anxiety and some other social problems. It's a work in progress.
On benzos I never felt safe even when I was living in the big city only blocks from a hospital and always having someone nearby. I became a bit paranoid being alone. I was also basically a vampire, living at night and avoiding the daytime. And people. I lived an opposite existence from most everyone else around me. My work didn't suffer because Ive always worked at night but my social and family life suffered as I became more of a recluse.
Off the benzos, I now live rural in NE OK with a hospital about 20 minutes away and sometimes I'm home alone for days, and at my other place in CA I'm up on the mountain miles from the nearest town living alone for several months.
Therapy works, for me anyways. Meds were just a bad bandaid fix for me.
Being a boxer/kickboxer in my younger days and a pro musician for almost 25 years as an adult I was used to being in front of people and would never have thought I would ever have a panic attack. But I did. My first was even while onstage performing. I have learned since that it can happen to anybody any where at any time. No matter how strong you think you are mentally and or physically.
I keep a small wrist blood pressure machine handy to monitor my heart rate. I know my rates from resting and relaxing to lifting weights or kicking/boxing the bag to pushing a lawn mower in 103 degree heat for half an hour. And in an anxiety attack. I know how far I can push myself physically which has helped me learn how to ride out the waves of the panic attacks. I'm not fixed, yet, but I'm better.
(Tapatalk)- on the road.
Oh, still don't get it... :/
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I've hit one visit left with my Caba counselor and I see a psychiatrist the first of January. They upped my anti depressant meds and gave me .5mg of Ativan for when the big attacks come. So far, since having the Ativan, I haven't needed it. So far only smaller attacks since the last big one.
I found some comfort relief in just having the pills with me, most times I didn't even have to take them back when I was taking meds.
With benzos, Ativan has the least longest half life, Xanax is double, and Valium has the longest. My wife has some Ativan for sleep problems but rarely uses them.
(Tapatalk)- on the road.
Guys it's important to keep in mind...professionals don't always issue meds as a "fix" to the problem, many times it's to help someone level out, and hopefully be able to take advantage of one the various forms of therapy. With the help of your counselor or doctor they will start to modify your meds and if appropriate take you off them. I don't think any doctor really thinks discharging you with a fistfull of pills is your actual care plan.. its just to help you level off so you can sleep, then start to think clearly so you can seek out specialised help. This is generally the deal for these various "life events"... now some folks do have serious psychiatric issues that don't go away and they must follow their medical teams instruction and med routine to the letter....but that's not the main theme of this thread.
Chuckle!
