metis-siren
Confident
So, with everything that's been going on with my academics and the boyfriend situation, my anxiety and stress levels have gotten to a point where I'm waking up in anxiety attacks and in tears, and only realize after a minute or so that I've been crying. Then there's the dizzy spells which have been accompanying the constant state of anxiety.
I've been using coping methods that have worked in periods where some sort of acute short lived anxiety attacks, but they tend to only work for the period of time in which I'm actively doing so. Meditation, deep breathing exercises, spending time with my dog, cooking and baking, reading/writing, and the rest help, but only to a certain point.
I think part of the problem is that the reason why I'm having so much anxiety and stress isn't going to go away in the next little while, and there's a constant underlying panic.
I saw my psychiatrist today, and after talking for an hour and an half (he takes as much time as needed), he thinks that putting me back on Clonazepam for the next six months might help take the edge off, so I can work on my academics. I negotiated with him on the frequency of the medication, but I still have my reservations about being back on a medication that is so hard to get out of my body and that the withdrawal of it the last time round made me sick for two weeks.
I'm not completely sure of whether medication is the best course of action, but short of relieving the stressor (which is impossible right now) I need to be able to function. I don't want to be reliant on medication again, but I think it might be something that may help me get through this period of time. Eek!
Sincerely Stressed,
A. Lauren
I've been using coping methods that have worked in periods where some sort of acute short lived anxiety attacks, but they tend to only work for the period of time in which I'm actively doing so. Meditation, deep breathing exercises, spending time with my dog, cooking and baking, reading/writing, and the rest help, but only to a certain point.
I think part of the problem is that the reason why I'm having so much anxiety and stress isn't going to go away in the next little while, and there's a constant underlying panic.
I saw my psychiatrist today, and after talking for an hour and an half (he takes as much time as needed), he thinks that putting me back on Clonazepam for the next six months might help take the edge off, so I can work on my academics. I negotiated with him on the frequency of the medication, but I still have my reservations about being back on a medication that is so hard to get out of my body and that the withdrawal of it the last time round made me sick for two weeks.
I'm not completely sure of whether medication is the best course of action, but short of relieving the stressor (which is impossible right now) I need to be able to function. I don't want to be reliant on medication again, but I think it might be something that may help me get through this period of time. Eek!
Sincerely Stressed,
A. Lauren