New here.. a few questions

id012 · August 2013

So this is probably going to be long

DS was born just over 2 years ago, and for the last 2 years i think i have been dealing with anxiety and didn't recognize it. It all started with this awful head aches about 2 months after he was born, and since then iv been obsessed with my health.*every headach is a brain tumor, every chest pain is a heart attack*. kind of thing. For 2 years i have been in and out of the doctors for everything imaginable. And i really thought i was sick, nothing made me think this could be anxiety. And no doctor ever mentioned it. I was pretty much convinced that i was a hyprocondriact and so was everyone around me. And all these "health problems" have started to make me really depressed.

I also had periods of times where i was terified to drive on certin highways, things like that.

The last couple of months I noticed that I get really depressed the week after my period, and i get werid waves of being depressed through out the day sometimes. So i decided to go to my doctor to talk to her about it. I went and talked and she said she thinks i have anxiety, and she had thought that for a while now but didnt say anything. And she gave me some meds. and told me to see a therapist

She gave me xanax to get them through until venlafaxine hcl er (sub for effexor?) kicks in. Im afraid to take the venlafaxine. I looked it up online and it says things about it upping the risk of suicide and that really scares me. Also, if that is for anxiety would, it make depression worse?

I thought that i could be able to get through this on my own but i dont seem to be, I make sure that i do an hour of cardio a day and it really does make me feel better because on the days that i dont do it I feel really down.

I think i have more of an depression things then an anxiety thing now. Its not that i dont feel happy, i just dont know if I feel me. But this not feeling like my self thing is so very new, I havent felt like i feel now for the last 2 years, i think that this anxiety has turned into this. I also feel angry that out of the doctors that i have seen, not one of them screened me or depression, or even talked to me about it.

I feel so confused, im not sure what to do. I think im going to call to make an appointment with a theripst tomorrow. I have never been through anything like this before and it all really scares me.

So thanks for listening to this. I dont know where/if i fit in here, but i felt like this was safe place to post this.

I was wondering if anyone had any experiance with taking venlafaxine? did you feel any side affects?

Oh also, i found out that my doctor wants me to take 2 of these pills everyday, and my insurance will only over 1 pill a day. Should i just not take this pill and ask my doctor for something i can take 1 time a day?

id012 · August 2013

thanks for anyone who takes the time to read all this, sorry for it being all jumbled. Its hard to get my thoughts on how i feel out right, if that makes any sence

id012 · August 2013

I have talked to my husband and also a few very close friends one of which i know has been through something like this. It really does feel good to talk about it and know that im not alone. Im not sure of the dose but i know its a low one. I havent started to take it yet, iv had the rx for 2 weeks. I didnt think i needed it but tonight iv kind of hit a low.

homebird · August 2013

Any anti-anxiety or anti-depressent med has a *risk* of having the opposite effect (risk of suicide or increasing anxiety and depression). Unfortunately psych meds are kind of a trial and error process. You won't know how they affect you until you try.

You can't go looking things up online either because you will see some HORRIBLE things. Honestly, a lot of these people aren't taking their meds properly, are self-medicating or have a number of other severe problems (or it's just a freak thing). In my experience, this is not the norm. People who have good experiences with a drug don't typically take the time to get online and post positive reviews everywhere, you know?

It is also very typical for someone struggling with anxiety to develop depression as well. Anxiety is emotionally and physically draining. When you've been fighting it on your own for years (with little to no success) it is perfectly normal to be depressed about it. I say this from experience. I tried to fight it on my own and ended up in the hospital because I became suicidal.

Do yourself a favor - take the meds and see a therapist. This is a medical problem and you can't fight it on your own right now. Maybe some day you will be able to, but right now you just need a break from the anxiety so you can focus, kwim?

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