Constantly on edge

p.s. I am also Hypothyroid, taking 100mg Levothyroxine daily, and take 80mg Fluoxetine for Depression. Could either/both of these medications be what's causing this constant anxiety???

Hey, I don't really have any tips but sometimes pills are not always the answer.

hello elizabeth.  please tell me about your betablocker expereince.  Has a doctor ever told you you are possibly Drug Naive?.  Some people just flat out do not react to drugs like most people do.  Beta blockers have a propensity to interact negatively with many medicatons.  Betapace is the #1 offender for negative reactions with other meds.  Everyone should google this:  Medical and Prescription errors are one of the top 4 reasons for death in the world.  400000 persons per year die from medical mistakes- that is 400 thousand.  People who tell you to just do what your doctor says like a good little person need to become pro-activce in their treatments.  Read the literature that comes with medications before you take them.  Find out if your medication squares with the other medications you are taking.  Doulbe check with your pharmacy to make sure the new meds your doctor prescribes are safe to take with the older medications you are taking.  Be aware that doctors make mistakes that actually cost people their lives each and every day.  Proactive is the word.  Everytime I get a new medication I tell the doctor up front that I will start off taking only a quarter of a dose unless he tells me or the pharmacy tells me it is a drug that cannot be split into halves or quarters.  This actually saved my life not once but twice.

I was prescribed adderall to boost my metabolism and in this case the pharmacis noticed I take a Beta Blocker and he suggested I take half a dose.  I did and not long after I was in intensive care for the next 5 days and nights fighting for my life. .  The other time I got a cream for arthritis in my finger-directions said to put five drops on finger and rub in with a gloved hand.  I put two drops and 20 minutes later I felt like the proverbial elephant sat on my chest.  Oh-I just remembered another instance of medical error.

I am allergic to contrast dye.  Almost died when I went into anaphalactic shock.

Doctor in ICU said:  Never let them give you contrast dye again should anyone ever ask to do another MRI with contrast.

A month later my gastro doctor wanted to get that MRI so he wrote w contrast-Gadolinium.  I said-no sir-I can't take contrast dye.  He said this is new.  Not to worry. 1 chance out of 10 million or something like that.  You think I wasn't mad when I couldn't breathe and my face felt like a thousand bees were stinging it and my lips?  He came to see me in the ICU and said I should have warned him!  The dog!  Yes.  We are not doctors but the fact remains we have a say in our care.

It is possible for someone to be drug naive and have opposite reactions to what drugs are supposed to do.  If anyone disagrees just google how many people die each and every year from medical and prescription errors each and every year.  Okay?

It doesn't seem you've had any actual talking therapy. CBT is not very effective for a lot of people,theres other types of therapy out there which will be more effective. Worth asking for a different branch of therapy

hi is the low dose 2 mg or 5mg? im the same except that i wake up every morning with morning anxiety i was put on citalopram but s e were terrible jus lately i use really low doses of xanax this ir the 2nd day today. jus have to wait and see if it helps or not

Have you ever tried Buspar? My psych just put me on it, but I haven't tried it yet. I think she's trying to get my Paxil to possibly start working again by adding Seratonin. I take clonazepam .5 mg in the morning.