Just a blip?
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Hi forum,
I have been feeling a whole lot better these past weeks, with some really wonderful days and even started seriously considering reducing the dose. It's been 5 months on the drugs now, on 20mg. I have still been having some "busy thoughts" but that awful tension and waking up in panic were all gone. I've not been to the forum either as I have been focusing on getting on with my life.
Then, this past week was quite heavy on the alcohol front and on Sunday we did a high adrenaline family activity. From there, the anxiety is back... tension, worrying, feeling waves of fear. You name it, it's there.
My anxious mind worries this is not a set back after which calm returns but that I'm slipping backwards.
I guess I am hoping for some reassurance I am not going backwards and this is all part and parcel of recovery. I'm trying to just "let it be" but when it eases off for a second I then "remember" I'm meant to be worrying and it's right back with fear.
Does this just sound like a blip? Is it normal to have them so far into taking the meds? The anxiety is not like it was at the start but the tension that had gone sure doesnt feel good.
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Potatoghost marketta48368
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try not to worry if you can because it is just a blip x everytime I drank it was ridiculous how anxious and panicky I was after x not the next day but a few days later it would hit me and I would feel like I was back at the beginning it would pass though so try your best not to worry if you can bless you x I stopped drinking in the end and even if I did it would be very rarely and very little.
if you feel no improvement in a week or two then i would consider speaking to your gp but it will pass x
AxleWilliams marketta48368
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Potatoghost is right. It's the alcohol. I had the same issue during the holidays a short time after feeling good. I learned that I had a limit of two drinks. I know that might not be the news you want to hear but, stay away from excessive drinking. It counters the effects of your Cit.
As far as cutting back on your dose....DON'T. Five months is not that much time into the meds. I made that mistake too. Once you've been stable for a while I might talk to my doctor about it, if I were you. Also, if you do cut back do it S-L-O-W-L-Y. Just a little bit at a time and take a couple of weeks between dosage changes. Unfortunately, I will need meds for life. Every time I cut back I relapsed and had to suffer through getting back to normal all over again.
laura45992 marketta48368
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Im in the same boat. Been on Cit six months. Been doing better. Not 100% but functioning much better. Wondered about reducing dose, myself. Went on vacation, drank some (nothing excessive but more than normal) and I have been off ever since we got back. I even doubled checked my bottle after a few days wondering if I had been taking something other than my CIT! Im not convinced its the alcohol bc I never even drank enough to feel intoxicated. I also worry Im going backwards as old thoughts have popped up. Part of me thinks its just a blip and it feels worse bc we just had a fantastic vacation (with no anxiety) and now Im back to the real world where all is not perfection. Part of me worries the meds arent working right. But, Im going to push on and hope it levels out! I hope yours levels out soon, too!