Did you give the medication a strong try? My brother had severe panic attacks to the point he pulled knives on my parents to keep them from making him go to school. This was during the 90s when it still wasn't well understood and he had a bullshit therapist who told my parents they were too soft and he needed to suck it up. It took over a year to get the medication balance right after they found a good therapist but they eventually did get it right. He needs to take the medication for the rest of his life but he's completely fine now. He's actually the most adventurous of all of us. No amount of therapy or good intentions or positive thoughts would have helped him. It's all just brain chemistry. Not saying therapy isn't valuable for the side affects of this illness, but hopefully there are drugs out there that can help you get your brain chemicals aligned properly.
Yea, I gave meds a strong try. I never found I felt any better on them, in fact in many ways I was worse. I'm not super willing to go down that road again, because me and drugs in general just don't mix well. Rarely do I take any kind of drug that doesn't react in some way shape or form poorly with me. Its not completely written off, its just not anywhere near my first choice at this point in time. I've never felt worse than when I was on meds, so its pretty hard to convince myself that thats the route.
I'm super glad your brother found his solution. That's awesome!
How strong of a try did you make to find the right medication? As I've said, for my brother it took over a year of consistent feedback from him and adjustments to the medication to help him. They were making monthly changes. It made him feel much worse in the beginning and sometimes middle and even at the end. The end result is they found what worked for him. I have no idea what you've been through so this might be completely useless advice but if you've only tried medication for a few months at a time it's worth revisiting.
Yea, I gave meds a strong try. I never found I felt any better on them, in fact in many ways I was worse. I'm not super willing to go down that road again, because me and drugs in general just don't mix well. Rarely do I take any kind of drug that doesn't react in some way shape or form poorly with me. Its not completely written off, its just not anywhere near my first choice at this point in time. I've never felt worse than when I was on meds, so its pretty hard to convince myself that thats the route.
I'm super glad your brother found his solution. That's awesome!
How strong of a try did you make to find the right medication? As I've said, for my brother it took over a year of consistent feedback from him and adjustments to the medication to help him. They were making monthly changes. It made him feel much worse in the beginning and sometimes middle and even at the end. The end result is they found what worked for him. I have no idea what you've been through so this might be completely useless advice but if you've only tried medication for a few months at a time it's worth revisiting.
I don't know how to gauge how strong of a tries they were. The last time was over the span of about 8 months, but 2 of those months were me slowly weening off what I was on. It may be worth revisiting at some point, but I'm pretty anti meds at this point. My last experience wasn't a good one, and its not easy to psych myself up to have a go at that shit again. Especially with the added issue that meds aren't cheap.
Did you give the medication a strong try? My brother had severe panic attacks to the point he pulled knives on my parents to keep them from making him go to school. This was during the 90s when it still wasn't well understood and he had a bullshit therapist who told my parents they were too soft and he needed to suck it up. It took over a year to get the medication balance right after they found a good therapist but they eventually did get it right. He needs to take the medication for the rest of his life but he's completely fine now. He's actually the most adventurous of all of us. No amount of therapy or good intentions or positive thoughts would have helped him. It's all just brain chemistry. Not saying therapy isn't valuable for the side affects of this illness, but hopefully there are drugs out there that can help you get your brain chemicals aligned properly.
Yea, I gave meds a strong try. I never found I felt any better on them, in fact in many ways I was worse. I'm not super willing to go down that road again, because me and drugs in general just don't mix well. Rarely do I take any kind of drug that doesn't react in some way shape or form poorly with me. Its not completely written off, its just not anywhere near my first choice at this point in time. I've never felt worse than when I was on meds, so its pretty hard to convince myself that thats the route.
I'm super glad your brother found his solution. That's awesome!
I’m always jealous of people who can take meds. I always end up worse. Sometimes they just don’t work, most of the times I had allergic reactions.
I tried for two years before I gave up. I couldn’t take it anymore.
How strong of a try did you make to find the right medication? As I've said, for my brother it took over a year of consistent feedback from him and adjustments to the medication to help him. They were making monthly changes. It made him feel much worse in the beginning and sometimes middle and even at the end. The end result is they found what worked for him. I have no idea what you've been through so this might be completely useless advice but if you've only tried medication for a few months at a time it's worth revisiting.
I don't know how to gauge how strong of a tries they were. The last time was over the span of about 8 months, but 2 of those months were me slowly weening off what I was on. It may be worth revisiting at some point, but I'm pretty anti meds at this point. My last experience wasn't a good one, and its not easy to psych myself up to have a go at that shit again. Especially with the added issue that meds aren't cheap.
I had to discard multiple prescriptions that I paid hundreds of dollars for. I was a student and took out student loans to pay for pills I had to throw away.
I wonder what meds you were on. The one that ended my med experience was gabapentin...it almost killed me. Not In a figurative way, literally.
I've talked about stuff like this with my therapist and she has given me ways to control it. I have a fear of flying and I have a long trip planned in two weeks. Basically the way she explained it is that if you can control your breathing the reptilian part of your brain, her words, knows that you are not in danger. So slow deep breaths can help. Normally two weeks out I would be kind of panicking about the upcoming trip but I am able to control it with the breathing. We will see what happens when I am actually on the flight.
Good luck though. I know where you are coming from and I know it sucks. You can get and did get through it.
snerb Where are we going, and why am I in a hand basket?
I've developed a much stronger appreciation for mental illnesses after witnessing them first hand... One of my colleagues several years ago fought with anxiety daily. Prior to that I had no experience with it. For her, it was crippling.
Persoanally I'm so glad for that experience. Since then I've been in a position professionally to shield several people from situations that are triggers for them (one is my current coworker). I'm glad to be able to help them.
Good luck Jinn, don't beat yourself up too often. 🙂
I've developed a much stronger appreciation for mental illnesses after witnessing them first hand... One of my colleagues several years ago fought with anxiety daily. Prior to that I had no experience with it. For her, it was crippling.
Persoanally I'm so glad for that experience. Since then I've been in a position professionally to shield several people from situations that are triggers for them (one is my current coworker). I'm glad to be able to help them.
Good luck Jinn, don't beat yourself up too often. 🙂
You have no idea how good this is to hear. There is still so much misinformation, and misunderstanding around mental illness, and to know that there are people out there who are willing to show compassion towards it, even without fully understanding, is so good to hear.
I've developed a much stronger appreciation for mental illnesses after witnessing them first hand... One of my colleagues several years ago fought with anxiety daily. Prior to that I had no experience with it. For her, it was crippling.
Persoanally I'm so glad for that experience. Since then I've been in a position professionally to shield several people from situations that are triggers for them (one is my current coworker). I'm glad to be able to help them.
Good luck Jinn, don't beat yourself up too often. 🙂
You’ve made jokes about my mental illness.
snerb Where are we going, and why am I in a hand basket?
I've developed a much stronger appreciation for mental illnesses after witnessing them first hand... One of my colleagues several years ago fought with anxiety daily. Prior to that I had no experience with it. For her, it was crippling.
Persoanally I'm so glad for that experience. Since then I've been in a position professionally to shield several people from situations that are triggers for them (one is my current coworker). I'm glad to be able to help them.
Good luck Jinn, don't beat yourself up too often. 🙂
You’ve made jokes about my mental illness.
I doubt that? I don't think I'd joke about an actual illness. Until I read this thread I can't say that I even knew you had any illnesses...
You may have concluded that from something I said, but that certainly wouldn't have been my intent.
I doubt that? I don't think I'd joke about an actual illness. Until I read this thread I can't say that I even knew you had any illnesses...
You may have concluded that from something I said, but that certainly wouldn't have been my intent.
There was nothing to “conclude”, Snerb. You outright mocked me for the side effects I suffered from my mental illness. Your intent when you said “oh so you have early on set dementia. That explains a lot” was very clear.
snerb Where are we going, and why am I in a hand basket?
I doubt that? I don't think I'd joke about an actual illness. Until I read this thread I can't say that I even knew you had any illnesses...
You may have concluded that from something I said, but that certainly wouldn't have been my intent.
There was nothing to “conclude”, Snerb. You outright mocked me for the side effects I suffered from my mental illness. Your intent when you said “oh so you have early on set dementia. That explains a lot” was very clear.
Well, do you? More than likely I said that because you forgot something I said.
If that mocked an actual illness of yours I'll apologize, that wouldn't have been my intent.
There was nothing to “conclude”, Snerb. You outright mocked me for the side effects I suffered from my mental illness. Your intent when you said “oh so you have early on set dementia. That explains a lot” was very clear.
Well, do you? More than likely I said that because you forgot something I said.
If that mocked an actual illness of yours I'll apologize, that wouldn't have been my intent.
Or it’s exactly because I told you what happened and you mocked me. I remember the conversation even if you don’t.
snerb Where are we going, and why am I in a hand basket?
