Hello all,
I'm new to this board and I'm hoping I can get support and it's good to be around people that suffer from similar problems as mine. I have severe anxiety and I worry ALL the time about pretty much anything. I am a hopeless hypochondriac. Every little ache and pain is imagined to be a serious fatal illness. I just recently turned 45 and I've been worrying ever since my birthday about getting old, sick and dying. I'm currently on 2 mg of xanax per day. Most of the time I only take 1 mg because I'm terrified of addiction and withdrawal stuff in case I ever have to stop. My doc wants to try me on paxil, but I've heard bad horror stories about the withdrawal, so I doubt if I'll try that. Do you guys have any other suggestions of anything you've tried that helped to calm things down without a lot of horrid side effects and extra worry ? Thanks for listening, and thanks for being here so that we can all help each other !!
Cathy
I'm new to this board and I'm hoping I can get support and it's good to be around people that suffer from similar problems as mine. I have severe anxiety and I worry ALL the time about pretty much anything. I am a hopeless hypochondriac. Every little ache and pain is imagined to be a serious fatal illness. I just recently turned 45 and I've been worrying ever since my birthday about getting old, sick and dying. I'm currently on 2 mg of xanax per day. Most of the time I only take 1 mg because I'm terrified of addiction and withdrawal stuff in case I ever have to stop. My doc wants to try me on paxil, but I've heard bad horror stories about the withdrawal, so I doubt if I'll try that. Do you guys have any other suggestions of anything you've tried that helped to calm things down without a lot of horrid side effects and extra worry ? Thanks for listening, and thanks for being here so that we can all help each other !!
Cathy
