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Posted by AdaGrace on October 24, 2005, at 19:32:07
I'm thinking of you. Hope you are weathering the storm well.
Posted by ClearSkies on October 24, 2005, at 20:43:52
In reply to Clear Skies, posted by AdaGrace on October 24, 2005, at 19:32:07
Thanks, AG. I seem to have saved up all my freaking out until after the storm. Go figure. No damage from wind or rain, lost power a few times, and when we were all nice and cozy eating dinner I had a whopping panic attack. I guess it's a "what if" reaction... had to stop watching the newscasts.
This makes me feel so stupid. Having anxiety *after* nothing happened. I'd like to trade in my brain, please.
Posted by rainbowbrite on October 24, 2005, at 20:48:20
In reply to Re: Clear Skies » AdaGrace, posted by ClearSkies on October 24, 2005, at 20:43:52
> Thanks, AG. I seem to have saved up all my freaking out until after the storm. Go figure. No damage from wind or rain, lost power a few times, and when we were all nice and cozy eating dinner I had a whopping panic attack. I guess it's a "what if" reaction... had to stop watching the newscasts.
>
> This makes me feel so stupid. Having anxiety *after* nothing happened. I'd like to trade in my brain, please.
ill trade :-)
But thats totally normal, a lot of the time people freak out after the fact. there was a huge buid-up of panic in general and you stayed calm and then you have to put all that stress somewhere, right? So after is as good a time as any.
glad you are safe and no damage.
Posted by Dinah on October 24, 2005, at 21:30:18
In reply to Re: Clear Skies » AdaGrace, posted by ClearSkies on October 24, 2005, at 20:43:52
I do the same thing. The adrenaline gets you through the emergency, but then the excess adrenaline causes panic.
Posted by Dinah on October 24, 2005, at 21:32:30
In reply to Re: Clear Skies » ClearSkies, posted by Dinah on October 24, 2005, at 21:30:18
Oops. Hit submit too soon.
I wanted to say that I'm glad you're safe and sound.
Posted by ClearSkies on October 24, 2005, at 21:45:56
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, posted by Dinah on October 24, 2005, at 21:32:30
Thanks, Dinah. And thanks for the reassurance about the afterburner anxiety. I'm struggling without xanax today - some days are ok, and some days are doozies. I think I might ask my p-doc about trying Klonopin again. I wonder if I didn't give it a fair shot.
For those who haven't read it in a thousand other places, benzos really suck to titrate down from. You'd be surprised how well a sliver of a tablet can work. At least, I was surprised when I finally stopped using xanax at all and felt like my heart was surely going to crash out of my chest. Dreally dreadful.
Posted by Monkeyoga on October 24, 2005, at 23:08:45
In reply to Re: Clear Skies » AdaGrace, posted by ClearSkies on October 24, 2005, at 20:43:52
> This makes me feel so stupid. Having anxiety *after* nothing happened. I'd like to trade in my brain, please.
Where's the brain depository?
Posted by ClearSkies on October 25, 2005, at 6:27:14
In reply to Re: Clear Skies, posted by Monkeyoga on October 24, 2005, at 23:08:45
> > This makes me feel so stupid. Having anxiety *after* nothing happened. I'd like to trade in my brain, please.
>
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> Where's the brain depository?
>I think it's the same place that the tooth fairy hangs out at.
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