I just have a weird headache, but I don’t know if these are the symptoms. Also, everything feels unnerving, like I don’t feel at home. I’m trying to say everything felt comfortable. I try to tell AI and Google, but they are useless.
Do not seek mental, medical and professional help here. Go see a doctor!
This! Also don’t use AI
For me, I felt tense/“on edge” basically all the time. At some point I realized I couldn’t really ever “relax” properly – just distract myself for a while. I’d overthink trivial things and worry about stuff that didn’t really matter… so much so that it was getting hard to just do normal interactions in my life (like take out the trash or check the mail or buy groceries). My heart was pounding all the time to the point that chest pain was fairly common for me but I’d already had heart issues ruled out (even going so far as to wear a monitor for a month) before they pinned it down as general anxiety. You can get a lot of weird transient/phantom issues as a result of anxiety as well.
If you think you’ve got it, go talk to your doctor.
I did. I take buspirone and Risperdal. I don’t know if other people take it too. That’s what I’m also asking.
I agree with the other person… medication isn’t one size fits all. I’m taking a medication for reasons that seem to be “off-label” usage after trying several different ones. If you feel like your medications aren’t helping to tackle the main issue, then it’s best to talk to your provider(s) about it.
That being said, mental health medications aren’t magic. And there’s never going to be something out there that solves everything. The right kind of therapy modalities with the right type of therapist(s) can take you further in particular areas that you’re struggling with.
Like with anxiety, for example. It’s such a broad as fuck category. You can try throwing meds at it, sure. And they may help to a degree. But do said person’s anxieties typical revolve around particular themes? In that case, targeting these themes with therapy is going to be helpful and is not necessarily treated the way as someone with other types of anxieties.
Someone with trauma based anxieties/reactions may respond to different types of medications and treatments versus someone with performance based anxieties for example.
Neither of the ones you mentioned are ones that I’ve tried so I can’t unfortunately give my experience with them. Have you been on them long?
My docs put me on prozac (well, the generic version of it anyway; it’s cheaper). ~20mg/day seems to be about what I needed. Hope your meds are working out well and you’re less anxious now; get your docs to adjust them if not!
Fluoxetine I’m on 80mg. It’s a decent builder but way better than Zoloft or Lexapro. But the nice part about prozac being a builder is that (and I don’t recommend it) you can skip about two maybe maybe 3 days and be ok. For if your doctor office takes a long holiday weekend.
Ok screw it I am answering. Never took Risperdal but that is an anti psychotic. But never took that so can’t say too much about it. Buspirone is the anxiety. The way I read it (don’t hold me to this) is that it is used for when you get anxiety like Klonopin and Alprolazam can be. It is fast acting for those moments. Now what I would do (and it is a big bitch of a pill to swallow) is call your PCP and go over it. They will direct you to a psychiatrist (make sure it’s not a psychologist. Because the psychiatrist can get you on a drug regime) which will help you. If you were are or whatever as proud as I was, don’t be that way. It is ok to ask for help even though there still maybe a stigma attached to it but fuck that do what works for you. If you don’t like the way a medication speak up before it is too latte. I am currently (and this may not work for you just giving you my reference point) on Geodon 40 mg, Seroquil 300 mg (primarily for sleep) and lorazepan (so I don’t have an anxiety blast in the middle of the night). I take my prozac and welbutrin in the morning along with the prozac. Now welbutrin worked for me a whole hell of alot because it puts my brain on fire and can deal with the thousand things going on in my head at once (may not work for everybody…again don’t be afraid to speak up if you have a problem) that is why I post so much and fast. It’s like getting a flood light down to a laser point. I used to be trying to take a math test and try to focus on just the math problem but was thinking about the math problem, puting shirtless on the cover of Time, how China plays a now significant role in Geopolitical politics and their attitude toward Taiwan… you get the idea. But now it comes out focused as hell. Any way at this point I am rambling. Any questions ask. I got to a point in my life where IDGAF. Maybe a mid life crisis or whatever. But it is a big weight once you just quit giving a fuck about anything except the important stuff. Like health family finances and so forth. But anything can be changed to suit you. There are a lot of people in the world or just on the net who are always going to ask Why are you doing this, Why are you taking these, Why do you have this problem, Why do you seem different. Never surround yourself with people like that. Surround your self with people who say Why not, Why not get help. Why not take this course in life. It helps a lot. Ok tired of soap boxing it. Much love to all who made it through my writing.
Ask a medical professional. Medication is not one size fits all.
I was diagnosed with GAD in 2018. I used to sweat profusely and could not breathe at certain triggers. I had tremendous stomach ache and felt the urge to run to the restroom. My heart would start beating faster and my hands would shake.
I’ve trained myself out of the stomach ache but damn, it used to hurt so much.
Really! How? I had to take medications for an year before it cured completely.
Rule 3.
What’s rule 3?
rules are in the sidebar of most communities. if you’re on mobile, it be inside a menu
Ok…And if I asked the question. What do people think about other people going thru anxiety disorder? Or what are the symptoms of a generalized anxiety disorder? (then laid it out in the comments if someone asked) He or she is not seeking help just understanding
fyi - i’m not the mod
asking easily googleable questions while talking about a personal situation seems like an invitation to give medical advice even if not explicitly requested
Not suprising you carry an agenda because you as your community you mod says. Against Mental Health. If you don’t like it move on.
Damn then you really really hate me as a prolific poster.
i hate you as i hate myself lol
asking easily googleable questions
Meanwhile, Google:
-> “Here are some ways to make cheese stick to the pizza: add glue to the sauce”
-> “There are 2 'm’s in the word Gemini (G-E-M-I-N-M-I)”
-> "The number of USB ports on a motherboard depends on the model, but most have multiple USB headers, typically ranging from two to six or more. One Reddit user says: “(a literal criminal phrase that appeared in a real original Google answer that I am not going to reproduce verbatim here in this comment for ethical and legal reasons)”Indeed it’s very E-Z googling nowadays! /s
Dude I just messaged the mods to see if they are going to take it down, I asked them not too but I can give you a very deep analyses and perspective of this “condition” as they call it.
Oh come on man he could rephrase the whole thing with just putting in the word just wondering. Don’t be an ass cause this is a legit question and glad I can answer it in about two or three minutes
That answering provides you satisfaction is not a valid cause for an exception, i don’t think.
Your symptoms do remind me a bit of autistic burnout. The weird headache in particular- it almost feels like a speciifc piece of the brain is a very tired muscle that is cramping or something, much different from a aregukar headache.
My uneducated rule of thumb is that GAD usually involves feeling anxious without any apparent cause. The people I know with it say that they sometimes just feel anxious and don’t know why. Just a bad day. So it is possible.
Anxiety needs to occur frequently for a long period of time, usually 6 months, to get diagnosed as GAD.
As a bona fide diagnosed and medicated general anxiety haver, I would not describe those as symptoms. It’s more of a waking up at 3am and your brain starts looping incessantly through tasks or light to moderate worries, and you can’t shut it off. Its that fluttery chest fight or flight feeling, constantly, about simple stuff that shouldn’t trip an alarm. Feeling like the car is going to fly off the road and explode in a ditch when your partner is just driving normally.
Also, AI is not intelligent, it’s a fancy word predictor that’s shit at everything. Talk to a real human psychiatrist. There are free assessments out on the interwebs you can take as well.
