Two weeks after medication

@rsa101 (38166)
Philippines
May 29, 2023 3:16am CST
I just finished my 2nd consult with my psychiatrist and so far I have told her my 1st observation from my 2 weeks of taking the medicine. There was a lot of improvement in terms of my sleeping pattern as I can now sleep straight through the night. The anxiety seems to be there still but it now comes in like waves and does not stay still in me. I think that was an improvement as the doc says to reduce the dose and see how it will affect me. If everything goes well then I will see her in the next 30 days.
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• Indonesia
29 May 23
Wow, that's a huge improvement. I'm glad to know it. Thank you for loving yourself and brave enough to consult with the expert. I hope you can get even better as time goes by.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
29 May 23
True, it took me a month before I really sought help I thought it was just going away in time but it didn't so I took courage to let myself be checked by doctors. I am going there one step at a time.
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• Indonesia
29 May 23
@rsa101 I wish you a good luck. :)
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@allknowing (137907)
• India
30 May 23
Hope you are also doing yoga
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
30 May 23
I am still studying and getting used to it.
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
29 May 23
That's great. Hopefully, you will improve even further afterward. Keep going and good luck.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
29 May 23
It is a struggle to keep going but I am going there somehow.
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@jobelbojel (36042)
• Philippines
29 May 23
Hooray to your progress! Keep going sir!
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
29 May 23
Thanks, it is a challenging one as I face an invisible enemy in here but I am hopeful that I can defeat it soon.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 May 23
I wish I could get something to help me sleep. Anxiety could be my problem but I don’t know. Glad you’re getting help.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
31 May 23
@RubyHawk Yes, the sleep I lack had further fed my anxiety to strengthen and almost took over me. The meds were I think right on time to stop the habit of waking up in the mid of the night. Now, my sleep is straight and I wake up a bit refreshed but I think the anxiety is still there as I still feel it in my body creeping but it does not affect me that much as I can control it.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
30 May 23
At first, I was in denial too that my sleeping problem would pass away but it didn't and many symptoms were showing up like irrational panic and other things. I finally decided that there is something wrong with me which is why I consulted and based on my psychiatrist I have depression with anxiety disorder. When she gave me my meds my sleep just got solved though the anxiety was still here and it attacks me randomly during the day.
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@RubyHawk (99405)
• Atlanta, Georgia
30 May 23
@rsa101 It does make you anxious when you lay there all night and can’t sleep.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
29 May 23
That is great news to sleep through the night. Glad it is going better for you. We all have a lot to deal with at times.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
30 May 23
It is all new to me but I am suspecting I have this even during my childhood and is just ignoring it till it got to this point that I cannot manage to control its outburst.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
31 May 23
@CarolDM Yes this time it got to a point to want to control me and my thoughts. Good thing I caught in on time and did an intervention else this could have worsened.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
30 May 23
@rsa101 Many have experienced this sort of anxiety. I know it all too well. Take care.
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@AmbiePam (94045)
• United States
29 May 23
That is wonderful! Did she say to reduce the dose because of the lethargy you mentioned to us?
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
30 May 23
Although I mentioned that to her. today is my first day with the low dosage and I could feel it creeping up on me but its tolerable. The lethargy is not visible today but we will see in the coming days.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
31 May 23
@AmbiePam Yeah, I actually experience something strange last Monday when all of a sudden, I felt a panic-like attack on me. Although I was able to calm down but that was a first for me. I will definitely report this incident to her
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@AmbiePam (94045)
• United States
30 May 23
@rsa101 You obviously know what is best, but that "tolerable" puts my antenna up. I'm sure she'll do what's best. I mean, I'm just hoping she'll try something else if it would be more beneficial.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
31 May 23
Glad you are better now. Talking to someone, taking medication, and seeking professional help will definitely improve your condition.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
1 Jun 23
That is true. It takes time to say I am back to normal or better now. I am quite sure this could take time as I know when dealing with this kind of condition it takes a lot of patience and understanding how to get out of this condition.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
3 Jun 23
@rsa101 If you need someone to listen to you, just holler.
@RebeccasFarm (90481)
• Arvada, Colorado
29 May 23
Good luck for future
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• Philippines
8 Jun 23
I thought about getting help myself but not sure if that's worth my money now. Honestly, I've been sleeping late over the past few months. It's only last night i get to sleep early, but not a complete 7 to 8 hr sleep.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
If there are other symptoms you are feeling right now then I guess you should consult. But if it's only sleep you are having problems maybe you are still ok. You just need to train your body to sleep the needed hours to rest.
@rakski (126173)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
that is good news. I hope that the dose will be lessen soon
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
I will report back to my doctor after a month and see how my body reacted to the reduced dosage. I am hoping it gets better although I am still having anxiety especially early in the morning or lunchtime. But it is not that bad anymore as before.
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@rakski (126173)
• Philippines
13 Jun 23
@rsa101 good to know that
@banksim (5256)
29 May 23
keep progressing
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
31 May 23
An improvement is the best thing to hear from you as far your illness is concerned I know you'll get out from such disease if you help yourself. So be it.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
31 May 23
Thanks, there are times that I get it and there are days that are just good. I do not say I am already well but just getting there one step a day.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
31 May 23
@Nakitakona That's true I am never out of it but I am getting there.
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@Nakitakona (56486)
• Philippines
31 May 23
@rsa101 Nevertheless there's an improvement.
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@ainnaqo66 (303)
• Indonesia
29 May 23
I hope you feeling better.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
29 May 23
I wouldn't say I am already ok but I am getting there. Hope the lowering of dosage works for me until I am free from it already.
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• Indonesia
29 May 23
@rsa101 I hope so. I hope everything is going well.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
1 Jun 23
@ainnaqo66 Honestly, I would say that it still is there though I am able to manage it well.
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@jstory07 (140043)
• Roseburg, Oregon
30 May 23
I hope that everything goes good for you.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
1 Jun 23
True, this is very new to me and I never expected it to happen to me. I thought I could handle it on my own but in the end I was able to find strength in asking for help already as it was already spiralling out of control.
@yoalldudes (35037)
• Philippines
31 May 23
I'm impressed by the way you handled this, with dignity. And that is how we should be treated because it is an illness and as humans is part of life and we shouldn't be looked down on or laughed at instead be given support. You are doing good.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
31 May 23
I took a lot of courage to accept I might have it also. But since I had seen how my son went through it I somehow got a hint and somehow know how would I handle this thing. And true enough I got it as well.
@leighnyork (1880)
31 May 23
That is a great improvement
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
1 Jun 23
I felt the improvement but it still is there. I hope this month-long medication would work until I can finally get out of it.