Posted by MidnightBlue on October 22, 2006, at 0:06:04
In reply to Anxiety and obsessions... (*VERY* long), posted by Racer on October 21, 2006, at 22:21:22
Racer,
I made it all the way to the bottom of your post. And the prize is I get is to try and help you! I, too, can become terrified of taking a new med. After 6 days of a new antibiotic,(I hadn't taken one in 8 years) I'm finally convinced I won't fall over dead from taking it. :-)
I, too, have been unipolar forever. I, too, have had quite a bit of anxiety which no one ever properly addressed.
I, too have wondered, feared, that I might be bipolar. And some doctors even suggested it. After all there were those times I talked fast and actually got a lot done! But I never really fit the bipolar test.I'm a non responder. I come from a long line of anxious women. And I don't want to have to take another med that might make me fat. Errr fatter...
So I feel your pain. Try to take the med for just one day. And then another day. Have a "safe person" with you who understands you are a bit nuts on this and swears they will call for help if you keel over.
I hope that helps a bit. For what it is worth I think going to a psychopharmacologist is a good idea.
MB
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