iwarzon
05-03-17, 20:50
Hello All,
JC here from California.
I seem to be like many and do the self diagnose deal, I have visited, read and purchased many related topics that I share with so many on this board like panic attacks, OCD, GAD and depression.
I don't seem to have severe symptoms but enough to ruin a perfectly good day off or take out an entire week of what would of been just a normal week :unsure:
First real panic attack was back in the mid 90's after the tragic loss of my step mother and ever since that I've had them come and go but always have myself prepared for one which I think has lead to multiple other things like my OCD and depression symptoms.
I get all the normal symptoms like tight throat muscles or sore throat, shortness of breath, phantom chest pains, left forearm pain, tight shoulder and neck pain, sour stomach, dry mouth and feeling of unwell.
I'm not currently on any medication that I take daily but always have lorazepam 0.5 mg with me if needed and usually only take half of that to get me to calm down however my GD would like me to start taking Zoloft 25mg however I have been reluctant to start that after reading all the horror story's but I will say I did fine with Paxil years ago.
I'm 50 years old in great health (I know this because all the costly Dr. Visits for absolutely no reason) with an ultra high stress job, I have the high achiever personality but other than that I have a normal life with a house, wife and child but am stuck in the GAD world and hope to find some useful information here and help manage this.
Let's Do This!
JC here from California.
I seem to be like many and do the self diagnose deal, I have visited, read and purchased many related topics that I share with so many on this board like panic attacks, OCD, GAD and depression.
I don't seem to have severe symptoms but enough to ruin a perfectly good day off or take out an entire week of what would of been just a normal week :unsure:
First real panic attack was back in the mid 90's after the tragic loss of my step mother and ever since that I've had them come and go but always have myself prepared for one which I think has lead to multiple other things like my OCD and depression symptoms.
I get all the normal symptoms like tight throat muscles or sore throat, shortness of breath, phantom chest pains, left forearm pain, tight shoulder and neck pain, sour stomach, dry mouth and feeling of unwell.
I'm not currently on any medication that I take daily but always have lorazepam 0.5 mg with me if needed and usually only take half of that to get me to calm down however my GD would like me to start taking Zoloft 25mg however I have been reluctant to start that after reading all the horror story's but I will say I did fine with Paxil years ago.
I'm 50 years old in great health (I know this because all the costly Dr. Visits for absolutely no reason) with an ultra high stress job, I have the high achiever personality but other than that I have a normal life with a house, wife and child but am stuck in the GAD world and hope to find some useful information here and help manage this.
Let's Do This!