Re: My Hero (Lexapro) is letting me down... What about a Lexapro cocktail?
Originally Posted by
panicface
Honestly, Lexapro worked like a charm, I'm 50 - perfect scenario would be to find a drug that would tamp down the anxiety for another 10, 20, 30 years - and I'm out of here.
Surely, the 'perfect' scenario would be for you to learn how to challenge your thoughts so much that no medication is required?
I was 47 years old before I understood the stress response and how to challenge my thoughts. It's doable, believe me.
I don't want to push the autism thing, but I am curious with your 'Nope, not autistic' reply.
How do you know you're not autistic? (I didn't know that I was autistic for 43 years)
Because one explanation for your lifelong issues with anxiety would be that you have a neurological difference, such as autism.
If there are any diagnosed members of your family (or people who were/are considered to be 'eccentric') then it may be worth you giving this some consideration? When I was diagnosed, it really helped me to understand why I've always struggled so much. (And why my anxiety has always been set to 'high')
Anyway, I'll just leave this with you. I mentioned it because quite a few things that you mention in your posts suggest autism to me. (Autism, being the varied spectrum that we understand it to be today, and not 'that dude from Rainman')
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