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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 51
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 51
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First of all, I like the pumpkin!!! Very creative. I have panic disorder, which is basically a continual spiralling of anxiety attacks one after the other, through the night. The first thing I had to learn was to dissassociate whatever I was doing at the time from the panic attack. For instance, I had one when I was driving, so I didn't drive. Then it was other situations as my anxiety got worst, more progressive. My pdoc has me on a mood stabilizer, lithium, which helps me to cope, and deal with situations that I find stressful and unmanageable. The second thing is sleep. She ( my pdoc ) told me that when I can get a full 8 hours of sleep for at least 2-3 days in a row, my anxiety would go away. Now Ive been an insomniac since I was 14, so sleeping meds was not new to me, but being bipolar, she put me on klonopin, and trazedone. The trazedone also helps with the "waking up in a panic" is what I call it. For no reason at all, I would just wake up in the middle of a deep sleep, with an anxiety attack. But the meds Im on are working for me and my last anxiety attack was in March. I have been on wellbutrin before, but did not get anything out of it. Its very important that you find a pdoc that you get along with, and that you like. Even though you may not like the change, remember it can be a change for the better. And right now your emotional health is your priority. Ive been diagnosed for eleven years and finally got a doctor that is just what I need. Heck I have her cell number and can call her at night, on weekends, if Im having problems. Also, I was recently sick, I thought I had the flu, but a lot of over the counter meds for colds can't be mixed with psych meds. So, my pdoc wrote me a script for an antibiotic and told me what over the counter meds I could take. As an example, I did not know I can not take ibuprofen and lithium at the same time. I just didn't think there was a problem. But now I take excedrin, which, once again, my pdoc recommended. So please find one that YOU are happy with. 
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