hi

i've had 3 anxiety attacks in 2 days requiring lorazepam. the one this evening was closer to a panic attack - i felt like i couldn't get out of it that it was going to last forever etc etc etc....

my mom says my Zoloft causes more anxiety. could be, but...

i say it's primarily the NEWS.

(holiday pressures don't help, but i think it's mostly the news.)

recently i've had over-exposure to "heavy" news regarding the economic upheavals in europe. my folks watch in this room and i have nowhere to go. previously we had another tv, they did things different, and one way or another i avoided it. also they didn't watch it as avidly when there wasn't this huge crisis ongoing.

this evening, after my 2nd anxiety/panic attack, i told my mother, flat out:

"i cannot watch news. any news. none. i cannot take it. i never tolerated it well, but now i just can't."

she said they will figure it out so they watch in their room now. i said there are other anxiety triggers but that was a big one and it was all i could think of for now. she said ok.

i've started feeling generally anxious all the time, so i'm going to raise the nightly dosage of my long acting benzo. hopefully that will help me overall and i might be less sensitive.

~ waves ~