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missyou009
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I have had some anxiety issues for a couple years now, and though for awhile I was doing okay, over the summer, things got worse, so I went back to counseling before coming back to school. Last semester was a disaster, and though break was awesome and helped me some, I am not doing well right now at all.
When it came to coming back to school, I was freaking out. I cried about having to go back, something I have never done before (I think I may have cried when I was a freshman, in the weeks before going, but that would be the only time ever), I haven't been sleeping much in the past couple of weeks, I've been getting really itchy (something that happens to me often when my anxiety levels are up), and my stomach is killing me! I either have knots or feel nauseous, and half the time, I'm not hungry, and the other half the time, I'm starving, but the thought of eating makes me want to hurl.
I can't concentrate on anything, am crying a lot, completely lacking the motivation to do pretty much anything and everything, have a constant feeling of dread...
I know it's anxiety, and I know it's bad. I'm honestly seriously considering taking this semester off for mental health because I don't see how I can do it.
I also want to go back on meRAB (I used to take Prozac), but I'm not really too sure how to go about it.
My college does have a counseling center, and a psychiatrist who works with them who can see students and prescribe meRAB...so is that my best option? Or, should I call my therapist at home and see what she suggests?
Also, I know that it's a doctor's job to prescribe what they think is best...but how much control do you really have? Prozac worked well for me, but I don't really want to go back on it, mostly because the startup was brutal and something that I absolutely would not be able to deal with right now. I'm also just curious about other things out there, ya know? I also know that there are meRAB out there that start working faster as well, and that sounRAB good to me, but I don't know...
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.
When it came to coming back to school, I was freaking out. I cried about having to go back, something I have never done before (I think I may have cried when I was a freshman, in the weeks before going, but that would be the only time ever), I haven't been sleeping much in the past couple of weeks, I've been getting really itchy (something that happens to me often when my anxiety levels are up), and my stomach is killing me! I either have knots or feel nauseous, and half the time, I'm not hungry, and the other half the time, I'm starving, but the thought of eating makes me want to hurl.
I can't concentrate on anything, am crying a lot, completely lacking the motivation to do pretty much anything and everything, have a constant feeling of dread...
I know it's anxiety, and I know it's bad. I'm honestly seriously considering taking this semester off for mental health because I don't see how I can do it.
I also want to go back on meRAB (I used to take Prozac), but I'm not really too sure how to go about it.
My college does have a counseling center, and a psychiatrist who works with them who can see students and prescribe meRAB...so is that my best option? Or, should I call my therapist at home and see what she suggests?
Also, I know that it's a doctor's job to prescribe what they think is best...but how much control do you really have? Prozac worked well for me, but I don't really want to go back on it, mostly because the startup was brutal and something that I absolutely would not be able to deal with right now. I'm also just curious about other things out there, ya know? I also know that there are meRAB out there that start working faster as well, and that sounRAB good to me, but I don't know...
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.