When I posted the other day about my anxiety spiking (it's still coming and going, which is really annoying), smonster mentioned it could be because I don't have an IUD anymore...and I suddenly realized why I'm getting acne for the first time in years and years. (Hormones being all weird and in flux.)

It should be either pimples OR wrinkles. Not both! Sheesh.

I see my doctor next week, and I want to talk about something for anxiety. I've been on Lexapro a couple of time, but I don't know if it did anything. I stopped taking it because I didn't feel any different, so I don't know if the Lexapro corresponded with a time of coping or if I didn't notice that I wasn't having crippling anxiety. What are the typical drugs for anxiety?

edit: I've been on generic Zoloft, and that was bad.

I've been taking klonopin . I was taking it daily but I'm back to taking it as needed and it helps.

Ugh, Steph.

Connie, I'm on generic Zoloft and my doc added Effexor for anxiety and may eventually transition me of the Zoloft. I also have Xanax for panic attacks, which I generally only take if my brain won't shut off at night.

Connie, I've been on a combination of Lexapro and buproprion (Welbutrin) for quite some time, and it has helped. With generic Xanax on an as-needed basis, but I rarely need it.

I knwo where I get my over worrying from.

E is down and playign with the kids that live up here-- there have been some issues before but they are all getting along and sledding. They've had a snack and a break (at the neighbor's house).

Mom and I were rearranging and she kept asking me to look outside and make sure they are okay. And then he asked if he coudl go over there and she said yes. After about an hour she started to worry becuase he wasn't outside. I offered to walk next door.

Then they were back outside and playing and she said she was going to take a nap and could I check on them. But she can't sleep because they are playing outside and there is no adult right outside with them.

They are sledding between the two houses and we can hear them playing. But she keeps checking and even called E in to make sure he wasn't hungry (Mom thought he hadn't eaten anything but the snack) or wasn't too cold (because he was playing so much).

She's spending about as much worry energy on this as I have about where my car is parked.

Mom asked me to run to the neighbors becaus eit's 4. E is fine, he was having a snack, the neighbor is texting my bro's GF to find out when E needs to be home.

I come back - Mom's like "but he needs to come over here" (she misses seeing him) and "I don't know if he's eaten, he could be hungry and need dinner. " He's 8 and not shy about saying he's hungry. Plus he's over at a neighbor's house and they'll feed him (they offered me a snack and a drink and I was only over there for 5 minutes).

Connie, I'm on generic Zoloft and my doc added Effexor for anxiety and may eventually transition me of the Zoloft.

Heh, individual brains are so weird. I've been on Welbutrin for years with added daily sertraline (generic Zoloft) for anxiety.

I'm on Effexor now for depression and anxiety and it's doing its job wrt both. I wish I could get the doctor to prescribe Valium or even Xanax for those extra-panicky times, but she's reluctant to do so.

I wish I could get the doctor to prescribe Valium or even Xanax for those extra-panicky times, but she's reluctant to do so.

Yeah, that's why I have the Zoloft for anxiety, traditional anxiety meds are too risky for me with my family's alcohol addiction history as well as my prior abuse issues. I personally think it's bullshit, but whatever. It's hard to advocate strongly for this class of drugs without looking like a drug seeker. I mean, I can't even get Ativan.