I’ve always been a fairly highly-strung kind of person and I generally live with a background level of anxiety that isn’t too hard to take if I don’t do anything .. at all. Unfortunately not doing anything at all kind of limits actually living my life and I chafe at this self-imposed prison.
I currently take a low dose of Zoloft, however I’ve been on Effexor XR and Prothiaden in the past. Effexor XR was horrible – I was like a zombie. Zoloft doesn’t seem so bad and just 25mg a day seems to keep that background level of anxiety at a controllable level.
Unfortunately the anxiety invades every aspect of my life and makes things seem horribly scary that really aren’t. Logically I can realise that something is not scary but it doesn’t stop the butterflies, nausea, sweats and shakes.
I want to learn if this is something I can take control of, instead of having it control me. I’m letting life pass me by because I can’t deal with it and I don’t want to get to the end, look back on what I’ve done, and realise my life has been pointless and empty.
