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I have both anxiety and depression, Effexor for depression and Hydoxyzine for anxiety. Both these medications taken together or separately makes me feel groggy and yet I still feel like basket case as the day wears on. I try and stay busy to take mind off of my illness. Which does help, but mornings and just before bedtime are difficult. There is a Calming app that does help me sleep but to use during the day would not be beneficial to me. I need to keep going. Talking to a therapist it is hard to explain my feelings and how it effects my physical wellbeing. How do you calm someone with a ticking bomb inside? I feel trapped, isolated and helpless.
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I know the feeling. I have tried Buspirone before for anxiety and Wellbutrin but I weaned off all that in 2023. I am going to a therapist because of grief from the loss of my husband in 2022. My cardiologist ( no issues) has me taking Propanolol for anxiety. It helps people with the physical signs of anxiety but not the racing anxiety thoughts. I have been feeling strange for a while after I take it recently when before it did calm me down a bit. I'm going to speak to the cardiologist about why do I feel so weird and groggy after I take it all of a sudden. I know keeping busy does help but when you feel like you just don't want to do much. I know that anxiety and depression kind of go hand in hand. It's awful at times.