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Over the counter anxiety medicine
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 11, 2019 | Replies (84)Comment receiving replies
I have tried a number of over the counter products but none of them did the trick, Only got me unwanted side effects. I get anxiety and panic attacks while on a long trip from home and a few situations, like at the dentist.
Thanks for mentioning this in other postings - I feel really a fool for having them, glad to see I'm not the only one...
My doctor described me diazepam/valium 5 mg whenever I have a panic attack and that's the only thing that really works for me. My doctor said that it is a rather straight forward product and more trusted by him than a lot of stuff you can buy in a drugstore...
I just use CBD oil and that helps me with sleeping.
That's my two cents and personal experience. I admire people who can breathe away panic attacks or achieving that with mindfull thinking etc. Maybe I must work on that but now I have my hands full to just hang on..
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Hello Lisa,
Thank you for your feedback. It's very true that reading the stories here is helping me. I feel less alone in my lifequest when I read the other struggles with panic attacks.
I must say that I lead a quit life now, away from the rat race in the big city. Once I was very keen on "scoring" in my job, get promotions and so. But when I finally got there it was no fun, not what I expected. The anxiety troubles just went along and changed perhaps their outer appearances but inside It was just the same..
I had more money to spend but that didn't did the trick. A panic attack in a Mercedes is the same as having one walking the streets..
When I had to deal with unfortunate aggression of one of my clients (I ended up in hospital) I had a rather big implosion. I could not walk the streets because of the fear for another anxiety attack and was hyperventilating a lot. Agoraphobia kicked in..
The real big change happened when I quit my job in the city and moved away to the countryside . I live in a small village now, everything is green and trees and a nice house..two cats in the yard like in the song.
That works for me. I do have anxiety attacks every once and a while, but much much less than I had in the city.
Only .. at this moment I am having a hard time getting accepted by my social contacts.. Some things I can and some I cannot.
I would like it very much to get it out of my system but I am not there yet. But the positive side is that I accept it from myself. It is a part of me now but I try to live my life as normal as is possible. When I have to do something challenging ...( for me that is...) I tend to take half a pil in advance. Most of the time that's enough.
But when I am having a bad one I just take the pil, or two, and it all goes away in about 20 minutes..
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Hello, @faraway53. Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm so glad you don't feel as if you're the only one who experiences anxiety and panic attacks after reading here. That is truly an important component of the community.
Glad the diazepam/valium is working for you whenever you have a panic attack. Sounds like an effective action plan. Thank you for sharing this and your use of CBD oil for sleep. With your use of the oil, you have something in common with @gailb, whom I'd love for you to meet here, among others in this discussion who are so helpful.
Do you also use the medication to manage a long trip from home now, @faraway53?