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Lukey · 11-28-2004, 04:16 PM

Hey everybody. I was wondering what methods y'all use to cope with anxiety. I have an anxiety problem. Many times, anxiety will consume my entire day. Other days, I will have virtually none. It seems like I have acute attacks over threatening or potential threatening situations. I, like many others here, am a former benzo abuser (xanax mostly). If I were not an abuser, this would be the perfect drug for me because it puts the anxiety spells at bay. Since I can no longer use those, I am looking for a solution to my problem. Do you guys/gals think you can help? It seems there are no other meds to my knowledge that work really well for anxiety. I am on 300 mg of Wellbutrin and it doesn't seem to be doing much to curb these attacks. I have been on it for over 4 months so I definetly have given it a good trial run. I am probably going to make a pdoc appointment soon and I am wondering what other meds there are that may work for me so I can get a jump start on researching them. Any suggestions? Also, are there any good books I can buy to teach me how to cope with anxity better? Any good literature out there? I'm currently going to therapy. I'm new at it and don't really know if it's helping or if I'm doing it right. I talk about everything that's bothering me with my therapist but talking alone doesn't seem to be the ticket. It's like I almost expect my therapist to do something besides listen (because that's basically all that he really does). Any suggestions on what a tdoc should be doing besides listening? Do I need to find a new one? Thanks for your input! This site is great.

11-28-2004, 04:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
Lukey Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 5	Coping With Anxiety Hey everybody. I was wondering what methods y'all use to cope with anxiety. I have an anxiety problem. Many times, anxiety will consume my entire day. Other days, I will have virtually none. It seems like I have acute attacks over threatening or potential threatening situations. I, like many others here, am a former benzo abuser (xanax mostly). If I were not an abuser, this would be the perfect drug for me because it puts the anxiety spells at bay. Since I can no longer use those, I am looking for a solution to my problem. Do you guys/gals think you can help? It seems there are no other meds to my knowledge that work really well for anxiety. I am on 300 mg of Wellbutrin and it doesn't seem to be doing much to curb these attacks. I have been on it for over 4 months so I definetly have given it a good trial run. I am probably going to make a pdoc appointment soon and I am wondering what other meds there are that may work for me so I can get a jump start on researching them. Any suggestions? Also, are there any good books I can buy to teach me how to cope with anxity better? Any good literature out there? I'm currently going to therapy. I'm new at it and don't really know if it's helping or if I'm doing it right. I talk about everything that's bothering me with my therapist but talking alone doesn't seem to be the ticket. It's like I almost expect my therapist to do something besides listen (because that's basically all that he really does). Any suggestions on what a tdoc should be doing besides listening? Do I need to find a new one? Thanks for your input! This site is great.