anleja

I was actually going to look for an old "panic attack" thread to post in today, but you beat me to it.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this method of calming anxiety (I don't think so), but I started taking about 150 mg of vitamin B1 and about 8000 mg of vitamin C, spread throughout the day.

It seems to be helping with my anxiety problems, at least so far. I've taken Paxil about three years ago for about 5 months, but I hated it, and the withdrawals were excrutiating. The panic attacks and overall anxiety never really went away (getting married, having a kid, getting divorced while keeping custody, getting laid off twice, and moving 6 times didn't help much). I was tired of feeling like this and went on PaxilCR. BIG mistake. Fuck Paxil. After two days, I stopped, dumped them down the garbage disposal. I'm sure they work for some, but not for me. The doctor prescribed Welbutrin, but the side effects scared me too much to even take one. I mean , one of the side effects is "anxiety". Another is "risk of seizure." Ah, no. Not for me.

I decided that doctors are way to eager to pass out " 'scripts." These drugs frighten me, especially after the Paxil nightmare.

I was reading a health book of natural remedies, and among other things it suggested the aforementioned B1 and C. I bought them and, not sure if it was merely a placebo affect, they seemed to work. I was social, happy... I actually felt like waving at strangers out my car window. All over a couple vitamins.

I'll have to continue taking them (I just started today; I bought them after I almost lost it at work today) to see how well it works, but at least they are natural.... and I felt much better after taking them. When on the medication I had trouble relaxing, just becasue I felt as if my mind was fake. The fake feeling was enough to give me anxiety.

I doubt I'll go through withdrawal if I skip a few doses of vitamins B1 and C.