Incredibly frustrated. I was sent home with an Rx for clonazepam (a slow-acting long-lasting) anxiolytic, a dose so small that the risk of addiction is practically nonexistent, but it's not enough to maintain a baseline level of anxiety that is tolerable. It's the same dose I was taking when I was inpatient, but then, they also would give me lorazepam (a fast-acting much shorter-lasting anxiolytic) every 4 hours if I wanted it.
The idea is that one maintains your baseline, and the other handles any anxiety or panic attacks.
One of the criteria for being discharged was I had go a full day without any lorazepam, which I did last Monday. But I was in a safe place, not out in the world.
Now I'm struggling again and the meds I have available just aren't cutting it. I've got plenty of tools to use to banish the negative thinking and the psychological aspects but I've been in this weird state for the last couple of days and I feel physically ill, and I know it's just somatization of my anxiety.
The idea is that one maintains your baseline, and the other handles any anxiety or panic attacks.
One of the criteria for being discharged was I had go a full day without any lorazepam, which I did last Monday. But I was in a safe place, not out in the world.
Now I'm struggling again and the meds I have available just aren't cutting it. I've got plenty of tools to use to banish the negative thinking and the psychological aspects but I've been in this weird state for the last couple of days and I feel physically ill, and I know it's just somatization of my anxiety.