recently officially dx's - its bad lately

[m2low]

I was diagnosed by my reg doc a while back with slight GAd, I spent a night in the hospital with syptoms of a heart attack after some very stressful situations, then was put on paxil CR...  that was terrible for me, but was on it for almost 2 years...  comign off was just as bad having the paxil flu it was called, and flashes in my head, some very scary dreams I would actually scream and wake myself up and it would still feel real to me.  like monkeys attacking me from the closet (yah you can all laugh now cause I look back and it is funny).  then I was on cymbalta, no real side effects, but it all seemed to go away, I was then single and just doing my life as I needed and thats it...  then I started dating this wonderful woman, some strangeness (you know how us anxiety people see things) and when I would get bad, I would just hide out at my place, and be "sick" or something...  but it was never really bad...  we decided to get married and right as the marriage happened a TON fell on us/me..  her father basically decided to disown her for no good reason.  1 week later we are married, and then 1 week after that I find out I am loosing my job...  all this started  me into a very deep panic, anxiety and I feel everything is falling apart.  she tells me she loves me, we'll get thorugh this dont worry but its hard to tell her I hear that, but my mind wont allow it to settle...  well anyway we started counseling for out marriage cause there was some tough times...  went to a REAL shchiatrist and was officially diagnosed with GAD, obbsessive tendencies, possibility of ciclothymia, and some others... but start back on cymbalta and going to up to possibly 90mg a day.  klonopin 2mg a day at night, and then going to check if anything else will be needed... 

does anyone have exp with cymbalta and GAD?  also was in deep depression, and since starting cymbalta I can feel it kinda coming out of that...  its winter where I live, and my kind of excercise is working on cars, and being outside building or working on things (which is hard when its 20 degrees)...  plus even the thought of getting a new job (which I did get and start next week) is not a happy time for me, its anxiety of the unknown...  and somethings like yesterday and today there is no real apparent anything, just a normal day and I am all jittery and panicy...  very irratable...  and grumpy. 

its to the point where its really interupting my life, and annoying and I cant stand it.  just frustrating and  trying to get over this and get back a normal life where i enjoy things.  does hypnosis work?  is there other things?  might ask about CBT next time I am in...  it sucks going in, cause I forget to write things down adn I forget to mention them while in the office...  its like a race going on in my head of emotions, thoughts, ideas, and problems all trying to fight to be at the front...  and I can't stop ruminating about some things... 

[ladyK]

Hi m2low:

Wow, sounds like you've had quite the time lately.  I think you've come to the right place for comfort and strength.  Many here have the same worries as yourself.  It helps to talk to someone who can relate to what you're going through.  Sometimes one event can trigger anxiety and other times it comes because of an accumulation of many events even years worth of events.  I hope you can find your comfort by talking with people on this forum.

Good luck and take care, ladyK

[anxiousinfla]

Hi:
Under medications and Therapy, recently, there is a thread on Cymblata. Might try checking that.

God Speed.