Hi guys and gals. It's been awhile since I posted last. Mainly just checking in, but I have a question. Since my rehab doc put me on Lexipro, I have felt almost "normal", whatever that is. No more freaky head feelings, no more feeling of being disconnected, etc. Reading about the differences between GAD and Panic Disorder, I would say that I have the latter. My worries are not of specific things... they are of having another Panic Attack, especially in public.

With the Lexipro, I still worry, but not as much, and I no longer have the strange feelings that go along with it. I am taking between 15 and 20 total mgs a day, at 5-6 hour intervals. Sometimes 15mgs is enough to get me through, and other days I need 20mgs. I break the 10mg tablets in half and take 5mgs at a time.... 10 is still way too much for me to handle. I tried taking 5 mgs 12 hours apart, and it just was not enough - my head still felt 'funny'. If I go too long between dosages, my head lets me know very quickly. Usually now I can stop the strange feelings before they develop into something really bad.

Twice in the past week I have had mild panic symptoms, but have been able to talk myself down -- telling myself, out loud, that the feelings cannot hurt me, and that I will not let it get to me. I repeat this several times before the feelings go away, but it works. This was when I went too long between pills. I have not had a full out panic attack since the first one in April. I've come close, before the Lexipro, but that was triggered by a specific odor... and I just removed myself from the room for awhile.