I haven't posted in a while because I thought I was getting stronger and feeling better. I've been so distracted with caring for my aging and ailing parents and then I took a 4 day trip away. While I was involved in all of this, I don't remember having any strange symptoms - a little nervous flying but that's about it.

I've been back for 3 days now and almost immediately, my strange symptoms returned...tingling in arm and leg on right side, right side of face and strange shock-like feelings all over my body. Has this happened to you? Symptoms disappear and then reappear in the exact same way in the exact same place?

I'm on .5 mg of Ativan 3 times a day but next week, my doc will be taking me off of them and I'm worried that I've already developed a dependency.

She wants me on Effexor but I'm very reluctant to do any drugs. From your experiences, can counselling alone deal with anxiety and depression? I know it probably depends on the situation and person but I'd appreciate any insights.