Hello all,

Long story short, have been coming off meds slowly but still struggling. I have noticed that my mind is panicking, even if things aren't severely bad. If I have a depressed day, my mind literally panics and worries about the worst case scenario: self-injury, suicide, hospitalization, etc. It's not that I'm even having any dangerous thoughts, but my mind seems to be worrying in advance!

I wonder if it's because my past has included these scenarios a lot, and so I fear them the most.

I feel depressed during the day and sometimes wired in the evening until I take my medication. (FYI, it's the Seroquel XR that is currently being decreased). I worry that once I get off that medication completely...I will be wired/anxious/depressed 24/7. Why am I so pessimistic? How can I change?