Wants, I'm in Florida on the central gulf coast and I was thoroughly exhausted and wrung out after the third storm approach and miss. For Ivan we boarded up the windows and made preparations to go to Orlando to hide out. The waiting and waiting and worrying was excrutiating, and I stil haven't recovered.

I saw my T not long afterwards the last scare and she said that ALL of her clients had been badly affected by this year's storm after storm after storm. It upset me to see the general population so strung out - 4 hour lines at Home Depot for plywood; people lining up to fill their cars' tanks, runs to the robot banks for cash in case the electricity went.... the anxiety was palpable, contagious, and utterly frightening.

It sent me into a tailspin of depression - I too am on effexor and for the past 10 months it has been a very good med for me. Now my anxiety has ramped up and about 1/3 of my day is spent in one long panic attack. The toll on our emotional health is severe - imagine if our homes had been hit by the storms?

I wish you a quick recovery and peace.

pc