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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook
I'm doing OK so far this morning, but mornings tend to be easier for me than later in the day, maybe because of things happening in the day. Yesterday morning was rough with my daughter but this morning fine. She was happy I remembered to get her up early for choir practice before school, and yesterday, I did not forget she had early noon dismissal.
I see the T later today. Hopefully, she will have some advice for me on instant reactions or instant panic upon an identifiable trigger. Going into instant panic/super high anxiety and then having to function (something time-sensitive especially) is very difficult for me.
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It can be very challenging to not have an immediate reaction, especially when prone to anxiety/panic, as you know. I think your insights about this are right on.
It has taken me a long time, and a lot of practice, to learn to suspend immediate reactions. My meds help me with this. My pdoc says she often finds citalopram helps with managing reactivity. I have found this to be true for me.
I had to give up Adderall, which I use during deep, deep depressions. I had become mixed and the Adderall was making me even more anxious. Almost every day when I read your posts about panic/anxiety, I wonder if/how Adderall may be contributing to your anxiety? Just a thought, as we are all different.
I am hopeful your insights, combined with therapy, will be very helpful to you and to your family as well.
I know you have been looking for things to do with your daughter. How about a family game night with cards and/or board games? In my family, we had bonded a lot with one another quite a bit via playing board games. We still do play board games, cards and yard games.
We had also bonded through doing chores together, cooking together, playing sports together, etc.
Just throwing out a few ideas. I hope you and your daughter will feel increasingly bonded as time goes on.
WC