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Originally Posted by Pookyl
I have terrible anxiety. I’ve found that Seroquel XR in combination with Atenolol (a beta blocker that I take for my blood pressure) makes me a little less panicky. Not hugely so, but I’ll take the ‘little less’. I’m also allowed to take Valium (diazepam) on an ‘as needed’ basis but I’m not good at taking it.
I think long term, big picture-wise, that anxiety is handled best with a combination of meds, CBT and graded exposure therapy. Even then battling with anxiety, for me anyway, is an ongoing hour by hour battle.
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Thanks
yeah I had to get off seroquel due to weight gain so I take abilify and thorazine now. I have taken atenolol before and it was helpful, maybe I'll see about getting back on that.
I'm doing a lot of mindfulness stuff and using coping skills which is helpful. I made it through yesterday without klonopin so that's good, and I slept well finally.
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Diagnosis:
Schizoaffective disorder Bipolar type
PTSD
Social Anxiety Disorder
Anorexia Binge/Purge type