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Moose72 · Apr 25, 2025, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Blueberrybook

Oh, man my nerves are jangled after going to the library with my daughter behind the wheel. She hadn't driven in awhile, and it's just such a helpless feeling when I'm biting my mouth not to be screaming, slow down, slow down, STOP! She relies on the brake too much at the last minute stopping behind vehicles at stoplights, I keep telling her, this car is old, it doesn't have the best brakes in the world, ease into the stop. I know she'll learn eventually; I really don't know how all parents of teenage drivers manage it because I felt on the verge of a panic attack, wishing I were driving instead!

It's times like this I wish I still were on clonazepam or Xanax. I need my nerves to calm down. I'm considering making some chamomile tea but it's so hot here even with the AC on, I don't know.

I remember those days with N3! Almost exactly as you described! All the pestering “Can I drive now?”s! And no I wasn’t on any anti-anxiety meds back then. Now six or seven years later he’s calm and I even let him play Bach fugues through the speakers while he drives but man he jangled my nerves a lot at first!