[Stellata]

I have pretty severe anxiety, even though it's not a separate diagnosis for me.

Three weeks ago I had my 'add on' medication changed, and while there are some immediate good effects, I'm still settling in to the low dose of Olanzapine.

I'm much less numb so far than I was on the Aripiprazole, and so am feeling my anxiety more at the moment. This is uncomfortable.

I get anxious about everything, but major triggers are worrying about my elderly parents, and being in crowds of people. I can also get anxiety verging on paranoia around technical 'glitches'. [In fact I had a long psychotic episode around that 3 years ago.]

Particularly it's also the time of year. Three years ago exactly was when my psychotic episode really got intense, it was especially intense around the new year. So it's like anniversary time, as it were. I know I've made it through 2 new years since then, but.

So I would really like some supportive kind words, and to know if anyone can relate.
Thanks.

[Skeezyks]

I can't relate to the psychotic episodes you've experienced. But anxiety is certainly something I'm familiar with. You mentioned worrying about your elderly parents. I am an elderly person. And it's not unusual for my anxiety to be provoked by technical glitches. (I also avoid any kind of crowd.) Anyway... I hope you will be able to find your way through your present difficulties. The fact that you've made it through 2 new years since then is a good sign. Best wishes...

[Stellata]

Originally Posted by Skeezyks

I can't relate to the psychotic episodes you've experienced. But anxiety is certainly something I'm familiar with. You mentioned worrying about your elderly parents. I am an elderly person. And it's not unusual for my anxiety to be provoked by technical glitches. (I also avoid any kind of crowd.) Anyway... I hope you will be able to find your way through your present difficulties. The fact that you've made it through 2 new years since then is a good sign. Best wishes...

Thanks.
By elderly parents I mean in their early 80s.

Thank you for relating to some of my anxiety sources, though I'm sorry that you experience it too.

[Skeezyks]

Originally Posted by Stellata

Thanks.
By elderly parents I mean in their early 80s.

Yes, well, I'm not that far removed. I'm 71!

[Stellata]

I realised earlier that I've got a triple whammy of upsurge in anxiety having stopped not only the Aripiprazole, but also the Propranolol and Melatonin. The Olanzapine has yet to settle in properly.
I've not experienced anxiety like this in a long time, though everything I'm anxious about are 'normal' triggers for a lower level of anxiety, as it were, for me.