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Don’t beat yourself up over this! That’s GREAT that you have been weeks without a panic attack. That means you’ve done a lot of good work toward getting your anxiety under control. Take a look at what’s been going on recently- have you been getting enough sleep, eating well, exercising, balancing work/play? See this not as a personal failure but as a reminder to get back to the basics of self care.
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Also just remember that everyone, even those who don’t have OCD and anxiety, get overwhelmed sometimes. And while our rough days tend to be because of these things and in conjunction with these things, it’s normal to have hard days. You’ve been doing amazing so far and one hard day doesn’t mean that today you can’t be doing amazing. Keep doing what your doing and remember to love yourself with some self care and in general :)
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Thankyou so much, you’re right I do need to go back to basics. I just let myself get so overwhelmed sometimes. I’m going to email my lecturer and explain what happened so hopefully I can catch up on notes:)
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Thankyou as well, I know it’s so easy to get overwhelmed especially as the academic year has just started:( but i fully intend to focus on the positives, like the fact that this is the first panic attack in weeks:)
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I am having an appointment with my psychiatrist this afternoon and I am obsessing about what to do with my medication. I think it’s also very ocd like obsessing. I am currently on 30mg mirtazapine. Ive been on this for years (because of insomnia, anxiety and depression) (15mg) and after we tried to switch to another (amitryptiline) because of nerve pain, I went down the road of insomnia and later on ocd again. So I am back on mirtazapine, and weaning off of the amitryptiline. This is/was a very traumatic experience. Because the switch caused a mental breakdown. Now my psychiatrist has mentioned to up the mirtazapine to 45mg. And my obsessive self has done a lot of research and a lot is saying that the higher the dose, the more you can experience anxiety. And for ocd it’s obviously not the first choice. I am obsessing all morning about it. I am too scared to go up. But I am also too scared to try another and to wean myself of off mirtazapine. I feel stuck at this point. Taking two meds is also not something I want. I could really use some words of encouragement right now I think. 🥹
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