Callista wrote:
Benzodiazepines are problematic because they're only good in the short term; in the long term people will develop a tolerance and then they don't work anymore. So, they're a solution for someone with a phobia getting on a plane, but not someone with generalized anxiety getting through their lives.
CBT-style therapy does seem to have some effect; if you can change thoughts, you can often affect feelings associated with them including anxiety.
Sleep is also important. If I don't get enough, I get edgy and jump at shadows. When sleep-deprived I even, oddly enough, become scared of the dark!
Not sure if CBT approach is any different to any other psychs? I haven't had any good techniques other than the approach "try this try that" from psychs.
I am getting good sleep, 8 hours...little time awake in between
I agree they are temporary, and I don't plan to use klonopin for long if I do- just to get a job, and get into school. (Handing out more applications, get me through the interview, and walking into this new college and talking to people for the first time)
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13 Oct 2010, 9:55 pm
