Anxiety and Depression meds?

Hi,

Vin - there is absolutely no problem taking drugs to help you through a rough patch.

BUT you must manage them not let them manage you and as Bubbles has shown they can take over.

Was the up happy chappie the Vin you have known real or was he just superficial because he had never had to confront problems in his life :-/ Are you having a problem with the fear of outcome or the realisation that none of us are imortal at too young an age.

Coming to terms with these realities is a step towards maturity and I wonder if you may damage your progress to maturity if you drug induce avoidance!

You must do what YOU feel is best for your child, your wife and yourself in that order - but having analysed the situation if you need the help of drugs that is OK as long as you make sure you control the drugs and not let them control you.

Good luck.

Regards,
Greg L-W.

Vin,
It's the old lady of the group. I have grandchildren your age. So, listen to the voice of experience.
When I was first diagnosed I was a wreck. I remember going to a gathering with all of my family and I felt like I was on the ceiling looking down at this sad, quiet lady I didn't even know and I had no control over it. It was even hard to smile and my children are used to seeing this little old Italian lady full of life and always happy.
I finally asked the Dr. for something because as my son puts it I was "tweaked" to the max. I took Xanax and a holistic remedy called "Rescue Remedy". If you have any trouble with addiction to alcohol you cannot take resuce remedy but otherwise it's fine and in any health food store. Maybe neither one of them are for you but there is something out there for you. Your little one is only 8 months old and you wouldn't want these precious days with your baby to go by and not remember every minute. So....get something and be happy and I don't know what your beliefs are but at the end of the day I leave everything up to God now and let him worry about it so I can get a good night's sleep and be ready to "fight the battle" the next day. There is a country song that says "You don't have to move the mountain Lord, just show me the way around it".
When I say my prayer to St. Peregrine today for all of us, as I do every day, I will ask him for you.
All of my prayers and thoughts are with you........Jean

Aren't there two Ts. ;D

I do think you self depracating new signature does you no justice

Regards,
Greg L-W.

Mike,
I am having my second resection in three months on 12/15. I've had three cystoscopies and two BCG treatments (the second didn't go well thus the 2nd resection). I would have to say that the path of my situation is definitely a significant contributor to my anxiety levels. I have always been a very social person and have a great support circle of friends who are horrified to see me not laughing or even smiling. The cancer has taken over my thoughts and I can't have that as I have a wife and friends who are desperately trying to help me cope and a new 8month old daughter who needs a father. If this were someone else and i was looking in from the outside I'd say "toughen up and get a hold of yourself!" But I've just never experienced such an ovewhelming loss of control before...so I'm considering taking something. I need to "get my life back" as Bubbles put it. It's nice to hear that others have endured feelings like this and a little help from a prescription is ok.
Thanks for the thoughts and advise.
-Vin

I have taken an SSRI (Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor) for a number of years. I did not have a single factor such as a cancer diagnosis at the time I just had alot of stress in general. I was to point of being agorophobic. I couldn't go into a store alone, I couldn't drive, I was having multiple panic attacks a day. I was also doing some heavy duty dieting at the time and I think in a round about way it was related. My doctor insisted it wasn't but in the long run it didn't matter.
It took about four weeks for the Celexa to build up to a therapeutic level and it really did give me my life back

BUT.........now here is the BIG BUT

Since some of the life stresses diminished and other things changed I have tried several times to get off of it and I can't. I have done it the wrong way........cold turkey... NEVER ever again. It was frightening. My body pounded on the inside, it was like I had a strobe light constantly in my head......weird stuff. Then I tried under doctor supervision by reducing the dose little by little week after week. Nope.....I got the same strange effects but not as severe.

That's just a brutally honest story of my experience. Would I have started taking them if I knew then what I know now?? Yes.....I really needed to start living again and that's what it took.

Pwe...
I see your diagnosis, what treatment are you choosing? Just wonder if the treatment is contributing to the anxiety?