Hi Queens,
I started on the SSRI shortly after I started this program, about 7 months ago. For me it was my acceptance that I needed help to get and remain calm. I desperatly wanted to change. The SSRI has worked for me. I was able to concentrate on the program and complete the sections.
The daily anxiety has all but gone, my thougths are mostly all positive...and if negative ones pop in...I roll them up in a ball and shoot them in the air(mentally)
That's how the med has helped me...before, when I thought about taking an elevator..it would have been all the "what ifs" and catastrophic thinking. I got myself terrified long before I actually had to take one. I had convinced myself that I would never be able to ride in an elevator!
Now, I am able to calmly question those thoughts, analyse them, and throw them away, use my breathing technique, so getting in the elevator is not a problem for me. This took lots of time..it wasnt overnight...but now I automatically go to the elevator and not the stairs...no wonder I've put on a few pounds!
There is one thing I have noticed about me since my SSRI has really taken efect, and that is my memory...its not like I forget things forever, but things that used to stay on my mind just disappear...I'm not sure if thats because I'm fretting less, or thinking positively more, and 99% of the time its great, but a few times I think that I'm selfish, cause someone will say something to me that I had forgotten about, or not paid much attention to, and I feel selfish. Any thoughts on this?
Juanita