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A longtime friend of my mom's seems to have suddenly & oddly developed a paralyzing anxiety about driving, so she no longer drives. She pays a monthly fee to have an Uber to take her everywhere now. My mom suggested she get help, but she doesn't seem to want to do that. However, she will still drive very short distances very early in the morning every once in a while when the traffic is sparse, but that's it anymore. She just thinks everyone drives so fast these days & she can't keep up, gets honked at, etc. One day when this all started, she was out & about & called AAA pretending there was something wrong w/ her car just so she could get a ride & tow back home. This is a little sad for someone who used to drive all over & travel (fly) quite often in the past.
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Originally Posted by gypsychic
I can relate a bit because I have become somewhat like this myself in the past few years. However, in my case it has a lot to do with some of my physical problems (bad spine, broken knee and worsening vision). I hardly drive anymore, my husband takes me most places. I absolutely will not drive in the rain or at night. And when I do drive, it's for very short distances.
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Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801
Interesting about the driving anxiety. A friend of mine developed anxiety about driving over bridges about 15 years ago, when she was close to 70. She never had an issue with bridges before that. Has no interest in finding a solution or conquering this fear. She just doesn't drive over bridges.
I will say that this same lady friend of my mom's never drove freeways for I don't know how long, so I guess finally now decades, her anxiety/fear has finally increased to the next level. Why suddenly decades later though is a little odd because again, she used to drive around all over (even w/o driving fwys).
OP here...I saw the psychiatrist. I like him. Many more appointments coming because there's so much to delve deeper into. I have unresolved childhood issues.
Spot on...and they can coexist.
He prescribed 3 meds. It might be a band aid solution but I'm no longer incapacitated.
It's worse than I thought then. How long did you talk to this guy? And this was after you 1st appointment? I urge you to get a second opinion. Run away from this quack.
It's worse than I thought then. How long did you talk to this guy? And this was after you 1st appointment? I urge you to get a second opinion. Run away from this quack.
This is the same reaction I receive when I tell people I'm taking Ozempic for weight loss - since quitting smoking I've really packed on the pounds. These pharmaceuticals are not a "quick fix" or "taking the easy way out." They are tools. Still lots of hard work required on my part. Please remember I was really struggling - unable to move off the couch. This is the treatment the psychiatrist has decided for me along with psychotherapy and as he advised - being committed to a healthy lifestyle and positive habits in my daily life which are so beneficial in my journey to wellness. Learning how to cope and manage my condition is the reason I need professional help...just can't do it all by myself.
If you felt better that quickly the reason is more likely a placebo effect. Psychiatric drugs can have terrible side effects. The positive effects are usually just a placebo effect. Most of the people in the psych hospital where I worked started out on some SSRI and/or benzo and that messed them up so bad that they ended up going manic or even more depressed.
If you felt better that quickly the reason is more likely a placebo effect. Psychiatric drugs can have terrible side effects. The positive effects are usually just a placebo effect. Most of the people in the psych hospital where I worked started out on some SSRI and/or benzo and that messed them up so bad that they ended up going manic or even more depressed.
And lots MORE people used SSRIs to help them jumpstart their therapy or get out of bed in the morning and function and did not wind up in a psych hospital. Where, obviously, you saw the worst of the worst.
I was on an SSRI for about nine years. Side effects were mostly occasionally small CNS effects, maybe little jerky movements, toes moving by themselves. They quieted all the noise/intrusive thoughts in my head so I was able to work therapy until I had a better way of living, then I weaned myself off. Those meds were a godsend in many ways.
Now I have a brother who is on Prozac and Gabapentin for bipolar disorder after years of misery, depression, and paralyzing anxiety, and there is a definite difference in him.
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