All-Star Anxiety Help

[cheerKT]

I also wanted to add how the medication helped her at competitions. When I was finishing up cheer towards the end of high school is when her anxiety was beginning to take effect. She couldn't even stand to be at the competitions, the loud music and crowds would send her into an absolute panic. If she did have to attend a competition she would sit outside with my stepdad while my mom watched. We used to lovingly joke that she would end up being a chess player or something super quiet and alone.

To think that she went from that panicked little kid to actually being UP on the stage at Cheersport, The Summit, etc, it absolutely incredible.

Zoloft isn't entirely the reason for that of course, but I think it played a big role. She's done many different kinds of therapy. I think her most effective (or at least the one she claimed to like best) was play therapy when she was very young, like five/six. She would never speak to her doctor of course, but she would come home to us claiming how much she loved Ms. LaRoux. It was probably the easiest paycheck that lady made tbh, just sitting silently in a room with a little girl and some toys haha. She's about to go back in to therapy semi-intensively, since she's in those awkwardly terrible middle/early high school years where everyone is just straight up mean and self-conscious.

 

[123jump4!]

Anti depressants can make you feel worse before it gets better and there can be suicidal thoughts. (I think that's mostly in the beginning but I'm not sure...) Doctors don't always know or tell you about side effects. You can google about it and you will find lots of stories. However, what I figured is that it's mostly the people who do have side effects who post on these forums. So it's a bit one-sided.

 

[Paria]

Anti depressants can make you feel worse before it gets better and there can be suicidal thoughts. (I think that's mostly in the beginning but I'm not sure...) Doctors don't always know or tell you about side effects. You can google about it and you will find lots of stories. However, what I figured is that it's mostly the people who do have side effects who post on these forums. So it's a bit one-sided.

This is the experience I had. I'm currently on Prozac and Wellbutrin. When I first started Prozac I was 17 and the first 2 months were difficult and made me feel worse but after that I felt so much better I would say it was worth it. (The suicidal thoughts you mentioned mainly occur in the young adult age group). The Wellbutrin had me feeling super jittery the first day and then was smooth sailing from there and I started that at 18. I feel like it just totally varies from person to person. I'm 19 now.

 

[cheermom19]

This is the experience I had. I'm currently on Prozac and Wellbutrin. When I first started Prozac I was 17 and the first 2 months were difficult and made me feel worse but after that I felt so much better I would say it was worth it. (The suicidal thoughts you mentioned mainly occur in the young adult age group). The Wellbutrin had me feeling super jittery the first day and then was smooth sailing from there and I started that at 18. I feel like it just totally varies from person to person. I'm 19 now.

CP takes that same combination too and has helped her tremendously. She has been taking it for a couple years now. She is currently 16.

 

[Paria]

CP takes that same combination too and has helped her tremendously. She has been taking it for a couple years now. She is currently 16.

I have actually never met anyone else who takes Wellbutrin much less that same combination. It's helped me a lot too (:

 

[cheermom19]

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[cheermom19]

I have actually never met anyone else who takes Wellbutrin much less that same combination. It's helped me a lot too :)

Hahaha it's a small medicine world.:D

 

[XtremeWpg]

As a child (around 7) I was diagnosed with anxiety that manifested in Trichotillomania (compulsive hair pulling). Granted, this was in in the early 90s and SSRIs etc were pretty new. My experiences as a kid were unpleasant. However, use of medications in children weren't common so I wouldn't base it on my experience.

I'm now on the Prozac and Wellbutrin combo mentioned above as an adult. I had one side effect (you can PM if you have questions, I'd rather not disclose publically) with the Prozac that was eliminated with the addition of the Wellbutrin. I personally have had no additional side effects from either drug. We've settled on me having Generalized Anxiety Disorder, or what I call "Worry About Everything and Anything". I've tried CBT and a lot of the techniques have helped me.

Is there a support group or anxiety disorder association where you are? We have one here that was a tremendous help to me.

Here is the link for their children/adolescent section. Some won't apply if you aren't in Manitoba, but there could be good for resources?

This appears to be a great resource as well. Hope you don't mind Canadian content :)

 

[omgitssydthekid]

Also, for people saying that therapy doesn't/didn't help...try a different therapist. Not every person is going to connect with the first therapist they try. Give it a couple sessions but if it isn't working, try to find a different one that you connect with better.


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[MaineStar234]

Also, for people saying that therapy doesn't/didn't help...try a different therapist. Not every person is going to connect with the first therapist they try. Give it a couple sessions but if it isn't working, try to find a different one that you connect with better.


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This is so true. I tried therapy when I was first diagnosed with anxiety and met with her for like 2 months but we really didn't connect and she didn't push me or try to help me cope with the anxiety. It completely turned me off from therapy because I hate talking about myself it wasn't helping me at all. 4 years later I needed to make some serious changes if I wanted to move forward in my life, and found the therapist that is everything I always wanted to have in a therapist. She challenges me when I need it, praises me when I've been successful at something, and gave me so many tools to utilize when I become overwhelmingly anxious. She helped me to truly believe in myself for the first time in 6 years. I'm back at college now so I'm not seeing her currently, but during the summer I'll go back to her and keep making progress. I take medication too, and have for many years, but the productive therapy has worked with the medication to finally give me a chance.


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