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You Asked: Was Celexa An Effective Treatment For Your Panic Attacks?
Recently on my blog, a commenter named Ted posed the following question in the comments to this piece about how I’m preparing to withdraw from Celexa: You’ve left one relatively major part of your...
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Looking For 3 Hours Of Stress? Just Call Comcast!
Waking up to discover that your internet isn’t working is never a great way to start your day. I know that sounds very #firstworldproblems (oh god, did I just use a Twitter hashtag in a blog post?),...
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Customer Service? Customer Nervous.
Working in a call center can be hellish. I know this from experience. But calling into a call center can be a damn frustrating experience, too. In case you missed yesterday’s post, I spent hours on...
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Share Your Most Stressful Customer Service Story
Nothing can stress me out like a good ol’ customer service phone call. There I was, on the phone with a faceless Comcast call center supervisor, after being transferred (by another rep) to a dead...
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“Just” Be Social: Overcome Social Anxiety At the Drop Of A Hat!
Yes, I’m being sarcastic here, folks. You can’t overcome social anxiety at the drop of a hat by “just” deciding to suddenly “be social”. And Emily McLain over at emclainable knows this. Every once in...
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How Can I Treat Anxiety-Related Nausea?
I went camping this past weekend — a feat in itself, essentially. Thanks to our awesomely large tent and my penchant for over-packing, I felt safe. I had my anxiety meds. I had enough clothing. I had...
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More Nausea Remedies From My Bag Of Tricks
In my last post, I wrote about the contents of what I lovingly refer to as my “nausea bag”, the shoulder bag I stuff with anti-emetics and throw in the car for long car rides. Not only do I tend to...
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Apple’s Siri Finally Delivers Suicide Prevention Info
Since Apple’s release of Siri, the personal digital assistant tucked into the latest versions of the iPhone and other “iProducts”, people have been asking her all sorts of questions from serious to...
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Can You Draw A Panic Attack?
I’ve said it before: ideally, it’s best to be there, Ram Dass-style, when you’re experiencing a panic attack. That’s how you’ll learn to accept and overcome those uncomfortable sensations. Of course,...
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How Anxiety Drove Me To (Not) Drink
I stopped drinking alcohol a few years ago because of the impact it had on my anxiety level. I think most people — based on the entirely non-scientific Survey of Summer’s Friends and Relatives — find...
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Is It Okay To “Ghost”, Or Avoid Saying Goodbye?
For those of you with social anxiety, what’s more anxiety inducing: leaving a party after saying goodbye to all the guests, or just sort of skipping out unnoticed? I suspect that many of you will...
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My (Anxious) Life After College Graduation: The Lies
(Editor’s note: Summer here. I’ll be 30 soon, which is weird. As each year passes, I increasingly lose sight of the college student experience. Yeah — college. That fantastic place where I developed my...
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What Does Google Autocomplete Tell Us About Anxiety?
I really like Google’s autocomplete feature because it makes me feel like I’m rifling through the world’s garbage. That sounds weird, I know. Let me explain further: A curbside trash bag filled with...
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My (Anxious) Life After College Graduation: Everyone Expects You To Fail
(Editor’s note: This is the second in a multi-part series by guest blogger Kim Dreese, a 2013 college grad writing about the joys [read: anxieties] of toting her B.A. degree from the graduation stage...
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My (Anxious) Life After College Graduation: Finding A Job
(Editor’s note: This is the third in a multi-part series by guest blogger Kim Dreese, a 2013 college grad writing about the joys [read: anxieties] of toting her B.A. degree from the graduation stage...
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Withdrawing From Celexa: Keep Calm And Carry Vegetables (Part 1)
A few months ago, I started tapering down my dosage of Celexa. I’d swallowed 30 mg each and every day for at least a year and a half, but not long ago, I decided it was time to stop. And it wasn’t...
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Withdrawing From Celexa: Keep Calm And Carry Vegetables (Part 2)
(If you missed the first half of this story, catch up here.) I had just reduced my Celexa dosage from 20 mg to 15 mg per day, and there I was doing something completely routine: driving across the...
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My (Anxious) Life After College Graduation: Nabbing A “Real” Job
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a multi-part series by guest blogger Kim Dreese, a 2013 college grad writing about the joys [read: anxieties] of toting her B.A. degree from the graduation stage...
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My (Anxious) Life After College Graduation: New Digs, No Money
(Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a multi-part series by guest blogger Kim Dreese, a 2013 college grad writing about the joys [read: anxieties] of toting her B.A. degree from the graduation stage on...
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Explaining Those Inexplicable “Good” Days
There I was, driving on US-15, blasting the radio. It was around noon, and my eyes felt wide and my chest felt warm. And soft. And relaxed. I felt good. Like, pre-panic disorder good. Calm as a Hindu...
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