While the foggy feeling may indeed be a side effect or temporary side effect of your new medication (like others have said, do some research and/or ask your doctor about this), one other possibility is that anxiety itself is just wiping you out! After having a panic attack, or even just several days of heightened anxiety with no panic attacks, I often feel more tired than normal as my body recovers from this. I know others have had the same thing - one person I know who gets rare panic attacks said after her first one she wanted to do nothing but sleep for the next two days she was so exhausted!
Anxiety is usually at its worse in the morning, and more so right when you wake up. It is challenging, but when you get up and get your day started, it usually goes down.
I'm sorry to hear about the death in your family. How are you coping with this?
For the side effect from your medications, please talk to you doctor. They will be able to advise you.
I was on anxiety pills for a couple of years. I agree with Davit the fuzzy feeling might go away if you give the drugs some time to work. I also wonder if all that stress and all the hormones swirling around might cause a bit of that fog. Good luck to you, Colleen1962.
I found the pills stopped blocking my anxiety after a while. I went off my meds in a bad fashion and had some nasty withdrawals even though my GP said there were no side effects. Whatever you do, stick with the pills until you feel some relief, and if you do need to go off them, consult with your doctor first. Wish I'd have followed my own advice : )
i get this feeling after i have been facing the outside world as im dealing with agorophobia when i get back home to my safe zone i feel tired and foggy but when i stop thinking about it it goes . i suggest a packet of mints it really helps me when im anxious in town or shopping as i think how nice the mint tastes and put my thought in to that . i have also learned even if i panic when out just dont run from it and it goes trust me im getting out places more and enjoying life more. dont run from your fear accept it float with it you are and have so much more than anxiety remember that also its like an addiction it feeds on your thoughts . im no way cured got a while to go but slowly getting there finally.i wish you all well .
It could be the Celexa, It takes a week to two weeks to start to work and in the mean time it can make you feel worse. Please don't stop it, It should work and it will probably be hardly noticable when it does. It is one of the better, safer SSRIs but unfortunately because it is so slow to start people think it doesn't work The other thing I want to mention is called association. I had a friend who was a nurse and lived across from the Hospital. She started to associate going to work with some traumatic experience. Soon she couldn't walk across the parking lot, she had to drive. Could you be associating being alone with some thing bad so that every time your alone you get anxious. If you can find what it is you can look at it and say "this isn't realistic" I would guess that one day you had to get up and do something unpleasant and now subconciously you associate getting up with that even though it's not realistic. In my case it's claustraphobia I have to deal with. And no I haven't been able to totally get rid of the thoughts, but like the saying goes "better the devil you know than the one you don't". Don't let yourself feel bad because you have to take the pill, that will only make it worse. Writing down over and over what you think is the trigger will make it go away, much like closure. Now I could be totally out to lunch here, so this is just a suggestion, maybe some one has a better suggestion.
I also have that feeling right out of bed and it usually lingers all day long. My dr says to take my Xanax when I won't be driving and so pretty much I can only take it at bedtime, or else I am groggy all day and sleep. I also had a death in the family that triggered mine lately, and also fighting my ex in court to get my stuff back! I go back to see my Dr on Thursday so hopefully she can get me the help that I need. I hope you get some answers that can help you start to feel better!
Do a search within the site to help you gain more knowledge of what others have experienced in terms of medications. Do take a look and follow through with the program and you will proceed with the exposure work. This exposure work is essential for day to day activities.
Use your pharmacist and doctor to assist you with medication dosages and side effects, to help come up with a plan that is right for you and your body.
I am most anxiety ridden int he morning, right out of bed. I have been taking a nerve pill within 10 min of getting up or it just gets worse. It usually calms down around noon and then I just feel really tired and foggy all day Sometimes i lose my appetite too.. Does anyone else experience this?
