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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 431146" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>That's pretty much the jest of it. The theory is to retrain your brain, which is "stuck" in fight or flight mode. </p><p></p><p>medications can help........but retraining your brain, according to my psychiatrist, is pretty much the only way to be rid of them. Facing the triggers and finding ways to cope while still doing things you want/need to do. Like when I go spastic in a car......it's as the passenger, not as the driver (thankfully lol) so in order to get the car anxiety under control, I have to drive. It works to a certain degree. But when I'm the passenger......poof it sneaks up on me again.</p><p></p><p>Now the odd thing with me? I got run over by the truck..........it didn't even happen in a car, I was walking the dog, So why that somehow transferred to a vehicle I'll never know. Yet it did. </p><p></p><p>psychiatrist gave me klonopin for 3 months. Not even a very high dose I don't think. It helped. Had to have seroquel and trazadone to sleep though........those night ones were pretty bad. I suddenly had a horrendous fear of fire.........Now tell me how that relates to being run over? lol But anxiety works that way.</p><p></p><p>It's been many years........almost 8. I have as yet to take the dogs on a walk other than a very short one in the alley........and that gave me a nasty case of the cold shakes. </p><p></p><p>Not trying to worry you. Some docs say people who have TBIs tend to have bad anxiety after.......so I'm guessing that's why it's really not going away. I had a car accident years before when Nichole was 5 and did have some anxiety after but it only lasted a few weeks.</p><p></p><p>Hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 431146, member: 84"] That's pretty much the jest of it. The theory is to retrain your brain, which is "stuck" in fight or flight mode. medications can help........but retraining your brain, according to my psychiatrist, is pretty much the only way to be rid of them. Facing the triggers and finding ways to cope while still doing things you want/need to do. Like when I go spastic in a car......it's as the passenger, not as the driver (thankfully lol) so in order to get the car anxiety under control, I have to drive. It works to a certain degree. But when I'm the passenger......poof it sneaks up on me again. Now the odd thing with me? I got run over by the truck..........it didn't even happen in a car, I was walking the dog, So why that somehow transferred to a vehicle I'll never know. Yet it did. psychiatrist gave me klonopin for 3 months. Not even a very high dose I don't think. It helped. Had to have seroquel and trazadone to sleep though........those night ones were pretty bad. I suddenly had a horrendous fear of fire.........Now tell me how that relates to being run over? lol But anxiety works that way. It's been many years........almost 8. I have as yet to take the dogs on a walk other than a very short one in the alley........and that gave me a nasty case of the cold shakes. Not trying to worry you. Some docs say people who have TBIs tend to have bad anxiety after.......so I'm guessing that's why it's really not going away. I had a car accident years before when Nichole was 5 and did have some anxiety after but it only lasted a few weeks. Hugs [/QUOTE]
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