Hello all,

I thought I would reach out here since I'm not getting that great of a response from the support group set up by the doctors I had surgery with.

My issue has been anxiety. Just awful anxiety over the littlest things since surgery. I didn't hang any anxiety prior to surgery but since, it's been something else. I worry over the smallest ache and pain thinking it's something worse. I lay awake at night worried about falling asleep. I start having chest pain a few weeks ago, ended up in the ER and after a bunch of blood work and normal EKG, they sent me on my way. I had an EKG done in July when I met with the cardiologist prior to surgery and she gave me an all clear. The pain is left side of chest and into my back. Comes and goes without any reason and when it does come, I often stress myself out more.

I contacted my pcp to get on something for this anxiety. He prescribed a med that takes up to four weeks todo any good, so that habana been working that great for me. I often catch myself Google searching for answer and that's just a bad idea.

Any Adobe out there? Anyone dealing with the same thing? (Currently 5 weeks post op)

I'm the anxiety queen. Before, during, after surgery. I feel like psychiatrists are the only doctors trained in this area who know exactly what they are doing when prescribing meds. Hang in there til you see one. If you are concerned about side effects, just google the medication and you will find a list of those. A psychiatrist should be able to evaluate what kind of med you need, maybe his testing will show a problem with depression as well. A good psychiatrist will tell you that prescribing meds that work with your brain chemistry can take some time. My first psychiatrist told me that if you're very very very very lucky, the first drug you try will work perfectly. If you are very very very lucky, the second one will work. And so on. You have to be persistent in your search. Psychiatrist can also recommend psychologist who has a good success rate with anxiety patients. Good luck in your search. I hit the right med first try.

Is the absorption any diffrent with sleevers? I took a 10 of lexapro. ..couldnt sleep at all