Re: Follow up with tryout anxiety, strange reactions

[Guest guest]

Bless his heart!! This so reminds me of my dd, with swim. She was on varsity

for a year and a half, but the stress just got to her. She loves to swim, and

practice was fine, but the meets just did her in. The xanax did relax her, but

it took her focus and her " edge " away if that makes any sense. She wasn't able

to " channel " the tension in a good way to perform better, she was just too

anxious.

I wish I had something more positive to say! But you know, its good that he can

play with friends and still enjoy the sport. It just makes you sad when they

can't do certain things that would make them feel better about themselves, and

you know they could really use that boost!!!

Bet that the sleeping was due to the Xanax. My dd did the same thing when she

took it.

Hugs to you!!

Tina

>

> Some of you asked me to let you know what happened with my sons attempts at

making the golf team. We had decided to try using Xanax to relieve his sports

performance anxiety for the 2 day tryouts, with the OK from the docs. But even

at a 1 mg dose, (the only other time used successfully was at .75 mg) he still

reported a good amount of nerves. So, unfortunately, he did not perform well,

and ultimately was a first round cut. Sigh. The strange part is that right

after the second day of tryouts, he golfed with a few friends and golfed his

best game ever, a 47 for 9 holes! Once the pressure was off, he could play to

his ability. Then, he went home and slept for 3 hours, unusual for him, but I'm

thinking it must have been from the Xanax.

>

> Not sure where to go from here to help relieve his short term anxiety spurts.

It seems the Xanax was ineffective and there are no shortage of future

situations which will create a panic situation for him (academic tests, other

tryouts, just sports in general). It may be time to try raising his Prozac to

50mg but it feels so high to me. But, on the other hand, I really want to avoid

any more use of the Xanax. This kid just can't get a break.

>

[Guest guest]

Bless his heart!! This so reminds me of my dd, with swim. She was on varsity

for a year and a half, but the stress just got to her. She loves to swim, and

practice was fine, but the meets just did her in. The xanax did relax her, but

it took her focus and her " edge " away if that makes any sense. She wasn't able

to " channel " the tension in a good way to perform better, she was just too

anxious.

I wish I had something more positive to say! But you know, its good that he can

play with friends and still enjoy the sport. It just makes you sad when they

can't do certain things that would make them feel better about themselves, and

you know they could really use that boost!!!

Bet that the sleeping was due to the Xanax. My dd did the same thing when she

took it.

Hugs to you!!

Tina

>

> Some of you asked me to let you know what happened with my sons attempts at

making the golf team. We had decided to try using Xanax to relieve his sports

performance anxiety for the 2 day tryouts, with the OK from the docs. But even

at a 1 mg dose, (the only other time used successfully was at .75 mg) he still

reported a good amount of nerves. So, unfortunately, he did not perform well,

and ultimately was a first round cut. Sigh. The strange part is that right

after the second day of tryouts, he golfed with a few friends and golfed his

best game ever, a 47 for 9 holes! Once the pressure was off, he could play to

his ability. Then, he went home and slept for 3 hours, unusual for him, but I'm

thinking it must have been from the Xanax.

>

> Not sure where to go from here to help relieve his short term anxiety spurts.

It seems the Xanax was ineffective and there are no shortage of future

situations which will create a panic situation for him (academic tests, other

tryouts, just sports in general). It may be time to try raising his Prozac to

50mg but it feels so high to me. But, on the other hand, I really want to avoid

any more use of the Xanax. This kid just can't get a break.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi, am trying to catch up on the posts here, so sorry this is " late. " Also

sorry the anxiety messed up your son's golf team tryout! I know this is

something he can work past eventually and hope he is fine with sports for

fun/relaxation right now rather than teams/competition. And I do hope it

doesn't carry over to school and tests!

>

> Some of you asked me to let you know what happened with my sons attempts at

making the golf team. We had decided to try using Xanax to relieve his sports

performance anxiety for the 2 day tryouts, with the OK from the docs. But even

at a 1 mg dose, (the only other time used successfully was at .75 mg) he still

reported a good amount of nerves. So, unfortunately, he did not perform well,

and ultimately was a first round cut.