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for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 22

Hi Lisa, I wanted to let you know that I too am very sensitive to all the meds for anxiety/panic and have recently made the desision to go without anymore meds. I am still on the Xanax (3 doses a day) but will start tapering ASAP to get off of it, as it is a benzo and benzos are addictive and harmful if taken too long or as a daily medication ( not just for emergencies). I really cant help with the meds you mentioned, just wanted to let you know I am out here and in the same boat... every SSRI I tried (about 4 or 5) INCREASED my anxiety to points where I was really scared about everything, and having way MORE attacks than before I took them, so that family of drugs was ruled out awhile ago for me. I then tried IMIPRAM which apparently hits not the seretonin but something else in the brain, and that I felt horrible on too, and said screw this after one dose. There are quite a few people in this group that cant do the meds so know that you are not alone and please listen to how you feel- meds dont work for everyone. Talk also with your doc and let him/her know how you are feeling and if this will pass or not. Hope you are feeling better soon and let me know! Hang in there! Beth :)

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 3

[font=Trebuchet MS]My Doctor just put me on Effexor as well (37.5 mg - then 75 mg - and finally 150 mg)...he also took me off Prozac and placed me on Lexapro (20 mg). I was doing okay until then. Now I am having the same type of attacks I had back in the beginning...so he gave me Lorazapam, telling me to give it time. So...maybe Effexor needs time??? to work...I know I haven't been this bad for a long time. But...I trust my Doctor. Just wished he hadn't made so many changes at one time. Melissa[/font]

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 2

Lisa, I have never heard of the first medication you mentioned, but have great benefits with Effexor over the years, but alternate off it to another SSRI occasionally. Are you in the USA, as perhaps that€™s the reason I don€™t recognize your other med? As for pond, I do think it€™s great that she (I think, sorry pond if I am wrong), but you shouldn€™t feel €œbad€ for using medications. So often it depends on the person and the extent of the problem. I tried for the first few years to avoid meds at all costs using therapy and more €œeastern€ healing methods (e.g., meditation, yoga, even running and cycling€”all of which I still do, but have learned that personally I find that medications in addition to the other things have helped enormously. Re: your Effexor€¦was the dosage brought up very slowly. It can be a difficult medication to adapt to if given too, much to fast. ~tony

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 45

hi lisa i think the anxiety/panic attacks effects us all in different ways, with the same symstoms most of the time. i didnt take meds because i was strong, its because i couldnt because of the inbalance in my head, or what i was telling myself. i think we are all brave in our own ways, each little step is an achievement. some take bigger ones and some take smaller ones. but at the end of the day we are in the same boat and support and understanding from others is what is needed. thanks, hope ur ok and good luck and wish u the best. bern

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 12

yeah your right and i hope your really proud of the fact you have come so far without the use of medication, i really wish i could have been strong enough to do it like that and maybe i would have felt better by now so good for u!!!!

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 45

hi lisa thanks 4 ur reply as u known its hard work. i cant comment on ur message as i refused to take med, couldnt adapt to them, they made my mind imbalanced and incresed my attacks. recently my doc prescribed diazpam for emergencies still have all the tabs left. just really wanted to say thanks 4 the reply its nice when people return messages, makes u feel better.

for 21 år siden 0 +0 / -0 12

hi ive been taking seroxate for 7 years and 2 weeks ago my doctor stopped me taking them and put me on efexor at first i felt ok now 2 weeks down the line i feel awfull and i sont know weather it is comming off the seroxat or weather i should be over that, i do think im really worrying and waiting to feel really bad withdrawls from seroxate and i would appreciate anyone who can tell me how long withdrawls should last and am i over the worst after not taking them for 2 weeks please help lisa xxxxxxxxxxxxx[size=4]Text[/size]

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