These are the anti-anxiety/depression medications that I take. January 30, 2006
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You have to be kidding…..this must be a pharmaceutical company’s doings. I don’t believe you are a single person writing this. How about a picture of yourself posted on your “blog”???
There is no, repeat absolutely NO proof that “anxiety” is caused by a “chemical imbalance”. Drugs are not the answer. You are doing a disservice to anxious people reading this! Paxil is highly addictive.
Dear Seaviewer,
I am a real person writing this blog. My anonymity is due to the personal nature of the material. You are clearly a “Tom Cruise” kind of person who does not understand about anxiety disorder. This is exactly the reason I am writing this blog. So that people who suffer from anxiety won’t listen to people like you who “poo poo” the option to take medication.
All medication has risks and side effects. There is NOTHING wrong with taking Paxil under a doctor’s care. This medication, like any long term prescription. cannot be stopped abruptly. If need be, a gradual weaning off of it is not a problem. I hope a psychiatrist will read this and comment as well.
As far as there being no proof that a chemical imbalance can cause anxiety….well, for people like me who have suffered for extended periods of time OR THEIR WHOLE LIFE and have tried therapy and have gotten no relief…..and who try medication and find that it works…….THAT IS PROOF ENOUGH FOR ME.
If you had cancer and you were dying and there was a treatment that had no medical PROOF of it working for cancer except for the informal results that it helped many people, would you resign yourself to dying or would you try and save yourself?
Sometimes anxiety is caused by trauma like 9/11 and people suddenly are stopped in their tracks by debilitating anxiety. Those people must have a temporary kind of chemical imbalance because anti-anxiety/depressant medications will work for them. These people usually wean off the medications once they have worked through the trauma.
Those of us who get freaked out by everyday bumps in the road our whole life will NOT GET WELL and need the help of medication. Living with severe anxiety disorder that is paralyzing in strength is a life sentence for some people. Emotional illness is a disease and must be treated as such. I did not say that people should run to their psychiatrist if they think they have anxiety disorder. I said that therapy was often helpful and should be attempted before taking anti-anxiety medication. But I also said that if therapy has not worked and you are still not functioning well and the anxiety is interfering with your life, then medication is something that MUST BE CONSIDERED.
Freebird
freebird i have sa and gad and the use of seroxat(paxil in usa)helped me a lot i was on it for 3 years and i was getting on with life with no thoughts of my sa to the extent i was before.
they was helping so much i tended not to take them everyday as my “illness” was put to the background.
anyways i stopped after 3 years and went on klonopin as and when required-but im thinking i need to go back on the paxil as my head is still in the wrong place-tranx help with the anxiety for a short term but i need the long term help that the paxil gave me.
seaviewer you may be anxious and distressed but dont take it out on someone who has found the mix of meds that work for them
Hey Pete,
Thanks for your comment. I hope you will talk to your doctor about going back on the Paxil. Once you felt better you should not have messed with the balance. Did your doctor agree that you should go off it, or did you do this on your own? Do you have a long history of the sa and gad? If so, consider strongly that you might need to be on medication basically forever. Better living through chemistry, right? Thank God we live in a time that these anti-anxiety meds are available for us. You know in your heart that if your “head is still in the wrong place” you need help. DON’T SUFFER. The tranx are just a temporary bandaid.
Good luck. Stay in touch.
Freebird
I agree with .2 FREEBIRD. I have had this thing for 15 years. My main symptoms is that my head feels so wierd I cannot even describe but it’s debiltating because I can’t work, socialize etc. I have tried so much therapy, Lucinda basset, the linden method, you name it, I tried it. The only time I find relief is on paxil. The problem is that it works for a year then it requires more, that is when I stop & try to heal myself & I am strong believe me & I cannot do it. This wierd head feels wierd PERIOD even though it started feeling this way because of anxiety & fear but now with that gone, I still feel my head wierd because after so many years of feeding it the wrong thing……………..it still believes it & runs a bad program……..so how do you fix that??? Medication, nothing else can work. My wierd head is so unbearable I have missed soo much in life with friends & family, hey if anyone has felt the same let me know or wants to say something in regards to what I wrote, please do so…………….FRAZZELME
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PLEASE don’t take klonopin, or any drug from the benzodiazapine class !
You will regret it if you do, as these drugs are extremely addictive and will cause more suffering than you had before starting on them.
Visit benzo.org.uk for a better understanding of the horrors of benzo addiction and long term effects.
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Help! My husband is 70 years old and mean as a snake. His momma is 93 and mean, too. He is anxious, depressed, manic, compulsive and obsessive, 99% of the time, and, always has been. What term do I give this to ask a doctor for help? I am A.D.H.D. and I take Concerta. I am amazed that I got to be an adult with out it. I KNOW what meds are doing for me. And, I want help for my husband. Lexapro has been mentioned. Oh yeah, he also doesn’t think he has a problem. It is everyone else pissing(sorry–crude) him off. I want to do my research first. Then, pray that he will take it. Thanks. I feel silly doing this. I am not on the computer much and do not know how this works. Thanks, again.
Nice work here. Thanks for your contribution to our ‘anxious’ community