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Hi I'm new to this site but really looking for anyone that suffers anxiety, I had my first one last week but today I had 2 and I feel really knocked off the stott, doc has prescribed diazepam 2mg and I'm on 40mg citalopram but it's doing nothing for me......... Help 
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pat97152 karen57409
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pat97152 karen57409
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nicola10405 karen57409
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Hi Karen,
I too am having trouble with connection, may be its this forum, sometimes goes down for a little while. Listen to Pat, i too will get back to you. Valium are wonderful at the start you feel like a new person but BEWARE they lead you into a world on hell, highly addictive and so so so so hard to come off, you will never feel the same again and wish you only had to deal with those panic attacks. Don't start before it's too late. Look right into it, like Pat has said benzo .org I am feeling for you as I know how you feel, dont mean to sound harsh but they are not worth it, if you have the chance now to not take them dont, it only takes a few weeks and you can't live without them. All the best and ill get back to you. DO TAKE CARE Nicola
Klc karen57409
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I have suffered severe anxiety.. Started last march 2013 just out of the blue one night. Then for a few weeks I was having attack after attack each day. I started on 20mg citalopram and had to take diazepam as I couldn't function and had just had my 5th child. I only took diazepam for 3 weeks max at any one time - until citalopram kicked in. Of you have a good gp he will not prescribe anymore than is safe or let you become addicted. I was told short 3 week max on them for chronic anxiety. I also found HYDROXYZINE tablets worked fab... (Antihistimine).. Although they do make you drowsy. 40mg citalopram made me more anxious, so in the end I had to switch to sertraline which have saved my life. I can't express how much better I feel sertraline are. Message me if you need x
nicola10405 Klc
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I no, i'm not Karen although I have spoken with her, she is a lovely lady.
That is really good to hear, a poitive outcome & So true regarding taking diazepam for no longer that 3 weeks. Very sensible as I was put on them years ago when they were know as a cure all but my Doctor never told me of the dangers of addiction and certainly did not stop me taking them after 3 weeks, I had bad Panic disorder and Severe Anxiety + agraphoia all started suddenly like you said although it was after a relationship breakup after 22 years, that became very violent in the last few years, I'd never felt deppression or anxiety etc before, he gave me not only Diazepam but also Xanax which is quicker acting and alot stronger, of course I felt i was cured & was in a time in my life where i was very vunerable and trusted my doctor, I never took more than prescribed but he wanted me too come in every month and would give me a script for both and Mogadon (Nitrazapam) for sleeping. I've been to hell and back and there again, so hard to get off, now 8-9 yrs later, I've tried in a medical facility twice, withdrawals can take years. I am also now on sertaline and find it good. The medical proffesion have alot to answer for, these days I would not take anything without researching it thouroughly, back then 8 years ago it was different, One doc told me that along with me there are many others worldwide, some ladies that have been prescribed these for 40 yrs, the chemicle brain changes delicatel pathways and take a huge toll on the body, we were their guinea pigs for benzo's, now we are left out in the cold as the profession, now they no what they do to you want's to start taking every one off it, thats great and I would love to be free of it but realisticaly even when tappering down (which should be very slow I mean years coming down a little every month} sends us into HELL is the only way to describe it. NO LIFE, just sick and no sleep, hallucinations, if you do get a little sleep, bad nighmares, sweating, agrapobia and myself ,ended up having 10 minute seziures, they were so bad they had to put me in an induced coma for 4 weeks, ended up in hospital for 4 months, MRI's EEG's ECG's etc and the Professional Doctors in this field still don't want to admit that is the cause as they would be open for huge amounts of litigation. You think that would be the end of it but whilst in hospital and after I only felt worse and worse. I was trying everything I could to try to help the withdrawals and researched everything I could. To no avail ,I was told I may feel this way for 2-3-4 years before my brain actually adjusted. I started thinking of ending it all as i was only existing, if that. The last time after all this happening I went 9 months with no meds but was in hell, mind, body and soul. I see a Psyciatrist every month and he agreed I needed to be put back on them, he is monitoring me but at least I can come out of my room now and even go out and chores etc. He is the only one that understood. Long message I no, I'm renouned for that on this site. Just so happy you have done the right thing, they are evil litle pillls and I felt %100 worse coming off them than i did the day I went to the Doc 8 years ago with panic etc.. So good on you! I'ts so nice to hear a success story like yours, Im in Australia and we have Phenergan (antihistimine) here which is a sedative also and yes when I have not been able to sleep for weeks, months on end I can take these, they are the strongest but with all the medical crap my body has absorbed they don't work overly well for me, vey good for low tolerance people, I agree. Good work and glad your feeling GOOD. Hope you don't mind me replying to you? Tell me to shut up if need be, Ha Ha. Its theraputic for me to read others journey's.
Kindest Regards Nicola