doctors and anxiety

hey dyslexic,

i see your point but i have been on celepram (cit) for about 2 months now and my IS because of anxiety. and to be honest they have helped SO much because because i would always get numbness/tingly in the arm, neck, face and have that thing in my throat always thought i was dying because i had chest pain and now even though im not at 100% i am almost there. all the symptoms i had plus the anxiety are pretty much GONE! and i believe that this medication has helped with that. drs might not know what their doing when they start you on these meds but its all about trial and error. and i am glad that i took the plunge to do this for myself because i would probably still be suffering with all the physical symptoms.

they might not work for you but everyone is different.

I have had doctors try me on a lot of antidepressants. None of them worked, and some made me worse. I tried to be committed while on Prozac, and Wellbutrin turned me into an angry b. Then they gave me Xanax. It was a miracle for me, as it would stop the panic within 20 minutes. At first it was as needed. That was for 7 years. Then due to a very traumatic experience, they put me on them daily. After 14 years I am still on them, and have only had to have the dosage raised twice. They are very addictive, and after so long, it takes more to help with the anxiety. But my doctor has told me I will probably be on them for the rest of my life. It surprises me that you said Valium is very weak. I took a quarter of one once, and fell where I was standing. I was out for hours. I do not believe anxiety and depression are the same thing. We may get depressed sometimes because the anxiety limits a lot of what we can do. But for the most part I am an outgoing, very talkative person, and I laugh a lot!! But that could be because I am from Texas and it's a southern thing