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Has anyone with health anxiety had cbt?

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carlie36265
carlie36265

Hi I am waiting for a appointment to start cbt as I have bad health anxiety. The doc has put me on fluoxetine Im worried about taken them and being dependent on them and not to mention the horror stories of bad anxiety as a side effect! Has anyone tried cbt and found it useful? And the meds do they work?

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  • isabel11920
    isabel11920 carlie36265

    Posted

    Hi I'm also waiting for a CBT appointment. Meds do work given time - small doses at a time gradually increasing. Good luck .
    • carlie36265
      carlie36265 isabel11920

      Posted

      Hi thanx for your reply, I'm Gona start the fluoxetine on 10mg as I have the disperse tablets and see it goes doc gave some diazepam to take the edge of if my anxiety gets worse. How long have you been waiting for cbt? They told me today I'm on the waiting list may be a months wait
    • lillie46665
      lillie46665 carlie36265

      Posted

      If ur in the uk it can take up to 6 months for CBT

      You can go private or there is online CBT sessions

      Lil

    • isabel11920
      isabel11920 carlie36265

      Posted

      Have an I initial phone assessment coming up which took about a week then will see how long I need to wait
    • lillie46665
      lillie46665 isabel11920

      Posted

      6 months after telephone interview if ur in UK

      You can't be under a psych and CBT at the same time

      Lil

    • carlie36265
      carlie36265 lillie46665

      Posted

      Hi I'm in the uk had my telephone call today on the phone they said should be a month or so 😫
    • lillie46665
      lillie46665 carlie36265

      Posted

      Yes that's what they told me and it ended up being 6 months.

      I suppose like everything else it depends what area you are in and how in demand the service is.

      I'm in Derbyshire

      Lil

  • richard89308
    richard89308 carlie36265

    Posted

    you can easily wean yourself off fluoxetine it is not addictive and could help your anxiety.  Try cbt as well because that hits the heart of anxiety. I have been on this for a while and apart from gaining a bit of weight was fine on the drug.
    • carlie36265
      carlie36265 richard89308

      Posted

      Hi Richard how long have you been on fluoxetine for? Do u have health aniexty? If so did it help?
    • richard89308
      richard89308 carlie36265

      Posted

      I was on it for about a year and did well on it.  I have schizophrenia.  Hope it works out for you. Read the leaflet for side effects so you know what to expect if you get one.
  • tess33005
    tess33005 carlie36265

    Posted

    Fluoxetine isn't addictive, Carlie.If you start taking it (and I think you should) it usually makes you feel worse for the first few days. Persevere. It can take up to six weeks for your brain to be positively affected by this medicine. I see that the doctor has also given you diazepam in case the anxiety is bad - that's fine, but be careful as diazepam are very addictive. I'm sure your doctor won't have given you many, anyway. CBT helped me but you have to stick with it. Good luck. Love Tess
    • carlie36265
      carlie36265 tess33005

      Posted

      Hi tess thanx for your reply yeah I'm Gona start taken them. I'm just worried it will make me more anxious😫. And I googled ( I no wrong thing to do) and now I'm worried that if there for depression and I'm not depressed it's gives me to much serotonin? Which isn't good!! As I learnt from Google! can they be taken just for anxiety the doc only gave me 14 diazepam and 2mg
    • tess33005
      tess33005 carlie36265

      Posted

      Yourr body will soon tell you if you have too much serotonin in it - you'll go in the other direction, by which I mean you'll be VERY talkative, doing chores over and over again, unable to sit down and relax, not feel tired, keep thinking of more things that you believe need doing. This is called hypomania aand it isn't permanent. All you have to do is go to the doctor and ask for either a lower dose, or something different.

      I got hypomania once (but not from fluoxetine) and was able to recognise it and charged right back to the GP. She put my dose down and that was great - but I wouldn't like to have it again, and my husband wouldn't like to have to watch me. I drove him bonkers for a day!

       

    • carlie36265
      carlie36265 tess33005

      Posted

      Hi tess

      I'm actually like that in general I clean all the time I talk fast and don't stop lol! My anxiety is like I'm on red bull I'm on the go I'm not depressed feeling if you get what I mean it's more the physical side of it and the adrenaling and the ocd thoughts I have

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