need advice about my disorder and medication
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I have been diagnosed with GAD and due to such high anxiety levels many things have came with that... Depersonalization, de realisation, feeling detached, depression, panic, ocd a lot of things going on.
I am no longer on any medication, I was on citalopram for 3 months which didn't give me the benefits I was looking for it made my anxiety worse. Since coming off the tablets my disorder obviously has got stronger and the doctor suggested another to try 'venlafaxine'. I am so unsure whether to start them, I have started therapy with the NHS, relaxation classes, meditation classes, holistic therapy but it still seems like I need extra help. I just don't know, the worry of the tablets and that it can make me worse etc is killing me. I'm living inside my head at the moment and it's so scary the thought of going back on the tablets but I have a disorder and it's so hard to handle.
can anyone help discuss this with me? It's like my anxiety is winning by not even trying and allowing me to think about it so much that I refuse to try them. Just so scared
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alex03087 mitchell13615
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Hi Mitchell,
I too suffer Really bad with Depersonalization & De-Realization. Yesterday i started "Escitalopram" not sure what the difference is than what you had, but yeah Ive had it for almost 1 year now.
If you want to give me a private message I will discuss this crappy condition with you
My Derealization is the main symptom - I always feel dazed, confused, drunk, sleepy, like my eyes are shut even when they are fully open, Numb senses and emotions, and a general feeling of just "Spaced out".
helen20833 alex03087
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Hi Alex,
it always concerns me that one persons negative experience with a certain med, might affect the decision of another individual when it comes to the same meds. That they lose faith before their journey has even begun with prescription drugs
Meds are prescribed by the GP after taking everything into consideration where his patient is concerned. He prescribes accordingly
We are all individual human beings. We absorb/react to meds differently.
jmcg2014 mitchell13615
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borderriever mitchell13615
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You can think to much and when we do this we become more deprssed and Anxiety and Panic can cause you some real problems.
They have pulled out the stops for you as far as the course offerings you have had, do you not feel better with this knowledge they have shared with you ?
Some medication may be recommended again so it would seem you may get some form of benefit from this.
Whatever you decide it is all up to you to get better, you have been given the tools to use and when push comes to shove it is up to you to look for a way out of the problems that have put you there in this condition you suffer from.
The use of medications can be very complex and your GP has taken in all your worries and any other problems you may have. All I can say you are in a partnership with your GP and if He feels a medication will help you have that decision and you need to run with that and become well again.
We all are different as are our bodies, it has its own needs, to get well again you give your body medicine to get better, you take advice from someone who understands your concerns, that is what your GP has done, Gave advice.
We are always around
BOB
helen20833 borderriever
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helen20833 mitchell13615
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Hello there
I understand and empathise with your fears
I was prescribed sertraline 50mg and can honestly say the first 3 months were dreadful with an increase in anxiety
I stuck it out in desperation.
I'm glad I did
Please do not fear meds. Your GP is trying to help. Yes, there might be initial side-effects, but you feel bad anyway, worse since coming off them
I am not advocating that you take meds.
That is your decision and yours alone
I just don't want you to add more fear nor fear trying something else.
You have to do what is best for you. Talking helps. Especially with someone whose symptoms are the same as yours. An offer has been made here. Think it over!
I truly wish you all the best.
Helen