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Worst time of my life but still hopeful.. long journey

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hopeful88
hopeful88

Hi everyone,

hope that everyone one is doing good in this battle.

let me say that it is the toughest battle I've through during my 30 years life.

Two years ago i felt that's it's time to consult someone about my fears and because I am someone who likes disappearing alot i chose online psychiatrist who diagnosed me with SAD and prescribed me Lustral 50 once daily and buspar 10 . I began taking the drugs he prescribed and reconsulted with him after two weeks that sometimes i feel good and sometimes not.He increased the dose to twice daily keeping buspar .I cant remember how much time it takes but i remember that at some point i felt that i never felt before in my entire life.extremely positive,happy and wanted to share everything with my friends unlike before.

At some point out of nowhere i stupidly thought i was cured and stopped taking the drug .

Can't recall how much time did i take the drug and when exactly did i stop but i am sure there was no withdrawal symptoms.

life goes on and at the beginning of this year i realized that I am wrong again and may be for along time ago actually i recalled bad times since i stopped the drugs .

I decided to go back to 50 mg and buspar i stayed there for a month with no significant side effects and no significant improvement.

so six weeks ago i doubled lustral twice daily like before and since then iam suffering from terrible anxiety that made me paralyzed couldn't go to work alot of days and couldn't do anything while being at work.

during that 6 weeks i felt some good moments but it never lasts .

i know that it's a journey full of mistakes iam still in trouble but i thought to share this with you guys after all the love and support i found in this forum and waiting your feedback.

Best wishes and sorry for imperfect english

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  • sally33118
    sally33118 hopeful88

    Posted

    just to say.... i have heightened and crippling anxiety every time i go back on Lustral But eventually it levels out and starts to work. Its hard going through it, but worth it in the end.

  • vikki87350
    vikki87350 hopeful88

    Posted

    Try and get through another 2 weeks of the heightened Anxiety if you can.

    It should pass. It was really bad for myself the first 2 weeks of any change over. It will pass.

    • hopeful88
      hopeful88 vikki87350

      Posted

      Thanks for reassurance actually ydy i felt very ok but this morning i still anxious.My anxiety is always at its maximum at the morning.

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