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Posted 7/12/2013 9:00 PM (GMT 0)
I have read so much today on managing anxiety with diet, exercise, breathing, and supplements. I did take my first dose of celexa today but I just don't feel right about. No side effects yet but I just don't want to be dependent on a drug. Any thoughts?
Posted 7/12/2013 9:09 PM (GMT 0)
I am on celexa and klonopin..I felt the same way as u about taking meds. I was on my meds for a month and decided I no longer wanted to take them.was off them for 3 weeks and I'm now on day 2 with high anxiety. As my doc. Said if u had cancer u would take ur medicine to help so I started back on my meds. Today. So my opinion is stay on the meds until u and ur doc. Feel its good to start weening yourself off them....
Posted 7/12/2013 11:06 PM (GMT 0)
It just depends. I'm not on anything now. I took lexapro for 13 years and I feel much better without
Posted 7/12/2013 11:19 PM (GMT 0)
I am now feeling side effects. Red skin, its very itchy, and super hyper. I don't suffer from depression and feel I have a very normal amount of serotonin. So ingesting a pill that raises serotonin on already a healthy amount is not good. I feel like its just poison in my body and the first thing the Dr. thought of. I will definitely be stopping the medication.
Posted 7/13/2013 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
It is a very individual choice based on the needs of any given person. Only you can make the right decision for you!

I can personally recommemond therapy (CBT) in terms of long term anxiety help. I am now able to manage my anxiety issues nicely.:)

Keep making the right decisions for yourself...and posting!

S.C.
Posted 7/13/2013 5:56 PM (GMT 0)
I am on medications, but, for me it was a combo of meds and therapy as I have anxiety, depression and PTSD.  When I tried to go without meds I always got into trouble so I accept that I am a person that needs meds.

Wondering if you have access to an integrative physician as this type of physician has been highly recommended to me by my own PCP as well as several of the Major Disease Disorder Alliances.

Check out this site and print it out if you like it.  I am a firm believer in combining more than just one thing when you are battling a disorder. 

http://www.fammed.wisc.edu/sites/default/files//webfm-uploads/documents/outreach/im/handout_anxiety_patient.pdf

Kindly,

Kitt

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