PLEASE share your experience: What anxiety medicine worked for you?

Ginax3

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Joined : Mar 2014

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Posted 3/30/2014 7:29 PM (GMT 0)

I was on 5mg lexapro for like 6 weeks and it didn't work so I was upped to 10 mg last Wednesday and at first it seemed to work but now I'm back to worrying and feel really horrible. I am desperate to have energy and be happy again. Anxiety has taken over my life within the past few months. What worked for you and where do you suggest I go from here? Also I have health anxiety, which makes choosing a medicine really hard because the side effects freak me out. Please help. I'm so tired of this :(

Scaredy Cat

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Posted 3/31/2014 1:44 AM (GMT 0)

Hi Gina,

Upping the dosage of your Rx can produce some rough effects, much as an initial start up can.

Hopefully, if you stick it out, you will feel better again soon.

Everyone has a different experience on any given medication, so it is hard to take anyone else's input and apply to your own situation.

However, in the event that your first try on this med does not work out as you hoped...don't despair...you can take any advice you get here, and discuss it with your doctor...so that today you two can come up with another plan.

...oh and is it a possibility for you to re-visit the idea of therapy? This is a great long-term treatment for anxiety/health anxiety issues.

Keep posting with us.:)

S.C.

stkitt

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Posted 3/31/2014 4:43 PM (GMT 0)

Hi Gina,

SC is right re everyone reacts differently to the medications. It also depends on what type of anxiety you are experiencing. There are many types of anxiety disorders including panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, health anxiety and generalized anxiety disorder.

I have PTSD, GAD, and Depression so the meds chosen for me may not work for you. However, certain therapies - CBT - seem to have the capability of helping most people with dx anxiety disorders.

Hope this help you.

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