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    ok, im finally getting some medicine! which is good bc lately my anxiety has been sky high. but before my appt thursday, i want to know some first hand reports instead of just reading like, side effects, and stuff, that the dr could tell me anyway.

    i know this is all out there but its spread out over a ton of threads, and some of you change so much! soo.. what are you on for anxiety? any weird side effects? anything you'd recommend staying away from?

    im leaning towards ativan or xanax, at the moment. thanks guys!

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    I'm on 60mgs of Cymbalta a day. NO extreme changes...but I dont want to slit my wrists or the wrists of those around me as much

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    luvox. It makes me have constantly shaky hands, occasional night sweats and headaches.
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    I was on Lexapro for a year. Some people do not like it, but it was great for me. I took 10 mg once a day. On the side, to stop a panic attack they also prescribed me Klonopin. Luckily, my lexapro worked so well that I never had to take the Klonopin.
    I had asked my doc for Xanax, before he gave me the Klonopin and he told me that Xanax is best when not used daily. ? I dont know how true this is, but basically are you going to have the pills just for emergency attacks, or are you looking for something to take daily to just control the anxiety?




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    I was on Celexa for a little while but did not like it because of the sexual size effects.
    Now I just take ativan for "spot treatment" when I begin to have an attack. The ativan works wonderfully, but I try super hard only to use them for emergencies because they are VERY addictive. Like a warm hug before bedtime

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiyla View Post
    I was on Celexa for a little while but did not like it because of the sexual size effects.
    Now I just take ativan for "spot treatment" when I begin to have an attack. The ativan works wonderfully, but I try super hard only to use them for emergencies because they are VERY addictive. Like a warm hug before bedtime

    Yeah this is what my doc said too. That Xanax and Klonopin are very addicting as should only be used for those terrible attacks. If used daily, its not as effective because your body gets used to it. (Not to say that they dont work, though)

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    I dont have anything for the attacks...nothing works on me

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    Ativan. It's great. I also take it for "spot treatment" lol, only when I need it. I didn't want to be on something daily, so my doc prescribed Ativan. No side effects for me, just makes me feel zoned out and I can't be too emotional one way or another. They are totally like a warm hug or a cozy comforter

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    ok, so maybe i'll go for ativan. i dont want to take something daily, and i reeally dont think right now is a good time to even be experimenting with daily meds to find whats right for me.

    thanks for the info guys!

    umm.. and btw.. can you guys point out if im posting about taking them often? because im worried about getting on them to begin with, i dont know how to do anything just a little. but im going to try.

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    before you go on ativan it is highly addictive just like xanax. i was put on it by an idiot doctor for every day use, when i should not have been.

    now i am physically addicted to my ativan and have been on it for 2.5 years. i started out on .25 mg 2 times a day now i am on 2 mg 2
    times a day. i wish i never started it.

    if i miss a pill by a few hours i notice i feel sick. just keep this in mind. xanax is even more addicting because it has a shorter half life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by i.breathe.in View Post
    before you go on ativan it is highly addictive just like xanax. i was put on it by an idiot doctor for every day use, when i should not have been.

    now i am physically addicted to my ativan and have been on it for 2.5 years. i started out on .25 mg 2 times a day now i am on 2 mg 2
    times a day. i wish i never started it.

    if i miss a pill by a few hours i notice i feel sick. just keep this in mind. xanax is even more addicting because it has a shorter half life.
    Same experience here. I've been on Xanax for 8 years! I am not happy about this.

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    My crazy bipolar self, is on 40mg grams prozc,serquel( anti- pychotic) 300 mg in the morning 500 at night, and 300 mg of tegretol( mood stabilizer) split up between morning and night

    I usually skip my night serequel because it makes me hella sleepy ... and I can't be a narcoleptic dancin and shit.
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    Xanax helped a lot - but I abused it to deal with other addictions, so it depends how responsible you are.

    Let me tell you Xanax withdrawel is a BITCH. I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
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    Quote Originally Posted by i.breathe.in View Post
    before you go on ativan it is highly addictive just like xanax. i was put on it by an idiot doctor for every day use, when i should not have been.

    now i am physically addicted to my ativan and have been on it for 2.5 years. i started out on .25 mg 2 times a day now i am on 2 mg 2
    times a day. i wish i never started it.

    if i miss a pill by a few hours i notice i feel sick. just keep this in mind. xanax is even more addicting because it has a shorter half life.
    yeah, i definately wont take it daily! its funny, i always thought that about xanax, that it was more addictive, but my (now ex) therapist told me that she's seen more people abuse ativan. who knows. i think i'd be better off with something with a longer half life, though.

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    Default Re: what are you on? anxiety meds

    id go with valium if i were you.

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    ^ can i ask why?

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    it has the longest half life of any benzo, i just hear its good to go on and easy to come off of since it stays in your system so long.

    im going to try and get switched onto it myself.

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    hmm. i wonder if anyone has taken it? for some reason i associate valium with something heavier, you know? like, if i took ativan and HAD to function, i would be able to. but the idea of valium i have in my head is that i wouldnt.

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    haha you take to much of any benzo and youll be napping in no time. depends on the dosages of course.

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    I think nitrazapam (Mogodon) has the longest half life of the benzo family.

    I find Valium do sweet fuck all to me. I don't consider them in the same class as Xanax. Some people find that Valium is enough though, so whatever works I suppose.
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    Valium. I also didn't want to be on something daily. I only take it when I am very very nxious, 1-3 x a month
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    SAME experience as Yoni and ibreathin too. I was prescribed 1mg of Ativan every 6-8 hours as needed (daily) by a doctor in Massachusetts (who recently lost his license for prescribing 1/3 of the state's oxycontin perscriptions and bought back some of the drugs he prescribed to his patients ). Thankfully he only prescribed ativan to me but the withdrawal were still a bitch! I only took 1mg a day but I took it consistently for 3.5 years before a new doc told me that taking a spot treatment drug for that long was ridiculous and put my on trazadone to ween me off of the ativan. It took almost a year to get my sleep back to normal again.
    Not to threadjack but felt it was important to demonstrate that docs aren't always smart with ativan themselves, one of the reasons that now I am so strict with myself and this drug. If you do choose to go with this Britt, be warned! Otherwise you'll end up here with the rest of us who love the hug before bed feeling a lil' TOO much!:

    http://benzoisland.org/index.html

    Good luck and keep us posted as to what happens
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    currently on zoloft just started a week ago. it has lowered my anxiety to where i am not shaking in social situations and feel sick to my stomach however i stil feel nervous. im not sure i will keep taking it though b/c the side affects suck. sleepy/groggy/hot flashed/cant cum/zoned out sometimes...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiyla View Post
    If you do choose to go with this Britt, be warned! Otherwise you'll end up here with the rest of us who love the hug before bed feeling a lil' TOO much!:

    im not planning to take it every day.

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    I used to take xanax, but I think it was wrongly prescribed to me. It makes you vague and sleepy and is very habit forming. Coming off it is horrific. Not recommended unless you have issues with insomnia.

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