Good Anxiety Meds

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Hey all. I have bipolar type 2 and take no medication for it, have been doing well for a while. My only problem is anxiety. I'm really struggling to control it and it's taking over my life. It's constant, and not just at random times. I'm seeing my psychiatrist tomorrow and am going to ask for some meds for it. Are there any I should avoid? Or some really good ones? I don't cope well with anti-depressants at all and even my psychiatrist has agreed I shouldn't have them! Thank you!

I am bipolar, too, and suffer from high anxiety all the time. I was prescribed Pregabalin. It calms me down little bit but doesn't take the anxiety away fully.

Hello, anxiety is the pits isn't it? I take escitalopram now, after taking citalopram for a number of years, both seem to work quite well for me with not too many side effects. I wonder if they might be similar to what you were taking before though? They are SSRI anti-depressants, escitalopram being more expensive with fewer side effects apparently. The thing with them is that they affect different people in different ways, where one person might not be able to tolerate it at all it might work well for others and i think that can be said for alot of SSRI's (there are a fair few of them). Sometimes I think its a case of trail and error. I know some people take propanalol for anxiety although it is a blood pressure med and i think only works on physical symptoms. I sometimes take diazepam if things are really bad but its addictive so can only use it short term, plus it just turns me into a zombie, but that state is often preferable to climbing the walls.

good luck tomorrow - i hope you get something sorted.

Thank you! Will mention these to the psychiatrist today. Can hopefully get something that won't affect me too much!

Propranolol seems to help me not to sweat and helps the shakiness but doesnt help anything else.