Best anti anxiety med that changed your life

[Blueeveryday]

Evening

My anxiety is crushing me. I’m having therapy but lady suggested trying anti depressants again which I swore at one time I wouldn’t after having a bad time with them.

I’ve tried several citalopram, done nothing for mood after 5 months stopped. Sertraline, wasn’t on them long enough tbh. Fluxotine made me very suicidal and then Venlafaxine. No never ever again.

Thinking of Escitalopram maybe. Going to ring GP tomorrow.

Tell me what helped you? My anxious thoughts are ruining my life

I take Citalopram. Have previously taken Sertraline and Mirtazipine. The latter I didn’t get on with and stopped after two weeks. There wasn’t a big reason for switching from Sertraline apart from a close relative was taking citalopram and getting on well with it. She has since changed to Escitalopram which I believe is working reasonably well. She will be on it long term.

I don’t know if I’d describe it as helping immensely (!) but I don’t tend to be anxious when I’m on Citalopram, but I mistakenly think I can manage without it and then run it to problems after I’ve been off it a few months.

Remind me how long you’ve been on Escitalopram and what dose?

I find that the full benefit of ADs can take longer than the official advice may lead you to believe. And/or it takes time to feel better on the meds in order to be able do other things or make changes that in turn help you feel better. It really can be frustratingly slow progress.

I have felt I was unfixable and told my doctor as much, she said there was loads more options it was just a case of finding the right drug and sometimes waiting for life stages to move on a bit. I do believe she was right.

I think it’s a symptom of the illness to feel hopeless and it helps me a bit to remember that.

It’s all such bloody hard work but you will get there x