Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
I was on celexa for about 4 years..and had weaned myself to a very small dose of 10mg every other day...about 2 months ago I stopped it completely, with the support of my doctor. I have been doing really well...but the last few weeks I feel that constant uneasy feeling returning...ugh. I am sooo disappointed. I hate that I am "slipping" back into it's grueling jaws! Has anyone ever been on meds for a long time and actually successfully gone off of them!?
I no longer take daily meds. I will not take SSRIs, SNRIs, tricyclic antidepressants or any of the rest of that stuff that alters my brain chemistry to the point that weaning would be required. I had a really bad experience being over medicated so now I am vary wary of it. I do have have a benzo "rescue" med to calm me down when needed, but thankfully it's not an every day thing.
I am off all my antidepressants and have been for over 8 years, but as far as my anxiety I will probably be on my meds forever or until they make me stop them! :(