
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...

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I had taken Xanax for about 12 years 3x a day then was just recently switched over to klonopin because my body developed a tolerance to the xanax after so long. It was only lasting me around 3 hours at a time and that was no good. The problem I have with Antidepressants is they ALL seem to give me a fast heart rate. I was on Effexor for about 3 years along with Xanax and it gave me Tachycardia so they took me off it. For about a month and a half I took no ADs and I had not felt better in 10 years. I even took a trip about 3 hours away for the first time in 10 years. Then I just started getting massive withdrawals after the Xanax would wear off in a few hours. My heart rate dropped from around 95-100 while on effexor to around mid 70s low 80s. They started me on Celexa only 10mg to start then upped it to 20mg. After about a week on 20mg my heart rate started rising again. Now for someone with anxiety this is completely counterproductive to me as it makes me MORE anxious. I dropped back down to 10mg myself and it seem to help it a bit.
Does anyone just take Benzos daily? I don't mean as needed I mean 3x a day or more.
Does anyone just take Benzos daily? I don't mean as needed I mean 3x a day or more.
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My main problem with the SSRI are that they ALL seem to give me a fast heart rate. Their solution is the take Beta Blockers to slow my heart rate down. I don't want to take a medication just to counter a side effect of another I think it is fairly stupid. The ADs do their job, I get all hyped up like they are supposed to make you but having anxiety that is counter productive to me. I don't want the feeling of being all wound up and having a fast heart rate. I like being calm. I function just fine. My depression seems to be mainly under control it is my anxiety that is the main issue and has been for awhile not my depression.