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...
How he talked about xanax has me scared out of my pants now. I take up to 2mg xanax and 40 Lexapro. what do you think ?? I read a artivle on xanax i believe in Wickpedia that says its not as bad as everyone thinks....
AD's and tranquilizers are not good for you...They are drugs that you get addicted to, they alter your mind, your nervous system and you get withdrawal on them as you would on heroin or any other drug.
And let me remind you heroin used to be a widely used medication it was considered absolutely safe and was given to infants to help them with sleep.
So we do not know how safe those drugs are honestly... In 50 years they might be outlawed.
I have friends who are doctors that say " do not take those drugs".
While my doctors keep convincing me they are great and safe.
But thats because they follow the treatment plans for this particular disorder. They know that anxiety is treated with drugs, that are fda aproved, have been tested and all that . But of course they haven't taken those themselves they tell you what they've read and heard.
And if you look up documentary on you tube about effects of AD's on kids you'll learn a lot of interesting info on how those drugs are actually tested.
But anyways....the decision is yours. I just think people need to know pros and cons. If its helping you do not stop taking it, but if you feel the same or worse you might want to consider opting for something else like natural remedies.
I favorite two drugs are Zoloft, and Ativan.
I am on that right now, I have been on them before.
I had no problem quitting the Ativan cold turkey.
No withdrawl symptoms or anything, and I have done it that way twice now. I was taking up to 2mg per day of Ativan, when my panic attacks were really bad.
Now that I have enough zoloft in me (2 months worth) I only take the Ativan in the morning, .5mg.
Maybe if you are scared out of your pants, ask your Dr about Ativan.
And if you want a natural supplement, that works Better than xanax, has no side effects what so ever, and can be taken with any medication, look into L-Theanine.
I take that with my multi vitamins.
It works great.
Just Google it, L-Theanine.