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...
Has anyone stopped a medicine and then Tried it again months or years later?
I was on lexapro for almost four years and it worked really well for awhile but then never got adjusted. So it made me feel lethargic and sometimes depressed.
But I know it works for me and am wondering if I should try it again. I was given citalopram and after a week slowly tapered off of it. It made me super sweaty, more anxious and almost manic feeling.
Has anyone had a good experience going back on a medicine or something similar to lexapro?
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When i was in the ER February 16th 2025, i was being admitted to ICU where i was for 3 weeks, then had to relearn to walk for 3 weeks in another hospital rehab floor, the nurse told me something that made me feel for over 18 months now that i was finally *safe*. She told me that the guy who raped and beat me 21 years ago now almost 20 years at that time, was in prison as of a month before that...
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Sometimes, I think I have ODD. I can be oppositional. It seems that the only times that I feel like cleaning are when I should be doing something else or I have to go somewhere. Well, not everytime but most of the time. Yesterday, I was supposed to be doing online training for work but instead, I decided to work on my kitchen table. Most of the time, I don't know where to start and give...
It takes determination to get your "mojo" to work the way it needs to, and is well worth the time it takes to learn techniques to naturally calm your self.
Stay hydrated!