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...
Hello everyone! I am new to this community. I have always suffered from anxiety and fear. I remember lying in bed at the age of 5 afraid that the house would catch fire while I was sleeping.
I have avoided taking any medication until this point in my life. I fear taking anything that alters my body. I can't any longer though, my life has been completely consumed lately.
My Doctor just put me on Celexa. Is there anything I should know about this drug? What have been your side affects? I have been researching online and have read about weight gain which worries me because I am already a little overwieght and am trying to lose it! It would suck to gain back everything I lost.
I am just so scared of having a horrid reaction and having to go through withdrawls. I don't want my body to become dependent on this. I know I need to relax and stop freaking out. It's either this or living in fear for the rest of my life, right?
Sorry this was long winded. I am happy to be here and can't wait to meet all of you!
I have avoided taking any medication until this point in my life. I fear taking anything that alters my body. I can't any longer though, my life has been completely consumed lately.
My Doctor just put me on Celexa. Is there anything I should know about this drug? What have been your side affects? I have been researching online and have read about weight gain which worries me because I am already a little overwieght and am trying to lose it! It would suck to gain back everything I lost.
I am just so scared of having a horrid reaction and having to go through withdrawls. I don't want my body to become dependent on this. I know I need to relax and stop freaking out. It's either this or living in fear for the rest of my life, right?
Sorry this was long winded. I am happy to be here and can't wait to meet all of you!
i,ve never been on celaxa but can tell you iv,e been on and off meds for 11 almost 12 yrs now, iv,e only had a couple of reactions which were short lived.
When your on a med and it works it is truley wonderful to feel like a human being not living with the anxiety.
I was on zoloft for a while and worked brilliantly, it took the anxiety and deppression away.
Iv,e never had problems coming off a med either, the doctor will take you off very slowly.
I hope i have eased your mind a little.
I know it must have been awful for you to have such anxiety as a child, i was quite a fearful child myself.
I wish you good luck and welcome to DS, you should feel benafit from your meds in 4/6 weeks, i hope it works well for you, it will be so nice for you to get some relief.
Write me if you need to talk.