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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Brittanyg16 10/04/2007

is there a medicine out there that i can take as needed for nervousness? im not comfortable taking paxil like my doctor prescribed and my parents werent comfortable with the idea either. so i never took it. so is there a medicine you can take when you feel like you are getting nervous or something you can take as needed for it????
thanks,
-Britt

deleted_user 10/04/2007

I take Ativan only as needed and the shrink is trying me on seroquel

deleted_user 10/05/2007

I don't think so.
Sorry.

deleted_user 10/06/2007

Buspar helps my nerves but you have to take it regularly as prescribed.

deleted_user 10/06/2007

Oh yes! XANAX! I don't like having to take paxil and i honestly don't think Paxil can help on the spot like Xanax does. Xanax works immediatly, so you can take it and in 10 minutes you feel relaxed, like you had a few beers without the dizziness, jus tthe relaxed non-nervous feeling. It makes me feel totally kick back.

Tell your doctor that you need Xanax for when your nervousness strikes.

Take a Xanax about 15 minutes to a half hour before you leave to go somewhere where you'll feel nervous! It works for me...i can't live without my Xanax ;)

panicbear 10/06/2007

Yes, Xanax or Klonopin (sp) they really help when your feeling a PA coming on!!

deleted_user 10/07/2007

ativan and xanax work immediately but dont last long. they can also be very addictive. i wont take them because i am a recovering alcoholic and make sure my docs know so they wont prescribe to me. it sounds like something that might help you though. it wouldnt hurt to ask the doc anyway.

deleted_user 10/08/2007

Xanax. I only take it when needed, when I have alot of anxiety.

deleted_user 10/08/2007

Xanax has been a lifesaver for me.I don't like to have to take meds.but I have no choice.

deleted_user 10/08/2007

If you need medication on an as needed basis I suggest xanax. It works quickly and takes the anxiety away. This medication is addictive so I wouldn't take it long term.

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