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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sleepykitten 12/15/2007

Does anyone find that anti depressants (such as setraline or cipralex) make their anxiety worse.
Beta blockers work SO well for me but they make my athsma terrible, are they worth the risk?
What works best for you? Are they even worth taking at all?

deleted_user 12/15/2007

i just started zoloft...so i can't say...i've got asthma,too....i wouldn't take anything that makes my asthma worse! good luck,trish

deleted_user 12/15/2007

I have found that the antidepressants make my anxiety really bad.

In the process of switching meds right now.

Seems I have to choose, live with the depression and no anxiety or live with the anxiety and soothe the depression. What gives?

deleted_user 12/15/2007

It took three tries for me to find a great balance; an anti-depressant that had minimal to no side affects. Also, it can take several weeks to reap the benefit of a new drug. I used imipramine years ago which was useless, Paxil for many years, but dealt with numerous side affects, and taking fluoxetine almost a year now, and it's been working great.

deleted_user 12/15/2007

Zoloft and Wellbutrin made my anxiety worse.

sleepykitten 12/16/2007

thanks for the replies guys, I think i'll stick to taking one beta blocker a day with my anti depressents. just have to risk the athsma. x

deleted_user 12/16/2007

Anti Anti-depressant and anti anti-psychotic these drugs make me worse and I would rather have psychotherapy or see a nice priest.

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