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Medicine??

Alwaysanxious
Alwaysanxious

I am starting therapy next week but really want to consider medication too. I've tried a lot, but maybe didn't give them long enough to work. Please tell me about any experiences, good or bad, you've had with medication. I have anxiety all the time and panic attacks in the morning. Also depression. Thanks.

Community LeaderMid
Mid
First, you need to understand your hydration level. Depression, anxiety, and panic all go together in one pile, it's going to take a lot to figure out what belongs to what.
Learn how you express depression, what exactly it is to you.
Learn how you express anxiety, and what sensations happen in what order.
Learn how you express panic, and what it does in order.
The more you know how you work, the easier it will be to find a medication to help with that particular symptom. Medicine is temporary.
Best wishes.
AboveAnxiety
AboveAnxiety
Medication didnt work for me. Then again, I tried it many years ago (23?) and my doctor was not very good. Doctors today are better trained in prescribing and there are many new options.
Because medicine didnt work for me, I went the alternative route. I tried everything - I mean everything - and nothing was working. Finally I came across cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and I was able to make recovery. Prior to CBT I was a housebound agoraphobic - suffered from various manifestations of anxiety disorders - I lived in constant suffering. CBT saved my life.
I hope whichever treatment path you choose is beneficial for you!
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