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When my mom started having seizures she was put on ativan to stop the seizures (she also started having panic attacks after the first one and would have panic attacks every day when it got dark out)....so the xanax is probably being used for something such as this (unrelated to anxiety). In my...

Perhaps you're on a medication that's not working for you. You have A LOT of symptoms I have when my anxiety is uncontrolled. As I've learned over the past year or so, finding the right medication can be tough. I got lucky when my life-long anxiety disorder was finally diagnosed in the early...

I've often wondered myself if there was any difference between anxiety and depression. When I was initially put on ARAB I was under the assumption I had depression: come to find out 6 years later (after actually going to see a decent psychologist/psychiatrist team) that my problem is in fact...

I've been on both and I have to say klonopin is a million times better than ativan for me. It does stay in your system longer, but what I find is it doesn't pack a huge punch and make you all loopy like ativan can (well it did for me!). Klonopin takes care of my anxiety and I feel NORMAL. I...

I'm wondering if anyone has had this issue before with gravol. I have horrible nausea at times and the only thing that settles it is taking gravol (usually at night). However, whenever I take gravol the next day is absolutely dreadful in regarRAB to my anxiety. Last night I took one pill and...

When my anxiety is untreated I definitely feel the physical effects even when I'm not feeling anxious (i.e. having an anxiety attack)...however I always have the underlying sense of anxiety (that nagging little feeling in the back of my mind). I've learned to ignore it and deal with it since...

Well, I've heard paxil is the mother of all ARAB to withdrawal from and I managed to do it relatively unscathed, so you might be ok with Effexor. My panic attacks increased a little, but I started taking ativan when I needed it and it helped with the paxil withdrawal. Sometimes things aren't as...

Thanks for your response! I'm going to stick with it given your experiences with side effects and see what happens :) THanks again, this makes me feel a lot better!

I'm going to give the lexapro another go after my exams are over. I also have a supplemental prescription for klonopin and that works well (doesn't make me stoned/drunk-like like even small doses of ativan does, and it lasts longer :)). Hopefully the side effects will work themselves out before...

Hey, spungy, thanks for your reply. My doc has me on wellbutrin (which is useless/making my anxiety worse) and as far as she's concerned her job is finished. She doesn't even believe in ARAB to begin with and hates the fact that I want to be back on them. On top of that she won't make an actual...

Hmm maybe you have some sort of virus/bug that's making it hard for you to breathe when you're laying down. I say this because you said your breathing loosens up when you sit up. If you're prone to anxiety you can definitely over think things and make things seem worse than they are. I always...

It's not uncommon to have an attack at night or feel more anxious at night. I've had that problem since I was a kid as well, I just didn't know what it was until I finally got help in my early 20s. I'm wondering if something like xanax or ativan on a need-be basis might help your son? If he's...

Okay, three days into lexapro and I'm SOOOOO tired. This stuff wears me out worse than the paxil did. I passed out earlier this evening after dragging my butt all day and I was so tired I didn't wake up for supper and my blood sugars went dangerously low. Thankfully I woke up and realized I...

Stephanie, your husband wouldn't've married you if you weren't a great catch! Let's just get that straight right now, you just have an anxiety disorder! I agree with pretty much everything under said. I think the first step for you is to go see your primary care physician and tell him/her...

I take my ARAB at night before I go to bed. That way i don't forget about taking them and if it does wear me out a little bit I'm sleeping it off. I'm on a different medication now but i was taking 40mgs of celexa and I was a zorabie and couldn't keep my eyes open! My former doctor got mad when...