Go back on meds or not??

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Ok I have posted to so many boarRAB but have to not posted to the one I probably should have posted to in the very beginning...the anxiety board.

Well I have had extreme health anxiety for 8 years now and I was on zoloft which helped a lot.

Just recently I decided I did not need it anymore and did not need the extra weight it kept on me either so I stopped taking it...now after 3 months of not being on it I am FREAKING OUT!!!! (but I did lose 20 lbs.)

Started having all kind of symptoms...once again my usual thing has started and now I think I have cancer, brain tumor, anuresym, etc.

My fiance is asking me "what is going on with you?" He said every week it is something new. And he is right...so this should make me realize that it is just anxiety right? NO. First it was my neck, then my leg, then my throat, then my head, and now my eye.

So back to the original question...should I just go back on my Zoloft and hope all of this goes away? I know I will gain weight but I truly forgot how this anxiety takes over your life.

I dont want to be dependant on it for the rest of my life but dont know what else to do to control it...it is a monster...HELP
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This battle is about doing what makes you feel better. Being on medication is not a strike against you. Live life to its fullest.

Think about one of the last scenes in "It's a Wonderful Life" where George says over and over "I want to live again".

If medication helps me live again, I'm happy.
 
Thank you...I went to my doctor today and got a prescription for Celexa so I am debating whether or not to take it. I guess I am just still trying to see if I can make this anxiety go away by myself. If I cant then I will have to get back on it...I know I need to do waht is right for me to be happy and that is exactly what i want...to be happy and feel like myself again.

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I tried to keep telling myself that I'm a strong person and I can kick this on my own. It took until my breaking point to realize that I couldn't. I lost many months of my life waiting to get help. If you don't have a therapist, ask you doctor for a recommendation. If you're terribly against medication, at least start a therapy program.

Best wishes to you!
 
I was in the same boat as you just a few weeks ago. My health anxiety had gotten so bad that I couldn't eat and I was losing so much weight I was certain I had some type of cancer. I was bouncing from one doctor's appointment to the next, unable to think of anything else all day long. I could barely function or take care of my kiRAB. The fear that ran through me from the moment I woke up in the morning until I fell asleep at night was just too much.

I had resisted going back on the meRAB for many months (off since January, symptoms returned in April) but I finally buckled down and started taking Lexapro again. I felt like a failure going back on the meRAB, but within a few days I started improving. It was the right decision, and now I wish I hadn't tortured myself for months trying to fight it naturally (without meRAB.)

I started taking 10mg a day at first, and after a week I dropped it to 5 mg. My health anxiety has improved tremendously, but I am not allowing myself to become nurab again from the meRAB. I'm trying to keep on a very low, constant dose.

Good luck to you, whatever you decide to do!
 
Thanks for your response AMinNJ. I know I feel like I just need to take the meRAB and stop the madness...LOL

Thanks
Laurin:angel:
 
Well i gave in and started taking Celexa but only 5mg. It has only been about 5 days now but so far it is just making my anxiety worse...I know this is just a side effect and it will pass just wish it would hurry up!!!

Hope everyone else is doing good!!!
 
You have to take something that will raise your seratonin levels not just recycle them so that you become dependant. Also, cognitive behavioral therapy will help you to get rid of the bad thoughts so they don't creep up on you. It is a process. I don't know if you have ever considered supplements that will increase the neurotransmitters but if you haven't, Neuroreplete was recommended by my doctor and I've been on it for 3 months. There are no side effects. It works by giving you balanced doses of 5HTP and ltyrosine (these work together to build up seratonin and other neurotransmitters). It's expensive but apparently if you take them separate they can decrease your dopamine levels so this supplement is the best form of it. My doctor is an MD and a DO (preventative medicine) and said it has worked for everyone he prescribes it for. Like I said I'm on month 3 and it has helped me alot. I spent a year and 2 months with bad bad anxiety (I couldn't work for 3 weeks and was leaving early with attacks) before I broke down and took something for it. I'm not ready to stop it yet and you have to take it for longer because it is in small doses of amino aciRAB-don't take it in conjuction with your meRAB and make sure you are weaned off first.
If you try it let me know how it works for you. If you go back on meRAB good luck and try the therapy as it can help you. I also like "The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook" by Dr. Bourne.
 
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