pleasee respond i deperatley need your advice

[jtreyo]

to give yhall a little info before i get to what i want answers about i have had GAD generalized anxiety for about three it got so bad i was at the hospital like four time a day i thought i had everything now im on my meds and feel better untill two days ago . the past two days i just feel like something is wrong i have lost my appetite badly and im just freaked out like im not all with it . i cant eat and im so scared that im going to have like a mental breakdown and end up sicotic like start doing things i cant control . its like im not all here like just scared and worried for no reason when everything is good right now like so why am i doing this i dont want to go back to running to the hospital everyday and lose my job again i worked hard to get back on my feet and noww im actually here i dont want to screw it up with this.


                 pleaseee help me understand what this is. i feel like im going crazy i look at things like its not real  im soooooooo scared that im going to just snap and lose it like end up skitsopranic and start hallucinating i cant eat and i dont know why im worrying i have nothing to worry about im good on money i have a family we got our own place and finally on our feet again. im just so scared im going crazy and im going to end up in a mental ward cuz i honestly feel crazy right now. like today at work i just felt like a zombie and like something was going to happen any second i was going to lose it and i feel confused and just straight up crazy pleaseee help and my therapist said before that anxiety cant make u go crazy is this true. and can this make me have no apetite just out of nowhere and feel like this whats happening pleaseee help am i going crazy or it this apart of anxiety


and by the way im on celexa and have been but just recently was off of it for two weeks and just got back on it four days ago and im no longer in therapy and havent been in over a year i have been fine till just two days ago and even when i was going through the worst of my anxiety it wasnt like this this is totally different feelings

[mammo]

You are fine, you aren't and won't go crazy, I promise.  What has happened is you stopped your Celexa for two weeks cold turkey, you never want to do this.  Your symptoms have returned along with some withdrawal.  It's the withdrawl feelings that are new to you. KNOW that this is NORMAL in this situation, tough, but normal. Your body and mind are reacting to the drop of medication in your systrem, as it builds back up you will feel better as you continue on your Celexa.  Do deep breathing exercises to calm yourself down as much as possible.  I know it's scary, but you will return to normal shortly, and keep telling yourself this. Try to stay strong and never stop your medications abruptly like that, it causes very bad withdrawal symptoms as you are experiencing now.  Be strong, know you are fine, and will get better.  Stay with us for support if needed.  There are many here who can share their stories of withdrawal from stopping their meds abruptly.  Take care and come back as often as you want.

[Julie359]

You say you came off ur med's and now your back on them, it may be possible that ur body is readjusting to the celexa as now four days later the drug would of built up in your body.  this may be one cause, if so it will pass with time and should not stop taking it due to this...you will be fine.

As for the crazy feeling...trust me you will not become schizophrenic or psychotic, many a person has felt the way you are right now and yes it does feel like your going to slip over the edge to insanity but this very raely happens.  Anxiety, severe will stop you from eating even out of blue and so this is normal.

Because of how bad your feeling maybe you should get in contact with your local mental health team, hospital and tell them as they are there to help in times of crisis, they may give you some anti-anxiety med's just to get you over this hurdle...trust me they help!!  I have been exactly where you are right now and i know it anit pretty... just hang in there and contact them if you feel like your gona do something silly like harm yourself.