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[SufferingwithAnxiety]

I have had anxiety for five years now. I went to the doctors recently and they put me on another antidepressant. I keep telling them i am not depressed but they insist it will stop my anxiety. It made it worse. I felt awful. I mean worse than the anxiety i deal with on a regular basis. Sometimes i think i am mental because how can you feel so sick, i call it nerve sick, every single day with everything you try to do be such a struggle. Everything is so hard to do. It takes me forever to be able to leave the house in the morning to go to the store. Once i get there i sit in the car and have to talk myself into going in. Once i get in there i am panicked because i don't want anyone to talk to me because i am so miserable. By the time i get back home i am exhausted. My heart pounds, i am breathing so fast, i throw up, i have headaches, body aches, cry at least once a week. In a very misreable mood everyday. I shake and most of all i want to just sleep. Is all of this normal. my hands tingle , i cant eat, It just feels like i dont want to do anything anymore.

[redxfantasy]

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[redxfantasy]

Yeah... if that's the case, I would consider getting a new doctor. I mean of course the antidepressants are helping you. They are for depression, not anxiety. A doctor with that much crack would know that. I have severe anxiety too and I take antianxiety medication, not an antidepressant. O.o

[Julie2473589]

I am so sorry about the anxiety!  I too suffer with horrible anxiety + bipolar + depression+ add.  so i know a little about what ur going through.  I dont see what u are taking for the anxiety or r u just on an antidepressant?  If its your family dr telling u this stuff he's full of it!  find a psyc dr they know their drugs better!  I was on 2 mg ativan 3 times a day and thats a lot of ativan!  But it didnt seem to control it at all.  I am now on klonipin 2 mg 3 times a day and i only need half a pill 2-3 times a day and its competely controlled.  You need to be proactive with your treatment.  tell them dont let bully you into what you dont need be firm.  good luck hon add me as a friend if u need to talk.
Julie