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someone please help

i have asked many things before to get the whole picture i have to state everything again

I have been using .5 lorezepam once a day for 75 days and no anti depressant. i dont trut my doctor and i want to cure my social anxiety, i dont want the meds anymore and i have gone cold turkey for 4 days now ic alled him to see what he says about that. I told my doc i wanted a long term cure and he put me on the damn lorezpam for 6 weeks before a damn zoloft geenric, I had bad side effcst and he told me to stop once again he ignored the fact that i needed a long term cure not treatment. anything else wouldve been working i stop taking the lorezepam cuz i started needing two a day and i was getting headacche so i thought ok u cant take two a day and self medicate so i rather quit now then in years when its tougher.I now have the headaches was feeling like i was getting sick, and now i have actually worse panic attacks or anxiety, i use to get them away from my house or right before sleep time, i havent slept well in almost a year. I dont want to go back on meds, is there any vitamins i can take or natural things like anxie-t from vitamin shopp to help or serelex??i have had panic attacks for maybe now a couple of months but the anxiety or social anxiety not always but 80% im somewhere public for maybe 9 months. lately i have been getting headches daily also and i want something other then meds they didnt help me well they did for a short period of time but they started losing their real strength and i dont want to get hooked anyways i have been looking for natural remedies. I afiend recently told me to just take B viamin complex he told me they are healthier then those pesky prescribtions drug companies have out there, Also he told me to take L-theanine and gaba, idk is anyone out there i keep readin that they are good for panic attacks or anxiety but will it be ok to always take them and live a normal life like go out and socialize and drink ? for how loing would i have to take them ? anyone know anything about this ? what makes no sense is that im taking a new tea that relaxes me but now im wondering if its doing bad also cuz on top pf the heaches i just started getting blurring vision. like when u stare at a light, it just started ive check my eye sight and that came out ok and perfect. Also the headcahes are happening when im not stressed out. For example at the moment im at home and im tired after working out and i still feel a headache and the damn advil doesnt help at all. the headache will be be where i is now liuke the left side and the top, then later itll be both side then earlier it was on the top.is anxiety causing this headche or maybe high blood pressure, or it is the lack of lorezepam that i kick cold turkey last monday it started that day after all i felt i needed another pill to help the anxiety that day and then i havent had one in a week and its hurt since then
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Hey there. Anxiety can cause headaches and high blood pressure. Also quitting medication cold turkey can cause a list of side effects, and cause havoc on your body for the however long the withdrawals last.
Anyways. Here's a short list of thIngs that can help with anxiety besides medication

Deep belly breathing. Exercise. Lavander. Certain types of tea. Yoga. Meditation. Positive thinking. Hobbies. therapy. Healthy diet.  Cutting down on caffeine. Laughing!
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I take lozapam 1 mg 3x a day and I find that they help I av been taking them for about 6 maths now I did have headaches for a while but this went away I don't suffer any side affects now they really help me hope this helps
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Keep taking it. Stopping cold Turkey is very dangerous. It's a great Med, stick with it. Going Med free for Social Anxiety in my personal opinion is impossible. It's like having cancer, you got to treat it.
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the problem with keep taking it is that itll only get worse ill eventually have to be on the meds that my doctor already told me that i cant be on forever. I stopped cold turkey cuz he said i havent been on them long enough to worry about, i was only on them for 2 and half months he said people that go cold turkey shouldn't after years of use. my headaches are subsided for the most part. Im going to wait the 28 days until its out of my body completely. Im also looking for alternative methods like natural medication withouthte side effcts and also vitamins like b vitamins i heard are good. i wwnt out tonight second or third day on the vitmains and i felt good didnt feel super anxious, anyone know a good natrual anxiety medication jic, or [erhaps keep readin that l-theamine might be worth taking.
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