Is any body taking medicine for social anxiety and panick attacks and does it work?

Question

Is any body taking medicine for social anxiety and panick attacks and does it work? And than when you stop using them after a while do you even feel worse than before? How long do you have to take them?

Answer 1

i went from age 18 to age 34 with no meds for my anxiety and panic attacks, these attacks had made living impossible,till i went to a counselor and she told me i had depression, well it worked well no attacks, its like a new lease on life, i now take paxil Cr ,that was almost seven years ago, but if i stop taking them i am a mess, i will probably have to take them for the rest of my life,but its worth it

Answer 2

i agree with udaya k, you really shouldn't trust homeopathic meds you find in the store. it doesn't work like that and you can make yourself worse by taking the wrong things. remember that western meds aren't from no where, they are chemical substitutes for things that occur in nature (aka natural medicine) so even if you're taking herbs, they are still drugs and for something as complicated as anxiety, you need a professional, not just a list of cause and effect. i also have social anxiety and i see a naturopath who practices homeopathy. she's given me a remedy and some supplements that have seriously helped me. i'm like a totally different person today than i was ten months ago. it's really astonishing. my naturopath actually told me not to take valerian. she said that what it does is to focus the mind so that it's not all over the place, which can help some people sleep and chill out, but for someone like me it can amplify the fear and anxiety by focusing my mind on negative things. so i wouldn't recommend it, but this isn't about me, it's about you. you are a totally different person, completely unique with unique life experiences and thoughts and no one can tell you what you should be taking other than a professional who does that for a living. one more thing, you really should get therapy. while my naturopath has helped immensely, i don't believe i would have come this far without doing therapy too. i see a hypno-therapist who does a lot of inner child work and it's really helping me to get to the bottom of things. in western medicine there's a tendency towards focusing on treatment, but that doesn't help if you don't work on prevention as well. your anxieties are coming from somewhere, whether you can see their source or not, you need to address the root. imagine your anxiety as blackberry bush. if you chop off the top you'll think you're okay, maybe for a whole summer, but next year it will be back. the only way to stop it is to dig up the whole plant, root and all, or you'll never be free from it's thorns.

Answer 3

my husband is deployed to a very dangerous area in iraq so i started taking anxiety meds to help me cope. my doc was really patient and understanding. i started feeling better really just a few days in and after a week or so...felt normal. my mind just sort of quieted down a little.

i came off of them without any problems. they helped me get through a tough moment and now i feel great. he will be home in three months.

they do affect your sex drive (the ones that boost serotonin)

but other than that my only con with them was i was very sleepy in the mornings. hard to wake up.

good luck.

Answer 4

It all depends on the type of medication that you are taking. You may have to try some out to see how your body responds. I reccommend not going off the meds until your Dr. says so because you could possibly relapse.

Answer 5

A friend of mine has panic attacks and he takes a product called imbalance which helps him smoke less and live a better life. His panic attacks have since disappeared and his life has made a 180 degree improvement. I would recommend it to anyone with similar difficulties.

Answer 6

There are so many combinations of so many different medications, it could take years to get the right combo. Don't mean to scare you off there but it's true. If it isn't working within a couple of months, change it up (I mean have your doctor change it up). Something will work, it takes time.

Answer 7

At this time I am not taking them but I have in the past. They helped me alot but one day I just decided that I didn't want to take them anymore... BIG mistake never just stop taking them it will make you very sick and horrible side effects. A doctor has to gradually take you off of them slowly.