[Emmy Beth]

Hi everyone....I have been taking Celexa for about 4 years for generalized anxiety disorder. I was wondering if anyone else had taken this med and has anyone gone off of an anti-depressant successfully and stayed off of it. I really hate the side effects that all of them have and I was hoping maybe I could get by with just taking a Xanax everyday. (I also have IBS-D which I knew was related to the anxiety-I am going to try the Calcium after reading about it here).Thanks for your help

 

[Emmy Beth]

Hi Evie,Thanks so much for your input. I am going to ask my doc about Lexapro after reading several messages on this site. I am just recently getting back to exercise-I have compartment syndrome and had surgery on both legs. I am feeling much better walking everyday and hope to return to aerobics soon. One thing I am glad about is sites like this and that now there are commercials and articles about anxiety. When I was first suffering from the worst attacks (I have had some form of it since childhood) there was very little info and the GP tried to give me sedatives. I knew that was no good and tried a psychiatrist that really helped me out. I can now function and have helped several friends who have had attacks and didn't know what they were.Thank you again,Mollie