Posted by tealady on March 25, 2005, at 18:06:14
In reply to Re: GAD? » tealady, posted by Sarah T. on March 24, 2005, at 21:17:54
> Hi tealady. Thanks so much for your help. I know what you mean about ssri's. It's hard for me to believe that some folks here are actually helped by them. I think that more patients are harmed by ssri's, but that's just my impression from reading hundreds and hundreds of Internet posts over many years. That's certainly not a very scientific way of approaching it, is it?
Sarah,
No I suspect the decade or so or SSRI's probably stopped me from thinking clearly and acting as I should have ...just numbed me. They initially made me feel a bit less depressed , but even that wore off after a few weeks. They also seemed to "numb" my mind and ended up preventing me from making the correct decisions. And that's not even considering the side effects of GI disturbances etc.
Some people on the thyroid forum say that AFTER they are on thyroid meds then a low dose SSRI seems to help(I've heard the same said for starting on a higher estrogen birth control pill like Yasmin or even oestrogen) ..like they work synergestically?, but I don't think I ever want to try them again.
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> Regarding your anxiety and panic, I had panic attacks about 10 or so years ago that were brought on by an insane med combo that an even more insane doctor had rx'd for me. When I got off that combo, the panic attacks went away. Until they went away, I found that swimming helped my breathing and the anxiety. I also bought some excellent self-help tapes from the MidWest Center for Stress and Anxiety and, of course, Klonopin helped.Thanks I'm going to look out for some breathing tapes. The docs so far won't prescribe the anxiety type meds(I did ask once last year again when I was getting desperate). They reckon they are addictive I think, but they are fine with SSRI's(hand them out to females and jelly beans to the kids:-).
I do have some valium I've taken very very occasionally though.Thanks for your hep,
Jan
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