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Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?
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@jschwing
I am sitting here reading comments. I am petrified because my husband left to go food shopping. I haven’t left the house in about a week. I have so many different prescriptions where I only took 3 or 4 pills from them but stopped because of odd physical/mental sensations. The prescribers (there were many) dismissed me as being non compliant. Sometimes I just flat out refused to fill the prescriptions (Klonopin) due to all the horror stories about it. But I have no life now anyway.
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I understand. I am struggling with the same things. I tried multiple medications for up to six weeks and had to stop due to side effects and sensations or rashes. One of the things that is clear is that any SSRI is going to be activating before and if it eventually works. That is a really difficult situation with the high level of anxiety. I had been on the Klonopin for over six months and tried to keep my doses low. But with the condition and issues with sleep, I was always on at least 1/4 to 1/2 mg. Now, my Doctor changed me to Valium because the Klonopin seemed to not work as effectively . I struggle and force myself to get out most days even when it is the last thing I want to do with the physical and emotional distress. I will keep praying for you.