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Adult daughter (27) home with severe panic/anxiety disorder
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Apr 4 3:27pm | Replies (15)Comment receiving replies
I realize people may not want to hear this but I had a very similar situation happen to me which was initially caused by anti anxiety medicine prescribed for mild insomnia and anxiety. Eventually that caused me to get more anxious and led to other anti depressants all of which caused me to be increasingly more and more anxious. Eventually I figured this out on my own, weaned off it all and got back to my normal self. It was basically all caused by pharmaceuticals! Today I feel 100 times better taking nothing. It’s very hard to stop these meds and causes a rebound anxiety initially along with insomnia, but one can power through it with determination. It is so worth it in the end.❤️
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I really identify with what you wrote. I'm on .25 clonazepam am and pm and have gradually been having more anxiety. Would you be willing to share what meds you were on, what strength and how you weaned yourself off. I've gotten a number of tappering programs for clonazepam, but they seem rather rapid. Now I wake up two times a night in great anxiety, shaking and feeling sick to my stomach and when I get out of bed in the morning I feel about the same. This did not happen to me before I got on clon. I don't know whether I developed a tolerance -- I feel no different after I have taken it. I don't know whether it is rebound and the medication is making me sick. It is making me miserable. The latest addition is Effexor which I really don't want to take but was told it would ease the difficulty I am having af night. I'm 81 and very sensitive to adding additional meds. I have not tried it yet.