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Hello @lorraine3 and welcome to Mayo Connect. I see that this is your first post on Connect and I'm glad that you asked this question about medications. On Mayo's website I found two articles about anti-depressants. The first one is about SSRIs and second one is about SNRIs. Perhaps some of our Members who have used these will respond about the effectiveness of these medications.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/ssris/art-20044825
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/depression/in-depth/antidepressants/art-20044970
If you care to share more, how long have you been dealing with anxiety? Have you tried any other medications?
I look forward to hearing from you!
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@lorraine3 Same here although I did know thus. I gave up on medications in 2010. Went off quite a cocktail cold turkey in 2010. I have been prescribed some at different times and this patient does say "NO" to drugs. My safest action is to stay a way from MD,s. They are trained in this realm. I have seen what prescription drugs have done to some and know what they have done to me. My worst nightmare was a VNS. That has since been removed. Dreadful results as my body kept resetting the contraption. It truly did. Some of us have more electricity in our bodies than others. I tried to tell the doctors before it was placed that I could not wear battery operated watches. Nothing more than a guinea pig in the mental health realm.
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I have been dealing with anxiety, in one form or another, since adolescence. I have tried several medications and therapies, including CBT.