Gabrielben
08-04-14, 20:46
Hi guys,
I'm 19 years old, and just recently started university. About 4 months ago I started getting terribly anxious and depressed, this then turned into panic attacks on a hourly basis! About 3 weeks ago it got so bad that I was about to admit myself into a mental home. I've been doing CBT for 3 months and nothing helped, I could not shake my anxiety off. Anyway I went to see a GP, and I was out on cipralex 10mg, it has helped tremendously and I've been feeling so much better, except for side effects and slight paradoxical anxiety. My mom, being a psychiatrist herself, disagrees with me taking medicine and is wanting me to come off it, of course correctly. I don't know what to do? I'm going to see my a excellent psychiatrist tomorrow, recommended by mother, on hope to get further clarity. My mother disagrees with the use of medication in mental health, unless it is really needed, ie psychosis and major depressive and mood disorders. She approaches it in a more life coaching and self motivation way, which I suppose is correct.
Is there any advice as to what I should do? Continue on the meds and become "dependent" or discontinue their use and try long term talk therapy? Considering I had tried it and it didn't work so well.
Thanks guys, any replies are greatly appreciated
Gabriel
I'm 19 years old, and just recently started university. About 4 months ago I started getting terribly anxious and depressed, this then turned into panic attacks on a hourly basis! About 3 weeks ago it got so bad that I was about to admit myself into a mental home. I've been doing CBT for 3 months and nothing helped, I could not shake my anxiety off. Anyway I went to see a GP, and I was out on cipralex 10mg, it has helped tremendously and I've been feeling so much better, except for side effects and slight paradoxical anxiety. My mom, being a psychiatrist herself, disagrees with me taking medicine and is wanting me to come off it, of course correctly. I don't know what to do? I'm going to see my a excellent psychiatrist tomorrow, recommended by mother, on hope to get further clarity. My mother disagrees with the use of medication in mental health, unless it is really needed, ie psychosis and major depressive and mood disorders. She approaches it in a more life coaching and self motivation way, which I suppose is correct.
Is there any advice as to what I should do? Continue on the meds and become "dependent" or discontinue their use and try long term talk therapy? Considering I had tried it and it didn't work so well.
Thanks guys, any replies are greatly appreciated
Gabriel