Hi everyone

[Serena]

:smile: Hi everyone. I'm over 50 and suffered from anxiety, depression and panic since I was a teenager. I'm much better generally but still have terrible panics sometimes, mainly on holiday (particularly abroad ) and when recovering from illness eg coughs, colds and flu. I find that lots of things help a bit. I find yoga , aromatherapy, CBT and acupuncture particularly helpful at the moment. I'm very confused about medication. I'm on Sertraline but have found that antidepressants have given me horrific anxiety/panic when you start or change them, which no-one ever warned me about. Interested to know if anyone else had similar experiences.

[Jaco45er]

Hi Serena

New myself but welcome to the forum. Interesting you say about holidays and travel abroad, I tend to suffer more when on holiday or travelling abroad. Apart from that and Monday's I usually have it all under wraps.

I never did get on well with SSRI meds, I gave up after 6 weeks, but exercise seemed to be the key for me with regards to coping with anxiety and panic.

Never tried CBT due to it being unavailable in my area, but I hear it works wonders.

Take Care

Jaco

[manmoor]

Hi Serena,

A big warm welcome to you. xx

[kittykat]

hi there Serena,

Welcome to the site.

Take care

shirley xx

[Piglet]

A big welcome to you :D

Piglet :flowers:

[Pink Princess]

hey welcome to the site, hope you get good support here. take kare x x x

[nomorepanic]

Hi Serena

Welcome aboard and lovely to see you here.

Hope you get some great advice and support on here.

[trac67]

Hi,

Welcome to the forum, you will get a lot of good advice here and make some new friends

Take care

Trac xx

[wobily_lin]

Elo Serena,
Welcome to the site..great support n advice here..glad to have ye on board x

[Lindalou64]

WELCOME SERENA,
TO SPEAK FOR MYSELF YES I SEEM WORSE ON ANTIDEPRESSANTS ....IVE TRIED FOR 18 YRS NOTHING HAS HELPED MEANING ANTIDEPRESSANTS......SO I JUST GO WITH THE FLOW GOOD AND BAD DAYS BUT I WISH YA THE BEST........LINDA