MarkyMark88
15-11-17, 15:22
I suffer from health anxiety and panic disorder. Within the last month I have tried zoloft and buspirone. I was on the zoloft for three weeks (I forgot the dosage, maybe 25 mg) which did not work for me. I would just get these weird heat or burning sensations on different areas of my body. Also, it was not helping me mentally. So I thought I would give buspar a try. I had read good things online and had a friend that took it for a while and she said that it worked for her with minimal side effects. I've been on that for a little over two weeks (5mg twice daily) and it has not been helping. Whenever I'm on it I have this constant feeling of lightheadedness through out the day and I still cannot shake these thoughts that I have something wrong with me health wise. Just last night I kept waking up with my stomach in knots, dizziness and heart racing. And I had also taken a clonazapam to help settle me down before I went to bed. The fact that that wasn't helping was discouraging in itself.
I hate the fact that I have these meds in my body all the time. I was very reluctant at first to take anything, especially SSRIs because of the extreme mental side effects one can have while on them. But I got to the point with my anxiety that I needed to try something to make these irrational health worries go away.
My question to the community: What's good? What medications are people taking that you can say have definitely helped you since taking whatever medication you are currently on? I personally want to stop the drugs all together. Like I said before I don't want to take pills everyday. I want to eventually find solace through therapy and natural mental exercises and remedies. But until that time, medications might be the thing that has to hold me over.
I hate the fact that I have these meds in my body all the time. I was very reluctant at first to take anything, especially SSRIs because of the extreme mental side effects one can have while on them. But I got to the point with my anxiety that I needed to try something to make these irrational health worries go away.
My question to the community: What's good? What medications are people taking that you can say have definitely helped you since taking whatever medication you are currently on? I personally want to stop the drugs all together. Like I said before I don't want to take pills everyday. I want to eventually find solace through therapy and natural mental exercises and remedies. But until that time, medications might be the thing that has to hold me over.