Posted by jessers11581 on April 14, 2005, at 15:00:46
In reply to Re: pdoc bullsh!tting me about SSRI helping anxiety?, posted by jessers11581 on April 14, 2005, at 14:58:32
> Celexa helped me TREMENDOUSLY for about 3 years. Then it kind of stopped working. SSRI's are initially great for anxiety, in my opinion. The first one I used was Paxil, then I went to Celexa because Paxil was too sedating. Both worked wonders for my anxiety, panic, and OCD. But within the past couple of years, many of my symptoms resurfaced, so now I'm using an SNRI, which also affects norepinephrine. I wouldn't hesitate to give it a shot and later on, if you need to switch to something else, you can. Best of luck!
One more thing--how long have you been taking it and at what dose? You may just need to give it a few more weeks to get the total effect. Are you having lots of anxiety right now? Have you ever used SSRI's before? If not, I would definitely say to stay on it for a bit and see if your opinion changes.
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