Posted by Rockets on April 24, 2000, at 23:07:16
Hi,
After 15 years of perfect health (not counting the common cold, I had a panic attack and paced around the house for days on end when not at work. I went to see a Psychiatrist. They put me on Celexa 10mg per day. I stopped taking the Ativan (I only used it for 9 days) which the general MD had prescribed the day of the panic attack.
I am really depressed in the morning with some bad thoughts and anxious at night hard to sleep (I take it at night) but I have found life tolerable again so far.. instead of that horrible anxiety.
I'm on short term disability right now and my psychiatrist says that I should be over with it in six months at which point she will start me off the Celexa. Apparently one shouldn't work full time, pull 15 units at night with straight A's (I graduated right before the episode), run a music business, and lament the loss of one's friends who got married and all moved away while drinking heavily and taking lots of herbs (all sorts) from the health food store. Oh yes.. I HAVE learned an important lesson in life.
My only complaint is the bad thoughts I sometimes get now but I don't know if that's from the Celexa or not and also since anxiety is my issue I wonder if BuSpar wouldn't have been better.
Any one care to comment or share?
poster:Rockets
thread:31203
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