Paulie
04-11-2012, 07:48 PM
I am new to this forum and have been reading few stories like my own. but the posters do not reveal their age, which I believe (but might be mistaken) that is very useful info.
I am a 21yr old male and since I was a child I was always impatient and anxious, but nothing out of the ordinary. Fast forward to 2008 (18yrs old at the time) I suffered a shoulder dislocation and then another 3 dislocations within a years span (last time it happened during my sleep) so I had surgery.
To make the story short, since then I have been terrified of doing any physical activities that include using my shoulder: even after seeing multiple physical therapists, getting 2 MRI's done and hearing from alot specialist that it was fine and that discomfort I felt was normal. I simply did Not believe them. Sometimes at night I would stay awake in fear of another dislocation and had two severe panic attacks in which I couldnt move or scream.
I began having fears and anxiety about several other things as well; I would freak out and stress a lot about things like driving long distances, having too much to do in college and work etc. Life felt unbearable, heavy and pointless. I began buying 2mg Xanax off the street (although I would often take 3 to 5mg daily) and thought I had found a cure, but whenever I couldnt get them everything would be much worse.
Finally after about yr of being on and off the Xanax and breaking the law and I went to a general Dr and he diagnosed with GAD and gave 20mg Celexa and Benadryl in case of a panic attack. Ive taken the Celexa for about 10 days, but Im still taking some Xanax here and there, especially to go to sleep. The Dr. called Xanax a "nasty drug" but it's pretty much fhe only thing that has kept me going for the past 2 yrs.
Should I completely cut off the Xanax and give the Celexa a chance to work by itself? Should I take the X for another week or two until the Celexa takes full effect? Take both?
What worries me is that I keep on reading that Celexa is for major depression, whereas I suffer mainly from anxiety that then leads to some depression.
Sorry about the long post, it is my first ever. Hopefully someone will read it.
Thanks in advance
Paulie
I am a 21yr old male and since I was a child I was always impatient and anxious, but nothing out of the ordinary. Fast forward to 2008 (18yrs old at the time) I suffered a shoulder dislocation and then another 3 dislocations within a years span (last time it happened during my sleep) so I had surgery.
To make the story short, since then I have been terrified of doing any physical activities that include using my shoulder: even after seeing multiple physical therapists, getting 2 MRI's done and hearing from alot specialist that it was fine and that discomfort I felt was normal. I simply did Not believe them. Sometimes at night I would stay awake in fear of another dislocation and had two severe panic attacks in which I couldnt move or scream.
I began having fears and anxiety about several other things as well; I would freak out and stress a lot about things like driving long distances, having too much to do in college and work etc. Life felt unbearable, heavy and pointless. I began buying 2mg Xanax off the street (although I would often take 3 to 5mg daily) and thought I had found a cure, but whenever I couldnt get them everything would be much worse.
Finally after about yr of being on and off the Xanax and breaking the law and I went to a general Dr and he diagnosed with GAD and gave 20mg Celexa and Benadryl in case of a panic attack. Ive taken the Celexa for about 10 days, but Im still taking some Xanax here and there, especially to go to sleep. The Dr. called Xanax a "nasty drug" but it's pretty much fhe only thing that has kept me going for the past 2 yrs.
Should I completely cut off the Xanax and give the Celexa a chance to work by itself? Should I take the X for another week or two until the Celexa takes full effect? Take both?
What worries me is that I keep on reading that Celexa is for major depression, whereas I suffer mainly from anxiety that then leads to some depression.
Sorry about the long post, it is my first ever. Hopefully someone will read it.
Thanks in advance
Paulie