i was doing better before i started the meds,i had bad anxiety but not for every waking moment and i didn't feel so doomed.
i took valium once, as stated before. i KNOW what made my anxiety worse with valium. the label saying there's a chance of death during sleep when you're on valium. lol thats it.
i too was the same way. i didn't want anything to do with medication for anxiety. i wanted to do it the natural way. but at the time i didn't fully understand what was going on with me. now i do. as i said, i took xanax. i was taking 2 mg's every other day, then everyday, when i was buying it off the street. once it was prescribed to me, i began taking up to 10mg's a day on some days. it was horrible.
about 2 months ago, i came to the realization that my family nurse practioner wasn't going to give me xanax forever and this was something i was going to have to deal on my own or with support. but i would have to come off of it eventually.
i was right. this last time i went to get a refill, the FNP told me this was the last time she would see me for anxiety and i would have to see my local mental health mental retardation office for assistance. i didn't go. i had already been cutting back on the med's prior to her seeing me the last time. i did it fast at first from about 8-10mg's a day to 4-6mg's a day. then in a week or so i went to 3-4, then a week after that 3mg's, then 2.5mg's, and so on and so forth.
the last time i saw my family nurse practioner was on september 2nd. im down to 1mg a day. thats it. i sometimes get sensations associated with the anxiety, but i recognize and acknowledge, and reassure myself that that is all going on. im looking forward to coming off the medication completely soon. my next goal is to cut down to .5mg a day.
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