Treating Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD #2)
15 June 2010
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Ten million Americans suffer from GAD. Luckily, there is help for this widespread condition.Watch More Health Videos at Health Guru: www.healthguru.com
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@pollymatication zoloft kicks ass
are there any good drugs to ease the the symptoms related to realising how shit life is?
@CanadaUpcastXSLT Have any of you tried CBT? I’m in it, but still my anxiety is pretty bad. What medication’s worked for you guys with anxiety?
@CanadaUpcastXSLT What works for you? I tried alot of medications, but mainly antipsychotics. I’ve only been, and still currently on one antidepressant since treatment. i also took klonopin but that didn’t help me. My psychiatrist said if my prozac doesn’t work by next month, they’ll probably change my medication
This really sucks. I’ve had general anxiety for years, but in 2008, it exploded, and I was diagnosed with OCD, GAD, depression, and ASD
zanax is the best!!!
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I don’t know about medication.. I used to suffer from GAD, but I never wanted to let my ‘mood’ depend on a pill. I think meds are a weak way out.. Tame your thoughts, rationalize your thoughts and take back control over yourself, your mind. It sure as hell worked for me, I took back control.
Do all that, don’t do ‘drugs’
But that’s just my opinion.
I’m have bipolar, it’s just that GAD is part of the mania.
CBT is great… it really can do a lot. Just be committed to it, committed to getting well. It’s not always easy, and it takes time. If you decide to try it, be good to yourself and give it time. It takes effort, but it can definitely be worth it.
I wish you the best.
I’d really like to try CBT. Thanks for sharing.
Benzodiazepines will seems like a godsend in the shortrun, but ultimately a curse far worse than the disease in the long.
Take a neuroscience course. Anxiety disorders are biochemical in nature. Yes, in some cases, therapy and reducing stress can fix the underlying biochemical problem (too little seratonin most likely), however in many cases medication needs to be added to either jump start treatment or treat “residual” symptoms. In addition, some people are so predisposed to anxiety disorders that relatively minor stressors can cause anxiety disorders.
yeah. before I was taking meds I was so emotionally numb and disconnected (a common symptoms of depression). Antidepressants actually reverse this. Also SSRIs make me feel even more sedated and make my depression worse.
I did a great deal of research.
The people I was addressing were the ones that felt medication is bad, regardless of the circumstances, and claiming that anxiety disorders are simply a fairy tale.
I do engage in CBT. It has been very effective, but it is not enough for the anxiety.
Tthere is one fact that I did leave out. I also have PTSD; it is severe and chronic. It will probably never go away, but through CBT I have a tight rein on it.
@iamblackthorne Or perhaps you just haven’t done a lot of research. CBT has effectively helped a lot of people with GAD, and they have long term remission, actually around 50%, a great statistic, which is why many people say not to so casually push drugs. Of course if this doesn’t work this SSRIs and SNRIs may be used as a first line with the help of Busparine or Benzos. Because of the high likely hood of Gad to be co-morbid (90%) it’s very hard to treat, and diagnosis.
I have enough disorders in my life I’ve just realized I’ve had this and haven’t been medicated for it I’ve not taken meds for bipolar since I keep having weird reactions like I feel sick when I take any pills =/
I have GAD and I have been on 0.5mg of klonopin daily for 3 months and my life improved. I still cant believed how much I suffered before I started my medication, Im just happy I found the right one that words best for me. I tried everything besides medication for years but klonopin is the 1st thing that ever made the GAD disapear like POOF! Unbelieveable. I hope I can get off of it someday and live without meds, that is my goal but for now Im enjoying the life that I thought was forever tainted
Any of you who say this is wrong, that I should be still living in my freaking pajamas & stuck within the four walls of my home… I say to you… DROP DEAD.
You know NOTHING.
Some made the symptoms worse. Then, after trying & trying, I found one that let me feel “normal” feelings & be able to LIVE. Guess what? I can go to the grocery store now. I can get up in the morning & look forward to the day. This stuff does not make me druggy… it does not stop sadness when something goes wrong, it does not keep me from being angry when insulted, it does not keep me from feeling “regular” emotions.
It was a constant battle to fight the anxiety that had me vomiting, getting diarrhea, severe headaches & chest pains every time I had to go to the grocery store or answer the door. You know, the stuff you “normal” people get to do every day without thinking about it. I didn’t want to take medicine. But when it got to the point that I was contemplating suicide (& I had never, ever been suicidal until that time) I finally broke down & got medicine. Some of the drugs I had to try made me numb..
I think the people who are spouting about the ineffectiveness of drugs don’t know anything. I don’t like the pharmaceutical companies… I think they are money-grubbing pigs. I don’t like doctors who order medicine for every little thing. I avoided medication for years… I went through advanced depth therapy for years. I tried various methods to get it under control. I changed my life so that there was less stress. With my best efforts, it did get better. But, it was not good enough.
anxiety doesnt have to have an underlying cause, anxiety can be part of one’s personality genetically. why do you think some are more outgoing than others? drugs dont cure anything, but they do a damn good job at masking it
My dr. prescribed me zoloft for my anxiety but when I read the side effects and heard from my aunt she gain alot of weight with that I decided never to take it.
Drugs do absolutely nothing to correct the root CAUSE of anxiety and depression..they merely mask the symptoms and cause people to become dependent on them. If you are depressed, or have anxiety, you need to FIGURE OUT WHY, and work those problems out. There are always psychological reasons for the manifestation of symptoms.
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