please help - depressed & anxiety

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Registered: 03-09-2004
please help - depressed & anxiety
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Mon, 12-20-2004 - 11:37am
please advise, haven't been on the board in awhile cause i just had a baby now 3 months old, i am having anxiety attacks (where i almost passed out w/my baby in my arms) my son is always sick, now the baby is sick and i feel like i am turning into a freak cause i don't want my baby to get worse - my fear. i have been on anti- depress. before but i am worried about gaining weight (celexa i didn't) but also.. what is the point of going on them if it will keep coming back???? i was taking it for a year then stopped to get prego. i am scared to go through the 2 weeks of hell like i did last time (before the meds kicked in - i felt horrible!), only now doing it while taking care of a newborn and 4 yr old. please advise!!!! then i feel guilty that i need meds, what is wrong that i can't cope like other people can??? please advise!!!
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Registered: 04-07-2003
Mon, 12-20-2004 - 12:24pm

((((((((((((((((((((((((((((Sweetie)))))))))))))))))))))))))


I understand about the panic attacks and so forth.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-09-2004
Tue, 12-21-2004 - 12:11pm
thanks for your advice, i know you are so right but yet i still have a hard time with it, i feel as if i will need meds for the rest of my life....and don't they stop working after taking them for so long???? i don't have a lot of friends /family who understand so thanks a lot for your response. i am just scared of having to be on it for forever and that if i switch to another brand i will gain weight, or i have also heard of the horrible effects of coming off ones like effexor & paxil??? any thoughts?? when you go off meds - do the symptoms always come back? i got off mine last oct 2003, got pregnant, had anxiety even then, and it's back again!!! which of course makes me depressed...sorry for babbling... i need a understanding ear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks!!!!!!!!!!
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Registered: 12-23-2004
Thu, 12-23-2004 - 5:26pm
Hi! You have your hands full,just life itself and it can be overwhilming to any body I also get this feeling alto I take zolift and it helps you may need to get on some meds.And dont for a min. feel gulity for needing help we all need help sometimes thank God there is help for us. Good Luck, Bony