Help!! Any ideas???

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Registered: 04-06-2003
Help!! Any ideas???
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Sun, 04-17-2005 - 10:26pm

I'll make this short. Been throu 20 yrs. of therapy for Eating Disorder/ Anxiety. Throu tens of therapists, etc. Medications. Fianlly overcame my ED by being diagnosed with anxiety. Once on Klonopin (Anti-anxiety med) my ED just disappeared. Am healthy now and of good weight.

Now the problem, about a yr ago I started having thoughts of suicide. My family doc refered me to a physicitrist (sp). He wants me to get off the anti-anxiety med, but tried 3 times, but when I get down passed 3mg I start to get all nervous, shaky inside, my back gets all tied up in knots, also my neck. Couldn't stand it, he reluctantly is keeping me at the 3mg where I seem to do okay, but I am also on Prozac 20mg which is a low dose.

I feel I can't do without the anti-anxiety med, but he wants me off of it. Am I wimping out and not trying hard enough or is there really something chemically wrong in my brain?

I am in-between therapist, will see a new one this Wed. I am really getting the hate all this......up, down,up down.etc..... I just want to be normal & happy.

Is there something wrong with being on meds forever, if it makes me feel normal & happy?

Please some ideas????????????

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Sun, 04-17-2005 - 11:41pm

Hi, Julie! I hope I got your name right. It has been a long time since you've been here. WB:)


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Registered: 03-19-2003
Mon, 04-18-2005 - 12:43am
Hi tinybuns!

Blessings, Suz   Posts in this Community