Share your feelings on medication for...

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Registered: 03-11-2004
Share your feelings on medication for...
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Tue, 08-30-2005 - 8:29am

Share your feelings on medication for anxiety



  • I will not take medication because I don't need/don't want to
  • I have taken medication and it has helped but I am no longer taking it
  • I am currently taking medication and it is helping and I am unsure of how long
  • I am taking medication but hope to one day be off, by learning coping techniques
  • I am on medication, and am aware I will be on medication for the rest of my life
  • I take natural or holistic medication to help me
  • I have tried medication but it doesn't seem to help
  • I am afraid to take medication
  • Other. Please feel free to share


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Registered: 01-17-2001
Tue, 08-30-2005 - 9:49am
my vote was for
  • I am on medication, and am aware I will be on medication for the rest of my life

  • I have a VERY STRONG family history of anxiety/panic/depression on both sides. My therapist is amazed that it took this long for me to actually get the symptoms of anxiety. Funny, before it hit me had NO IDEA of the severity or extent of it in my family.


    My pcod has said that he thinks I will probably be on meds forever, maybe a smaller dose.


    I was upset about that in the beginning but I am a Christian and I believe that God leads the Dr's to make these meds and such, so the meds are his way of helping me.


    As long as the particular med I am on is deemed safe for the long haul then I am ok with staying on it.


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    Registered: 05-20-2004
    Tue, 08-30-2005 - 11:15am

    I put other because I am currently on meds that are helping but not quite enough. I will be seeing a pdoc in a couple of weeks and hope that I can get on the right combination of medications. I think I will be on some kind of meds for the rest of my life. I hope I can find the right ones soon.

    Alison

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    Registered: 03-11-2004
    Wed, 08-31-2005 - 2:33pm
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    Registered: 05-12-2003
    Wed, 08-31-2005 - 10:16pm

    I voted that i was taking medication and it helped but i no longer take it. It helped me when I was too scared to leave the house, but the moment that the panic attack symptoms started going away i quit taking the medication because i wanted to do it naturally. after all i've dealt with panic attacks and anxiety my entire life practically without medication and I knew I could do it again. However, if i ever felt out of control like I did again I would have no qualms with going back to medication.


    Mia

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    Registered: 06-02-2003
    Thu, 09-01-2005 - 9:46am
    I put that I take meds and will for the rest of my life, also that I am afraid of meds. Just like now the Dr. has me on 3 antibiotics and I could

     

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    Registered: 03-11-2004
    Fri, 09-02-2005 - 5:06pm
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    Registered: 06-28-2005
    Fri, 09-02-2005 - 11:34pm

    I didn't vote because there wasn't a category for me LOL I'm getting off my Paxil this month. I am going to try holistic means. They suit my lifestyle and beliefs better.

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    Registered: 03-11-2004
    Tue, 09-06-2005 - 1:07pm
    The *powers that be* are promoting our poll to other areas of the Health & Well Being channel. We love to get the press &