Panic Disorder Questions (Page 56)

Who takes Ativan everyday, multiple times?

Just wondering how many people here take Ativan everyday, and not just when needed. For almost past year I have been taken multiple doses daily. 2 mgs per dose, between 2-3 doses a day, so between 4-6 mgs per day, everyday. Going thru horrible breakup and my life has fallen apart. I have always... read more

Anxiety and depression. Please help?

So I have been taking Prozac for 2 weeks 4 days alongside of taking Ativan .5 mg to deal with any side effects from the Prozac. First week 10mg second 20mg now. My anxiety causes me to be very depressed and for the past 2 months it’s been out of control I don’t feel like myself and just want it to s... read more

Citalopram to mirtazapine to escitalopram?

I was on citalopram from 2017 - April 2024 for GAD. I had to up it in 2020 briefly but was mostly on 20mgs. In April 2024, I had the worst flare up of severe anxiety/panic i have ever known and my doctor basically said she thinks citalopram just isn’t working for me anymore and did a direct s... read more

Can you take fluoxetine with sparkling water?

This might be a dumb question but I take fluoxetine obviously for anxiety and this question popped up in my head?

Clonazepam - I am tapering diazepam after switching from clonazepam 1mg which I was on for 2 years

It has taken me almost 2 years to get down to 3 mg of diazepam, and after 5 months at that dose I still was often waking up with anxiety, so my psychiatrist advised going back up to 4 mg. I wonder about trying ashwagandha or hydroxyzine to help enough to be able to cut again. Any advice? I don’t h... read more

Sertraline 6.25mg help please desperate?

I’m looking for help, I have been on sertraline in the past and it has helped greatly for anxiety and panic attacks, I tried to go on it again 2 weeks ago but was in a bad place to start with. I took first dose 50mg 2nd dose 24mg 3rd dose 12.5 4th dose 25mg and the side effects were so bad I never h... read more

Anxiety - I have add anxiety/ panic attacks for over 25 years. It will come and go. I can get thru?

... the panic attack by doing my breathing, self talk, and I have a few other coping mechanisms I use. I would say for the last 9 months, I am getting a lot of anxiety in the car and some times I will have panic attacks. Sometimes as a passenger when it happens, I want to get out, but obviously... read more

If Xanax isn't... working what will?

Alprazolam does not work as well anymore on Panic Attacks and extreme anxiety!?

But it doesn't seem to work that good anymore. I think I built a tolerance to them as I have done with other medication. I do go someday's without taking them at all. So I am sure I am not addicted. I just when for extreme anxiety or panic attacks as needed. My Psychiatrist does not seem to want to... read more

How long does viagra cause your nose to stop up?

I have a phobia about not getting enough air I use nasal spray to keep my nose open at all times if it closes up I go into a panic for air I think its crazy to but when i was a baby my 2 older sisters use to put a pillow over my face and at the last second they would let me have some air they told... read more

Why do I have a panic attack from laughing?

I have been dealing with panic attacks for over 15 years. They seemed to have gotten much worse over the years. I cant laugh to hard with out having a panic attack, certain things I watch on tv make me have a panic attack. Why? What can I do to stop them if anything?

How do you stop the dizziness caused by Levetiracetam (Keppra)?

I am 59 and after 4 years on this medication I have begun to experience dizzy spells, I have had a break though seizure although not full blown and panic attacks are beginning. I care for my ill mother so I cannot be dizzy, has anyone found a way of getting around this? I have changed around... read more

Klonopin Wafer - Why isn't it allowed to split a .125 mg wafer in half?

I'm tapering off of klonopin and I want .0625 mg cuts. Splitting a .125 mg wafer in half would give me this cut... but everywhere I look says not to cut (or split) the wafer. WHY? Benzo-brain.

Is nitrazepam alot stronger than clonazepam?

Is clonazepam much lower in effects than Nitrazepam

How long to get propranolol out of system I have been taking it for 2 years I am 72?

i started taking it for panic attacks .i have weened off them reckemended by my doctor i have stopped taking them 2 weeks ago ,but i feel dizzy and unsteady on my feet