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Today i finely went to see a doctor. I felt to nervous in the beginning but then i been telling my self over and over "do i want to get better with the help" "or keep suffering like i been". Everything went well, i brought my Ipod with me so when i sat in the waiting room i was just listening to music and singing in my head ignoreing everything else around me. I got thru it way better then i expected. The appointment was only suppose to be a thyroid check but then the doctor asked me why would i think i have thyroid and i explained everything to her, starting with how long i been dealing my anxiety and depression to what my symtoms are. But the thing i didnt like is she already started perscribing me medications. I know im agoraphobic and i hella fear in traveling in a car to far places so i bet i do need something to calm my symtoms down but she was already writting out my perscription. She perscribed me Prozac and Xanax. I still totally fear medications though. I ended up getting generic's cuz of my insurance... I got a dosage of .25 of the gerneric Xanax and 10mg of the generic of Prozac...

Do anyone take these Generics
Prozac-----Fluoxetine
Xanax-------Alproazolam


If so tell me about your experience?

I dunno if i want to take medications. I know i have been suffering for a year already and i am seriously missing my life but i dunno im affraid of side effects and what my reaction would be.


well thanxs for your time

Shelly,
I am so proud of you for making the trip to the doctor, you should be proud too. I have taken the generic for xanax, and had no side effects, and I do feel it helped me stay calmer and sleep better. I too do not like taking meds, but I didn't have any trouble with this generic of xanax, I really don't think it will bother you. It just helped keep me calmer when I was having a really difficult time. I didn't take them real often, but as needed. Do what you feel is best, but I thought this might help you. I'm sorry I have never taken any of the generic for Prozac. I wouldn't worry about her prescribing so soon, both of these meds are commonly prescribe for anxiety, so don't worry about that ok. Hang in there, better days are ahead. Keep working the program.
Your Friend
Angla

thanxs Angla, i bet i would probably not have a problem with xanax but the Prozac... i dunno. she wants me to take it once a day and maybe for a year if i dont feel any better. I am still fearing side effects.

You already have unpleasant side effects from anxiety. I guess you have to decide which side effects you fear the most.

Congrats on going to the doctor!

hi Shelly,
i suggest that you should avoid taking xanax is not a good drug it calms you down for like an hour and you get a withdrawal symptoms like heart raising the reason i know is because my psychatrist told me that and how he doesnt prescribe that med to any of his patients i took valum and even the urgent care Doctor told me that valum was not a good drug to take.

My psychiatrist prescribed me Ativan which i never took cuz im terrified of meds so i got put on Lexapro also so i just took Lexapro and their is no generic brand for lexapro so thats good the side effects for lexapro for me were horrible burning sensations on my chest and neck but i managed to get threw because my anxiety symptoms were so chronic i had to get threw the side effects but now ive been on it for 2 months and doing much much better so try to avoid taking xanax if you dont really need it the Ativan meds are still sitting on my drawer.

If your anxiety symptoms are not that chronic you should go to health food store and buy vitamins like b-complex it helps you alot i take it. so if i can do it you can to every bodys are different. so good luck !!

Shelly,

I'm proud of you!! I have never taken prozac, but I have taken zoloft and paxil. Very short period of time. The first time I went through the program is when I took them. I took zanax then as well, and am taking it now. I was anxious of what the meds would do to me! I was so bad that I tried them.

I decided the first time that I would stop taking the long term meds after a short period of time, just the zanax as needed as I worked the program. I took it less and less until it just sat in my purse as a crutch...and then I didn't even need that.

There have been some negative posts about it. Frankly, I am hypersensitive, and hate meds (I am the person who won't even take the full recommended adult dose of tylenol)...but it is a blessing, at least for a little while until you get a grip. This will not help with depression. (unless you are only depressed because you can't do anything because of the anxiety.) I have no side effects from it at all. I take anywhere from .25 mil to 1mil over the course of the day depending on how bad my anxiety is. .25 is such a low dose, depending on how extreme your anxiety is, it may not even phase you. When I am extremely anxious, I take more at a time. I have learned what will take the edge off. Unless you take more than you need you will not feel out of it, or loopy or sleepy....you will just feel calm and be able to function just fine. I recommend it if you are extremely anxious. (Not as a long term fix of course.) If you are worried that .25 is too much (I can almost gaurantee you that it isn't) then cut it in half or 4ths and take a little, wait 30 or 45 minutes and take a little more.

I take the generic also. As far as the withdrawals, everyone is different, but if you have never taken it, it is hard to say what it will do. I have taken it and the only time I have experienced any withdrawal symptoms was my first bout with the anxiety when it was really extreme and I was taking .25 to .5 every four to six hours for weeks on end. Obviously if you are taking a lot of a sedative, for a prolonged period of time, and you just stop, you are going to feel anxious. If you taper off, or only take the lowest amount you need as needed, you really don't experience this. Or at least, I haven't.

Be blessed and let me know how you do!