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Posted: **Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:27 am**

Barb,
I was on Ativan for maybe 2 and a half months but that is 2 months too long...Doctor tried to taper me and didn't do it right and added Celexa...the Celexa made me really sick so I tossed it...In desperation I found a site that is helping me...
<A HREF="http://www.pointofreturn.com" TARGET=_blank>www.pointofreturn.com</A>
They can help you taper safely, have products to help you replenish the things the drugs have leached from your system and hook you up with a compounding pharmacy to taper slowly...
Best to you,
Karin

Originally posted by Barb G.:
How many meds are you on? I would love to get off mine but really wonder if it's possible. If you're only on one I think it would be easier than a bunch. I'm on Lamictal twice a day for Bi-Polar and Cenestin (menopause) and Ativan (anxiety) as needed. I did go off the lamictal once and it was not good. I've tried going off my menopause one. It's OK for a while, probably till it's totally out of my system then I have other problems that once again I have to go on. There are many on her who have gone off. It all depends on your situation. It's good to taper off slowly and definitely let your Dr.monitor you. As far as family and friends let it be someone monitoring you who would be a support not a hindrance.

Posted: **Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:36 am**

For me anxiety came from really big life changes I wasn't ready for...At 57 I had lived with my parents my whole life...never married...For many years I took care of both parents and then just my mom..she passed in July leaving me in a totally different world...
I don't think it is genetic,,,but circumstantial and how you deal with it...This program is good but I needed more...I purchased a CD on fighting anxiety at <A HREF="http://www.thinkrightnow.com" TARGET=_blank>www.thinkrightnow.com</A> that "reprograms" your head...You have to listen to it alot and read and write the affirmations but I believe it is starting to take hold after about a week...it will take longer to make big changes...

As far as people telling you to stay on,,I get that all the time but you must break free of the meds...they screw up your body, take away your creativity and basically make you a zombie, in my opinion...The pharmeceutical companies don't care if they are safe either or the doctors either...they all want to make money on your addiction..Did you know that only 7% of the doctors are not being "bribed" by the pharmaceutical companies?...Anyhow...I got help tapering (I'm still tapering from Ativan slowly) from <A HREF="http://www.pointofreturn.com" TARGET=_blank>www.pointofreturn.com</A>
They are wonderful and we even hook you up with a compounding pharmacy to get you tapering correctly...
You must get off the meds and tell as few people as you can..
They may mean well but they are just showing their stupidity..,.Anyone in the know is aware just how bad meds are...
Best to you,,YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Karin

Originally posted by Shal416:
Hi everyone,

A little history: I've been a sufferer of anxiety for almost all my life and have been treated for it with drugs for the past 12.

About a year and a half go I tried to wean myself off the drugs and I fell back into an anxious state. I was seeing a great doctor at the time who helped me address a lot of issues that had been pent up inside of me over the years, and that helped considerably.

I've found myself back into an anxious state after going off my meds cold turkey (not a smart idea), and I've been put back on a new med which I'm currently on a low dose on. I still have anxiety--but nothing overpowering.

My question: I get a lot of pressure from my family, my doctor, and my friends to stay on medication and not to try to 'beat this thing on my own'. My doctor says that some people are just biochemically different and will have to be on drugs for the rest of their lives, and I just need to accept it.

But a huge part of me wants to stop relying on medications and work on the tactics introduced by this program. I know it's a slow process, but I find myself getting discouraged often and thinking about what my doctor says whenever I feel anxious again. It's hard to trust in the program all by myself when the feedback I'm getting from everyone around me is for me to take the medications.

Anyone have any advice on how to get through this despite all the pressures to just medicate? I'm at a point where I want to experience some anxiety so I no longer run from it, but I'm wondering if I'm genetically designed in a way where I'm prone to being anxious all the time and I'm just unnecessarily making things harder for myself.

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How do you deal with pressure from others to stay on meds?