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Post by samantha on Jul 10, 2003 15:13:46 GMT
Hello all, I'm trying to find some help for this awful illness. I was put on beta-blockers last year to help with panic/anxiety feelings and came off them in Nov but the anxiety feeling have never really gone and the panic attacks and feelings of being scared to go anywhere on my own have returned with a vengeance recently so I've approached my doctor who is saying I should have been on anti- d's for it instead of beta-blockers so I now have to go back to her and looks like I'll be put on to anti-depressants now. My baby is 22 months now and I feel angry that I wasn't treated properly a year ago. I'm terrified of going on anti-depressants. Are they addictive? Why can't I be like I used to? I was fine after birth of first son who is now 5. This isn't me. Any replys or advice would be greatly appreciated. Why do I feel so isolated with this illness?
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DEB
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Post by DEB on Jul 12, 2003 15:57:20 GMT
hi samantha,
i had pnd last year with my little girl(now 14 months).and i was put on anti depressants,i really didnt want to take them as i was scared i would get hooked on them but after two weeks they started to work and after 3 months i was so much better like a different person,i had had nothing to do with those sorts of drugs before and was very apprehensive about taking them,im glad to say im off them now,didnt suffer any side effects when istopped taking them and they were not addictive.hope that helps you , :)chin up.
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Post by samantha on Jul 17, 2003 17:02:19 GMT
Thanks for your reply and yes it does make me feel better to hear a success story. It's just that everyones brush with this is so different and and that in itself makes you feel isolated and different. I don't know anyone close to me who has had it or admitted to it and I feel like a leper or at least a nutcase if I tell people. Thanks for that again. Sam
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