medication for anxiety

Is anyone on any medication to help manage anxiety .

Before my diagnosis i was prescribed citalopram for anxiety  and my doctor took me of it nearing my assessment period .

After the diagnosis i have had CBT to help manage my anxiety ,

Which worked for a while but i see i am starting to see my reaction to certain situations and people are getting back to how it was before being on medication.

I have read a lot of peer reviewed research on this subject and it seems the community seems to be split that ssri's are no better than a placebo ,

Has anyone tried the CBDV oil for anxiety as research has been conducted on this and seems promising .

I know full blown THC/CBD is not good for me as i am a danger to myself after taking it as i seem invincible, then after it has worn off it seems like i am in an even worse place before taking it .

I did prefer the citalopram but wondered is anyone else being prescribed anything different which helps .

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  • Personally, I have found all common prescription anti-depressant medications ineffective.  And, I've tried them all. Truth be told, I'm convinced they're little more than placebos.

    The only medication that has ever worked for me is Promazine, which I've used for the past six years. I take it as and when required, it's non-addictive, fast acting, and has relatively few side-effects. You probably won't have heard of it. GP's very rarely prescribe it because it is classed as an 'anti-psychotic' specialist medicine.  At one time, it was mainly prescribed to older people who were experiencing age-related restlessness and anxiety. The only patients who normally get to take it nowadays are those with bipolar disorder because they have negative reactions to bog-standard anti-depressants. I was lucky to see a psychiatrist who prescribed it to me (even though I am not bipolar). Sadly, most patients with anxiety are only offered the same cheap anti-depressants, regardless of their limited efficacy.

  • Most antidepressants seem to just fog the mind until it malfunctions so much you can't be depressed - you can't be anything.     Functional zombie seems to be the desired result.

  • That's exactly my experience with Citalopram and particularly Mirtazapine, which I returned to the chemist, explaining that I didn't want to contaminate the sewers with it.  

    The resulting emotional numbness reminds me of the "pod people" in the sci-fi classic INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, the original version of which was made in the mid-1950s, around the time of the first antidepressants.  Despite the title, it's arguably more about mind-snatching and I now always view the film as an allegory of the encroaching use of antidepressants.

  • Thanks, aidie - I was quite active on the old NAS forum, with the same username, about four years ago but the design of this one is less user-friendly for me and for a long time I couldn't find a way to log in at all!

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  • Thanks, aidie - I was quite active on the old NAS forum, with the same username, about four years ago but the design of this one is less user-friendly for me and for a long time I couldn't find a way to log in at all!

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