Anxiety and medication?!


Question: Anxiety and medication!?
I have been dealing with anxiety for 9 years now and I'm only 18!. Sometimes my anxiety can drive e compleatly crazy, which I have a fear of!. Which most people with Anxiety tend to fear going crazy!. Understandable!. My mom suggests medication but I'm not sure!. I don't want to lose my anxiety, but sometimes it just kills me!. It's to the point that I can't get out of bed sometimes!. I also have OCD which doesn't exactly help!. I need my anxiety to function though!. My mind is constantly moving and I sometimes I can't sleep because I'm so restless but I have a routine!. I've had it for so long that I don't want to be anyone else but I might live alittle bit more if I did'nt have it!. It gets harder to deal with it being in college but I don't want my medication to change me or become more inhuman!. What should I do!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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Hi!.!. i have a lot of anxiety, too, and have all my life!. Plus i have bipolar disorder!. sometimes i feel as if i'm sitting on the edge of my chair, and at any minute, something is going to happen to force me to get up!.!. i always feel like some wants something from me, but truth is, no one expects anything!.!.!. it's just the way i am wired!.

I take !.25 mg of xanax when i'm really anxious!. I would say it's about once every week or two, It really helps, and calms the thinking process, also!.

If you are prescribed a medication for anxiety, such as xanax, it doesn't mean you have to take it all the time, just when you are overly-fearful, if that makes sense!.

a measure of anxiety and stress is normal for most, but when it becomes overwhelming, i think it's a good idea to see a doctor!. i wish you all the best!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes! You need long-term medication to help you with your anxiety, especially if you have OCD!. The kind of medication that will be used for this (antidepressants) will not change you in any way, except maybe for the better!. Your psychiatrist will prescribe what you need!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

you're my twin!. i have such bad anxiety and i AM on medication for it -- and it does help!. but its also in yourself-- whatever your worried about just relax and try to take your mind off it and think everything will be okay!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You have had anxiety for 9 years, and your mother , never did anything for you !.!.!. amazing!. You really need to be on some type of medication!. Believe it will change you, BUT for the better!! I think you feel you might lose a part of you !.!.!.you might not be as edgy, and you like that!. You will still be you, but you will be able to relax more!. I am worried about those "tics" though, that is not normal anxiety!. Get tested, might be something else going on !.!.!. I take medication, and I do meditation, and yoga, which has helped sooooo very much!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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