I have been moving up in mgs on celexa for 5 months now. I'm 25 yrs old with a little boy who was born 3 months early. He is 9 months old now but my anxiety hasn't changed one bit. My mother is prescribed xanex and she told me to try it. She takes 1mg but I only take .25 in the am and again at night. I have been taking it for only 3 days and I feel so much more calm and I feel like the person I want to be. Cognitive therapy helps but only when u are calm enough for it to work. How do I ask my dr for xanex without her thinking I'm a seeker??
I am taking 40mgs of celexa, how do I ask my dr to switch to or add xanex?
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- 5 Jul 2011 by newmom2010
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- 25 Jun 2014
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- celexa, xanax, depression, anxiety, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, anxiety and stress
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Anonymous
5 Jul 2011
newmom, if you have a good relationship with your doc and have been seeing him for awhile, just tell him how you feel and ask him what he thinks about you starting a very low dose of xanax. thats the way I did my doc and he said well I have been thinking about that. So it worked out for me. I'm very honest with my doc. Good luck and let me know what happens.
momofreed
15 Jun 2013
I was taking Xanax for anxiety(for many years!) and all I can tell you is NOW they have the warning of can cause seizures on it. When I became pregnant I stopped my meds, and i had idiopathic seizures caused by the stopping of the Xanax, so now im on adavant, and all i wish is that I never would have started the Xanax in the first place!! I don't see a way off of the adavant, for I do have panic attack disorder, but in the begging the Valium was just fine then Xanax came along my Doctor switched me and you know the rest. The Valium I could and did start and stop with no complications, I would caution you before taking Xanax!! Also you will go up and down on Xanax, where as on Adavant at least it levels out and lasts longer..Good luck!
cinzach
25 Jun 2014
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I actually just switched to another dr in the same office and she is very sweet and told me to start therapy. I have trouble with that because as a psychology major I know how most shrinks operate. Its in.. out.. script... done. I have to find someone who actually talk to me and help. So I will try ur advice and see how it goes. Thank you very much. Ill let u know what happens.
Well said Vonnie. Hey, good to see you back. ha! newmom, Von is a very caring individual who enjoys helping those in need of advice.
Pledge you are to kind! we will have to invite newmom to our morning chats and coffee or tea. @ Newmom, your doc should have your history as well as you chart notes from other doc and she will be able to see you are not a drug seeker. Von
:-0) sounds like a plan Vonnie. Coffee is always part of our agenda, and tea, (I've got to pm Billy, he loves his tea, and check in on him, see how hes doing today), but its true, you do help a lot of people, always there to lend an ear. best wishes Von, time to do some outside chores. (hot as you know what)
Thank you so much for all your advice. I'm am a coffee person too so I would love to join you all for coffee in the am.. Just let me know what time and ill be around. I don't see my dr for another month.. Should I try to change my appt for sooner and talk to her about the xanex or just wait. I'm also nervous about telling her that my mother let me take her pills.. And that I actually took it.
newmom, I would try to change my appt for sooner. I don't want to tell you to lie, but I don't think I would say anything right now about taking my moms pills. If anyone out there has another answer please advise us. I would just tell her I know I needed something to go with what I'm taking and what does she think about the low dose of xanax, that you ahd been reschearching it. If I have not friended yo I will.
I'm very new to this but I think I got an email about a friend request. I don't like to lie but I agree with u.. That's probably my best bet. I'm going to call now to see when I can get it.. Thank you all again.. Very much. My future mother in law doesn't help me nor spend much time with my son and I think that is a lot of why I have such horrible anxiety. I have always had anxiety but its never been this bad.
yeah, just go to the site and click on the link and we can talk private on the site if you ever want to. I understand about the in-laws!!! I live in the south and we are called out-laws not inlaws lol. I have been married 25yrs and my mother in law has just now starting to accept me. I had to get over it, its harder when you are young. But as you get older it just doesn't matter anymore. It seens so funny what causes our stress when we are young and then what causes it when you get older. God Bless you dear, I know how you feel. I'm new to this site too. But you will find the most loving caring people here. Talk to ya soon. I'm here anytime.