Ssris to deal with a severe bout of anxiety and depression before moving away from home. Pls help.

[Blindmagg]

My fiancé and I are moving to Phoenix, Arizona in January and we live in Alabama with my family now. In September, I was hit with severe anxiety attacks out of the blue. (I had a really stressful job at the time so I thought that may have been the cause.) Well after I had those horrible anxiety attacks all day, the following weeks were horrible and traumatic. I layed in bed feeling intense fear. It was the scariest thing to ever happen to me. Skip forward to today and I still have really bad anxiety and it’s turned into depression as well. I sought help from a GP and he put me on Lexapro and that was a nightmare I don’t want to get into lol... Two weeks ago I was put on Celexa. I haven’t really had any bad side effects (aside from an upset stomach when I took it on an empty tummy). I know with these medications things will get worse before they get better. Anyway I’m just super nervous about not getting better before I move. This anxiety has been the hardest thing I’ve ever dealt with and it has been very debilitating.. I get awful thoughts from my anxiety about going crazy and it freaks me out. I was a very bubbly happy person before all this happened. Will things get better with the medication? Thank you for your answers

[car103]

Good luck on your move. Meds are designed to quiet symptoms. They won't solve the underlying root of your problem. There are lots of therapy types out there. Might want to investigate. It may also be helpful to start looking into what care is available in your new location. Hang in there.

[Blindmagg in reply to car103]

Thank you very much for your reply! I’ve always delt with anxiety but it just became crippling during this stressful time. Which I know is quite common with Gad. I’m still holding out hope that this medicine will help treat the underlying anxiety. I’ve read plenty of success stories about Celexa but I guess when your in the situation you almost feel like it will never end. But I just have to keep reminding myself that this is just temporary but it’s so difficult.