Anxiety

[BassetMom]

I was taking Prozac then Paxil for years. I started taking 60 mg. Cymbalta daily and 50 mg. Seroquel at bedtime. I have been on this for 2 and 1/2 weeks. I take .5 Klonopin at bedtime for sleep. How long does this take to have full effect? I do not have anxiety attacks, but feel it below the surface and am sad.

[designguy]

Meds helped reduce my anxiety but did not eliminate it, That took learning what anxiety really is and how to constructively deal with it and I found the DARE anxiety book and youtube videos helpful for it. It also took examining my childhood and background and realizing that I was still repressing a lot of emotions, anger and rage that was contributing to my anxiety and working in therapy to process and heal it. It's also good to make sure your hormones, thyroid and adrenals are functioning properly, if not, they can cause or contribute to your anxiety.