Has any one gone med free???? I'm in the middle of taking myself off sertraline I really want to be med free .

[Bmwreg]

I've suffered for years the last 3 yrs I've been on sertraline, citalapram then back to sertraline I'm so fed up with side effects from meds I want to come off them. Just wonder if any one is med free and if there's any thing else you use to cope.

[Bmwreg]

Thank you for your reply jo like you I'm very sensitive as I have fibromyalgia too. Xx

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Hi Bmwreg

I have never took meds for my anxiety , I do have a meds fear , the most I have took is an odd valium when things feel really bad , I to suffer with Fibro , which I think anxiety does make it worse

So yes some of us can seem to deal with anxiety & be meds free

How ever , I would have asked my GP the best way to taper of these meds as depending how long you have been taken them , it is safer to come of with the GP'S advice , so i hope you manage ok , let us no how you go on

Love

whywhy

xxx

[Bmwreg]

Thank you I will do I changed from citalapram to sertraline 4 weeks ago so only on 50 mg I started doing one every other day for a week now I've stopped them the last 4 days must admit I am feeling abit dizzy and my tongue keeps getting tingling and numbe but I will just carry on cold turkey now.

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Good luck and let us no how you go on

xxx

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Hi Iam managing med free, my gp and a doctor through work want me on meds but I don't. I have been given citalopram but I won't take it. Trying to cope on my own with phone therapy sessions and the help of my family. Iam getting there but I do have bad and good days but trying to win. My problem is Iam a nurse and have health anxiety I struggle to accept I have physical symptoms and that's anxiety. Iam trying to teach myself about anxiety now as at Uni it was only touched on. Here's hoping xx

[Paradox]

Hello.

I'm not using medication for my anxiety.

I was given Sertraline, and had what my doctor considers to be a severe reaction. My doctor believes I have a hyper sensitivity to serotonin. So that is out the window.

I also can't be given beta blockers because of my asthma. So its lead to me going it alone.

I was given a few diazepam last time I went, to be used in emergency situations.

I found counseling really helped me, it allowed me to look at my problems and anxiety in a different perspective.

After I had finished counseling, I started looking deeper at my symptoms. Finding what was the most troubling and upsetting symptoms, and looking how I could help that to get better. That gave me more confidence.

I guess fighting against my mind helped too. Like if I felt anxious about going out and do something, I still go and do it, to show the anxiety that I am boss and it does not control me.

I know some people like to use exercise as anxiety management, as well as support groups and self learning about CBT and their conditions to give them back some control.

Really, its about trying what you feel is best for you and seeing how it goes.

xx