Nervous about getting on new anxiety medication....

[Hateanxiety]

So in six hours I have a appointment to see my doctor and possibly starting a new anxiety medication. Needless to say I am nervous as hell, so nervous I'm unable to sleep. The part that has me so nervous is that I've tried multiple anxiety medications before, they either didn't work or the made it worse. I'm so afraid that my doctor will start me on a medicine that will make my anxiety as bad as it was when it first started,I so can not do that again. My anxiety use to be so terrible that I was constantly feeling like I was dying,my heart rate was always high,felt like I couldn't breathe,I hardly slept due to fear that I wouldn't wake up,couldn't eat anything but sup for fear that I would choke, the point is it was horrible. Yes i understand that I still struggle daily with my anxiety,like right now for the past two weeks I've been dealing with depersonalization and derealization, but I have come a long wat a with the anxiety since it started 8 months ago. Now I'm unhappy and scared of the possibility that a new medication could make the anxiety worse or like it use to be. Sorry I alway write so much but you men and women are mostly all I have besides my husband and two children (12&9). Any thoughts or tales of experience with things going good with new anxiety medications please share,I could really use some uplifting right now,thanks and love you guys.💖

[Hidden]

Hello, sorry to hear that you are feeling nervous. Why is the doctor considering changing the medication? At the end of the day, it should be your call about what medication you are on - you are the one in charge of your body. Perhaps if you can have an open and frank discussion with your doctor about your concerns and agree a medication plan with him/her that you feel comfortable with. Maybe it would help to take someone along with you to the appointment to give you some moral support and advocate on your behalf. Take care,

[Hateanxiety in reply to Hidden]

Hi Sebastian,I am currently not on any medication. They put me on prozac and buspars 5 months ago and before that I tried lime three other types of anxiety medications but none helped. I stopped the prozac and buspars because I started having horrible thoughts and y anxiety only got worse,I didn't know which one was causing it so I stopped both and a week later I had no more thoughts. I have had many people tell me that when they started one anxiety medications it made it so much worse and never got better or that it made it worse for a few weeks before it got better. I just know I went through so much hell when I first developed anxiety and pain disorder that I fear going back, especially after coming this far.

[Hidden in reply to Hateanxiety]

Hiya. You have to be happy with the medication. It's your choice. I've been taking beta blockers for anxiety for about 15 years and I'm happy with them but I've tried other medications that I've not been comfortable with and told the doctor and changed them. Please don't feel you haven't got any say in this - you have. You're the boss !!! Take care,

[Eddyt]

Hi!. I know how you feel. I suffer with anxiety all day every day. A constant sad feeling in my stomachc. I have just started a new medication called mirtazapine and it is starting to work slowly. The 15mg makes you sleep better which helps. You take it about an hour before bedtime. Talk to your Dr about it. I hope everything goes ok for you. Don't give up

[Hateanxiety in reply to Eddyt]

Thank you Eddyt,I'm not giving up yet. I have come such along wats from were I was when this all first started. I'm just so afraid the doctors will put me on something that will take me back to the beginning. I have been fighting for eight months trying to get my life back to normal and I feel so close but afraid medications will make me fall backwards. I hope you get better Eddyt,I know the struggle and god know I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. You are in my thoughts and prayers.