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[constantmover]

I'm having a lot of problems with posting lately so I hope you get this.  It will make the second time I have posted to you today and I just noticed that it didn't go through.  With luck, this one will.

I read through all the responses to the original post and now that I see you are having such great difficulty with this meds and have decided to go off, I wonder if you might consider talking with your psychiatrist about an alternative medication.  Under normal circumstances I wouldn't recommend a particular medication but just list the many ADs etc that are available that have been known to help anxiety disorder.  You said that your doctor is set on SSRIs but if you are having difficulty with them or have had in the past, one would think she would be more open to alternatives.  Because there isn't that much time left before going back to school, there is one medication that, maybe, your doctor would consider as an alternative to an SSRI.  Remeron is know to help with sleep and anxiety.  It is a tetricyclic.  There are many other options I could mention, but my guess is that she would be more comfortable prescribing this one to some of the others that I might mention.  Generally, there is very little problem with adjusting to this medication, but I do have to caution you that no matter what medication you decide on, there always can be side effects and because there is no exact science regarding anxiety, it really can be a shot in the dark as to what will or will not work.  I took Remeron for six years and it was a definite help for that time in my life. 

Also, something to remember, if you do run into problems with anxiety or depression, on most campuses there are psychiatric services that you could definitely tap into.  That being the case, even if you don't feel your mental health is quite up to what you wanted before starting school, it shouldn't put you off going back as right on campus you can get help if you need it.  Believe me, there are many students who are on medication for various reasons and many are for depression and/or anxiety.  When my daughter was at university, she felt she was one of only a few who wasn't on medication.  The psychiatrists on campus are really used to handling cases like yours and they may even be more open to alternative medications depending on what school you go to.  Please don't let this setback discourage you from going back to school.   

[Daisy131]

I just want to say that i have been on both anti-psychotics (or neuroleptics as my pdoc likes to call them) and anti-seizure medications for anxiety. the anti-seizure meds made me more anxious and a little bit manic, but the neuroleptics nipped my OCD in the bud. so i would say if it's severe enough, you have to find what works for YOU, no matter what class it's in. everyone has a favorite and a fear, but we're not all built the same way. i have found abilify to be wonderful for me, for both my cyclothymia and OCD.