what medicines are you on for anxiety and or depression?

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Do they work? Experience? Anything natural?

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I'm not taking anything. I'm currently seeing a psychologist, and we are doing CBT.

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I have citalopram, it doesn't work the best for me but it's different for everyone. I've wanted to try something natural but I don't know what natural medicines there are 🤔

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Girl I'm on like 4 different meds for it you just have to find what works for you

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I've had to take a variety of medications/combos over the last 5 years but was diagnosed with mental illnesses (anxiety, ADHD, depression, OCD tendencies, and possible bipolar) in January last year. Before I was officially diagnosed, my old primary doctor on the military base here (not trained in psych and was a nurse) prescribed citalopram, which made my anxiety so much worse. I was a freshman in college at the time and my psychology professor immediately saw something was wrong and told me to stop taking it.

After that we tried to work on my ADHD and I was put on adderall, which helped with motivation and concentration but once again, my anxiety became unbearable. After a few months of that, my new doctor on base told me it was chilling to know I was on a stimulant while my heart rate was over 140 at my appointment, took me off, and told me I needed to see a psychiatrist because the doctors on base are not trained in mental health and had very little idea how to handle me.

I am currently taking Zoloft and this is my second day after being kinda scared to take it because of how many things I've already tried and I'm just exhausted with everything at this point. I know antideps can take a few weeks to kick in but these last two days, I've woken up after taking it with almost no anxiety or any kind of upset, anxious feeling. It makes me fall asleep, which could be difficult for anyone that actually has to get up in the morning, and I've been waking up with a pretty bad headache and nauseous.

I'll try to stick with it and update my response in the next few weeks. My psychiatrist said that more than likely, I'll need a combo of meds to get me back to fully functional, so hopefully this brings me closer to the finish line! Good luck to you and anyone else going through the medication merry-go-round lol

what medicines are you on for anxiety and or depression?

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