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Posted by GLYN on November 30, 2000, at 21:49:54
I have been on Celexa for anxiety for 3 months nad the effect on my anxiety has been minimal. However, looking back over the last few months I can see how it has changed my attitude. Shortly after starting them I decided I would like to start my own web business which has taken off and now earns me a small fortune (5 times my previous salary). Maybe its not the drugs who know - all I know is that in the past I would NEVER have had the inclimation or confidence to do this and usually would have stopped at the first hurdle whereas now I am positive and forward looking. Anybody else noticed any other positive side effects affecting attitude?
However, the anxiety is still bad. After begging my deoctor for weeks he gave me a weeks supply of Diazepam (only 2mg) and I was able to feel normal and lead a normal life for a week but alas he wont give me more because they are addictive - however, I am starting to wonder if being addicted to a medicine is prefeable to eaking out this anxious existence. I'd like your opinions on this - especially if you face the same dillema or use diazepam.
As you can see, I am having a crisis over this issue at the moment and I want advice - even if its mainly negative.
Thanks,
Posted by felix on December 1, 2000, at 1:06:53
In reply to Celexa Made Me Rich !!!, posted by GLYN on November 30, 2000, at 21:49:54
I am starting to wonder if being addicted to a medicine is prefeable to eaking out this anxious existence. >
I face it constantly, for now the alive feeling of anxiety is still refreshing. Eight years of Benzos crushes the real human.
I still need the crutch. I am trying an experiment. (I don't trust myself) I am giving them to a friend, or my mother (a Psychiatric nurse). They live nearby, and will know if and when I need them.
One thing I did when I had free access to valium or even the promise of it in short doses was that I rushed to reinvolve myself. It is very easy to overextend your real capabilities to financial, buisness, emotional or whatever commitments you may not really be up to when straight. Being richer in pocket will be less freedom if its slave to being in a tranquilized state to produce the goods. I had a long extreme drawn out addiction. I tranquilized myself to be in a so called richer state. I had no feeling for any of it in the end. I gave up the nice cars, my house and my job to be free from the drugged state I needed to be in to maintain it.
> Also, does anyone know if and where I can buy it online using a credit card (or perhaps sell me some of yours - I never said that!)
>I know how you feel. It's really better you have access through online pharmacies than propose off street deals.
Here a few book marks for online pharmacies that sell it by credit card. You still need a prescription.www.bhpharmacy.com/
www.cyber-chemist.com/
www.jollysonline.com/jollys_company.htm
www.web-six.com/foreign-pharmacy/> As you can see, I am having a crisis over this issue at the moment and I want advice - even if its mainly negative.
>
I try to keep rules to keep free from addiction ideas. I feel One double dose, for a real state is better than three single smaller anxious times. And a weeks wait before another. I try to Structure plans around ideas like that.
Lorazepam (Ativan) throws itself out the system quicker when in a state too.
Posted by jojo on December 2, 2000, at 22:21:02
In reply to Celexa Made Me Rich !!!, posted by GLYN on November 30, 2000, at 21:49:54
> I have been on Celexa for anxiety for 3 months nad the effect on my anxiety has been minimal. However, looking back over the last few months I can see how it has changed my attitude. Shortly after starting them I decided I would like to start my own web business which has taken off and now earns me a small fortune (5 times my previous salary). Maybe its not the drugs who know - all I know is that in the past I would NEVER have had the inclimation or confidence to do this and usually would have stopped at the first hurdle whereas now I am positive and forward looking. Anybody else noticed any other positive side effects affecting attitude?
>
> However, the anxiety is still bad. After begging my deoctor for weeks he gave me a weeks supply of Diazepam (only 2mg) and I was able to feel normal and lead a normal life for a week but alas he wont give me more because they are addictive - however, I am starting to wonder if being addicted to a medicine is prefeable to eaking out this anxious existence. I'd like your opinions on this - especially if you face the same dillema or use diazepam.
>
> As you can see, I am having a crisis over this issue at the moment and I want advice - even if its mainly negative.
>
> Thanks,I may have had a similar experience with
BuSpar. After about a month on 60 mg per
day (also on 20 mg/day of Celexa), I consulted a patent attorney for an
idea that I had had for close to two years.
BuSpar is also an anti-anxiety agent. It
remains to be seen if I will maintain the
energy, drive, or whatever it takes to
follow through on this project, but at
least I've made the first move.
Posted by Rebekah on December 5, 2000, at 18:22:05
In reply to Re: Celexa Made Me Rich !!!, posted by jojo on December 2, 2000, at 22:21:02
Hello! I unfortunately cannot say that Celexa has made me rich, but it certainly has made my life more enjoyable. I too suffer from anxiety and panic disorder. My meds have been a real life saver. I take a combo of Celexa 20 mg qd, BuSpar 10 mg tid, and Klonopin 0.25 mg hs. Granted, I am still taking the benzos. However, I only take 0.25 mg at night and PRN during my increasingly rare panic attacks. All the benzos really do for me is help me sleep thru the night w/out waking up in a state of panic. During the day I feel that it's the BuSpar that helps with my generalized anxiety. Maybe you should ask your doctor about that. It's very mild and non-addictive. I experienced some side-effects at first, but those passed and I started to see the effects very gradually. If you try it, be sure to give it some time. It's very different from the fast-acting effects of benzos. Good Luck!
Posted by R.Anne on December 9, 2000, at 18:40:48
In reply to Celexa Made Me Rich !!!, posted by GLYN on November 30, 2000, at 21:49:54
I wonder if Celexa would make me rich? I think I'll stick to paxil and effexor and being poor.
:)
Posted by mr. man on December 11, 2000, at 2:36:25
In reply to Celexa Made Me Rich !!!, posted by GLYN on November 30, 2000, at 21:49:54
I want to start a web business.
I have no idea how that is done.
I assume you have to have something to sell.
I wish somebody would teach me how to start a web business. That would be neat!
Posted by R.Anne on December 12, 2000, at 17:44:02
In reply to Re: Celexa Made Me Rich !!!, posted by mr. man on December 11, 2000, at 2:36:25
> I want to start a web business.
> I have no idea how that is done.
> I assume you have to have something to sell.
> I wish somebody would teach me how to start a web business. That would be neat!****
There is plenty of info. on this on the internet and a search will turn up plenty. There is a book called Creating Web Pages For Dummies (no offense intended-it's the real name)by smith and bebak and another called
Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a HTML Web Page by McFedries. I'm sure you will even get more information if you start this topic in Psycho-socialbabble.
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