Good anxiety disorder medication?

There’s some good books out there that I’d definitely recommend. ‘The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook’, ‘Feeling Good’, and ‘Power over Panic’ are all really useful ones. Anxiety is the hardest and scariest thing I’ve ever been through. I think I’m going to try an antidepressant too. The other answer is right. It is in our heads. But if an antidepressant can make us feel better so we can deal with our fears more effectively, then I think it’s worth it. But I haven’t tried it yet. If you need to talk please email me. ktg_85@hotmail.com . Chances are I know how you feel.

SERIOUSLY, for Panic/Anxiety, MEDS usually just make you worse. I was on Paxil and stopped cold turkey because you need to realize that it’s a mindset, not a disease. The BEST medication that is ANTI-ANXIETY, not an Anti-Depressant like most doctors prescribe, is XANAX which I call GOD IN A PILL. It just makes the worst panic attacks go away within 15 mins.

And read this. I posted this on a forum about Panic Attacks and my experience. Hope it helps!

WE CAN STOP THIS. IT’S ALL IN OUR HEADS. I’m LIVING PROOF.

Though I am 98% better than I used to be and consider my Panic to be behind me mostly, I know that my fear was and still is this:

a) I’m going to die young
b) I’m going to die suddenly, without warning.

They don’t scare me like they used to because after months of dealing with it, I realized that I am not a stupid person and I wanted to figure out why I feel this way. It started on August 26th, with my close friend Tracey passing away from a Brain Aneurysm SUDDENLY at the age of 20. At her funeral, I heard she had a headache the day she died, and that was it for me.

So began the headaches, the scary uncontrollable panic, the chest pains, the dizziness, the difficulty breathing, the hallucinations, the fear of driving or dying while driving because I’m alone and no one could help me, and slight agoraphobia.

It was the most terrifying 5 months of my life.

So I researched and I listened to The Linden Method, and I researched more and I analyzed myself and my fears and tried Paxil in October, and the wonder drug Xanax, which I call God In Pill Form…and it was all so crazy.

I quit taking Paxil in January because I believed that I didn’t need it and didn’t want to take something unnecessary. I was told "Take this and you’ll be cured of your panic attacks." Bullshit. Did you know that it’s something like 70% of all doctors office visits end with a prescription for an Anti-Depressant? That’s ridiculous. If you research your medication, it can be a little scary. I didn’t want to be an Anti-Depressant for something I knew was all in my head. Besides, I wasn’t depressed. Just scared. So because I stopped Paxil cold turkey, I rang in the New Year by suffering from BRAIN ZAPS. EW. What a FUCKED UP FEELING. I wasn’t warned about that though, was I?

I realized I have to push myself. And it SUCKED, but I knew I had to. I realized that my fear was of dying, and that if I stop "living" my life the way I always had –going out being spontaneous and fun and surrounding myself with the things I loved, I was in a way dying, because I had resorted to everything that I had feared and hated.

I gave up driving for awhile, and I continued working. I began to read Sylvia Brown’s Journey To The Soul series again, and everytime I felt I was going to have a Panic Attack I’d repeat to myself "Through God, Anything Is Possible". I put my faith in that higher power and told myself that because he has the power to help me, and he is in me, I can make myself better. And I did. Days passed without panic. Weeks. Months. I removed myself from the mindset and saw myself again. And I was happy and free again.

And here I am now, and I haven’t panicked in 3 months.
I still get the occasional feeling that I COULD panic, but then I just talk myself through it because I know what it is and that I’m okay. If worst comes to worst, I take a Xanax and just try to relax. Aside from driving I don’t have the problems I used to. IT’S ALL IN THE MIND. WE ARE IN CONTROL OF THIS. WE STARTED IT. AND WE CAN STOP IT.

If there is ANY WAY I can help, please let me know.
I think I’ve been through it all.
So Message me. I’d be glad to talk.

Check out these. They don’t need a prescription and are homeopathic.

NaturalCare Anxiety Relief, Homeopathic Sublingual Tablets

Package Details
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Natural Relief of:

- Anxiety
- Worry
- Stress
- Panicky Feelings
- Apprehension
- No Side-Effects, No Synthetic Drugs, No Function, Impairment, No Lactose

I would strongly suggest you to stop taking pills they are temperory and wont give you good results. You should realy go for natural ways to cure it.
I was suffering from panic attack for a long time and i tried many pils but did not work. Finally i enrolled for the joe berrys panic away course and i cured in 48 hours. It is really amazing, find it @ http://tinyurl.com/5fukbf

Some good anxiety disorder medications belong in the benzodiazepine and SSRI class of psychotropic drugs. Here are some examples…

Benzodiazepines: Xanax, Ativan, Valium

SSRIs: Zoloft, Paxil, Lexapro, Celexa

Another anti-anxiety agent is BuSpar, but the effect isn’t immediate like sedatives (i.e. Klonopin). You have to take it everyday and it can take a few weeks to work.

Chronic use of benzodiazepines can lead to dependency.