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Old 10-27-2003, 08:22 AM   #1
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Question Meds forever?

I've been diagnosed with anxiety disorder & my Dr. wants me to see a psychiatrist & get on meds. I'm on heart meds already & don't really want to take any more pills, but there may be no way around it. I've tried so many other things already & nothing else had worked. I was wondering if any of you have taken meds for anxiety & then stopped after a certain amount of time & your symptoms were gone. Or is this a "too good to be true" question? Also can you drink wine while on anxiety meds, I do love my wine!

 
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No, you don't have to stay on them for the rest of your life.
I took Xanax and when the panic was gone my Doctor helped me wean off of it.
I was panic free for 7 years, sadly they did come back.
I went back on the Xanax and now that panic is gone again, I'm weaning off the Xanax again.

I know with the Xanax there was a warning right on the bottle not to drink when taking it.
It was never a problem for me, as I don't drink.

 
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If you take your normal dose of Xanax in the morning, then you have a glass or two of wine in the evening, 99% chance there won't be a problem. (Nothing is guaranteed 100%). I am a wine drinker myself, 2 or 3 glasses on a Saturday night here and there. I just make sure my second dose of daily Xanax is early in afternoon.

 
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xanax and wine is a doubtful cure, any competent GP should be able to prescribe anxiety meds, usually a benzo and an antidepressant

the heart tablets should be a beta blocker if possible as these also reduce the physical side of anxiety

its doubtful if its worthwile in seeing a psych for anxiety, quite often theres a long wait and an expensive bill, with a prescription for the same meds a GP would prescribe
most eventually stop their meds although an antidepressant is best taken for about 12 months, if stopped too soon, the panic attacks often return

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Khorne,

Look into Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). It cures most people without the use of meds, but if you need meds in the short term there is no shame in that as I was on them for years before I found herlp in CBT.
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