Hello everyone. I suffer with very bad anxiety I feel constantly sick and panicky. I also suffer with bad blushing. It makes me feel pretty down. I’m currently doing cbt. I’ve tried several antidepressants to help take the edge of it But I always seem to have side effects. I have tried Escitalopram but it gave me really awful tender breast pain. It’s very frustrating as it has been the best one. I tried it for 3 months. I’m wondering would it be worth trialing citalopram? Do you tend to get the same side effects? Sertraline made me constipated and couldn’t sleep! Fluoxetine was ok but no good for anxiety!
I find work so hard I just wish I could bring my brain down a notch. Any help is appreciated 
. Thanks!
Fluoxetine has helped me, but I suppose different drugs work differently for different people. I have been on fluoxetine for a long time at different doses and when I began struggling with anxiety and OCD in June of last year my dosage was increased from 20mg to 40mg. It’s taken a long time to start to feel better and a lot of advice on here was to stick with it and give it time, which I’m glad I did. I still have my struggles but it’s a lot better than it was which i’m grateful for. I have got a lot of information online from different websites and from Facebook too, so do reach out online as there is a lot of reassuring Information out there. There’s a website called ‘Healthunlocked’ which I’ve found particularly helpful as you can read about other people’s experiences and it helps you feel less alone.
Best of luck and take one day at a time. You will get better. It just takes time. 
Prendre de la sertraline dès le réveil est le mieux. Pour moi, cela signifiait ne plus avoir de pics d’adrénaline en réfléchissant aux choses, en surréagissant, etc.
Mais le meilleur a été l’apprentissage intensif de la TCC, qui m’a appris comment les pensées peuvent dériver vers des pensées pires, etc.
De plus, et je ne peux pas assez le souligner, le livre de Jon Kabat-Zinn, “Vivre pleinement” (Full Catastrophe Living), est génial. Ça demande du travail, mais c’est formidable.
L’autre livre que j’ai trouvé excellent s’appelle “Soundtracks”, écrit par Jon Acuff. Il propose des points clés cognitifs et des méthodes très directs pour traiter la sur-réflexion. Quand je suis anxieux, j’aime me rappeler de me demander : ma pensée est-elle vraie ? Est-elle utile ? Et est-elle bienveillante ? Cela permet vraiment de remettre les choses à leur juste place.
Je ne sais pas si cela vous sera utile, mais je tenais simplement à partager mes réflexions, car mon anxiété a été constante depuis mon plus jeune âge pendant des décennies, et ces éléments ont changé tout mon dialogue intérieur. J’espère que vous trouverez la paix et pourrez avancer. x
I went through feeling anxious with a terrible feeling of impending doom a few months ago.
Speaking to the doctor about it, he suggested I do square breathing. That’s where you breathe in slowly to maybe a count of 3 and then breathe out the same.
It really does calm you down.