Currently I am on
VENLAFAXINE 300mg a day
ESCITALOPRAM 20mg a day
BUSPIRONE 20mg a day
Been on these and other forms of medication for 23 years now. I am finally at the stage where I want to take control of my life once and for all. I am going to discuss with my GP and hopefully come up with a plan to taper. I know it will probably take about 12 months to get completely off them. Many years ago I was self medicating with valuim I ended up having to be institutilised when I went cold turkey. It was the hardest time ever !! So now I will do it properly.
Has anyone else gone through something similar ? I would appreciate any help !!
Many Thanks xx
23 years is really long time. I certainly appreciate your patience and resilience. Let me tell you something about my own experience. I suffered from anxiety and depression for around 6-7 years. I consulted many doctors. But no use. The problem was not solving ! Then I started studying many things myself. And I realized that doctors do not go to basics. They just keep on prescribing anxiolytes / anti-depressants which do not cure the root cause. It just cures symptoms. By studying, I came to know that the root of problem lies in vitamins, amino acids and hormonal imbalance. I started trying many nutritional supplements. and also did several blood tests. I finally found that I had sever deficiency of vit B12 and vit D. And just correcting these deficiency solved my problem.
So basically my advice is start reading yourself. There is lot of material on internet. Try vitamin supplements. Specifically Vitamins B1, B6, B9, B12, D, magnesium are very important for well being of nervous system. You can try them individually. If this does not help you can also try amino acid supplements like 5-HTP and L-tyrosine. In addition you can test your thyroid and adrenal profile. Make sure that your hormones are in correct range. And in addition to that thee are certain rare conditions like mytral valve prolapse which can cause anxiety. Please ask your doctor to rule out every possibility by doing required investigation.
Hi and thanks so much for replying. I have studied a lot also and done research. I have just been to my local vitamin shop and stocked up. Some probiotics, omega 3 some multivitamins and echinea. I am looking forward to starting a new chapter !! My hormone level and thyroid have been tested and are fine. I have to agree with you about doctors. They just write a prescription and fob ya off. I am taking control of my body now 
I will investigate amino acids and magnesium also. I thank you so much for taking the time to reply and help xx
Its good to know that you are aware about this. But make sure that you try vitamins / amino acids one by one (in their prescribed range only). Generally what happens is we are deficient in one or two vitamins only. But most of the tablets come as muti-vitamin tablets. And they have very less quantities of each vitamins. So this does not solve problem and secondly we can't understand which Vitamin is really making difference.