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Suggest Remedy For Depression, Mood Swings With Severe Panic Attacks

hello, my name is jeremy and i am in need of medical assistance/ advice My wife and i believe i may be suffering from one or more of the following: actively attacks/ disorder Severe depression bipolar disorder *i have horrible mood swings Frequent panic attacks (and or) panic disorder to try and sum up my prolbems *its to the point were i feel that im always on the edge of my seat.... (or) i feel like im sitting in my living room and there are cops knocking on my door *(24/7) Furthermore my doctor has put me on 20mg of Celexa *1 pill a day which has caused several side effects ranging from suicidal thoughts, to penal dis-function *(and/or) lack of desire which is destroying my marrage... so due to the side effects i went and tried for a second option which the nurse put me on blood pressure medisine because my bp was 187/99 im at wits end and am running out of cash to pay doctors to prescribe me something that isnt helping me? my aunt cindy which is a nurse suggested me ask about Xanax because she said it seems like the panic attacks are running my life. however i have never herd of xanax before or what it is used for? CAN YOU HELP ME?
Thu, 13 Nov 2014
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Hi

I had gone through your query.

Xanax is clonazepam and it is anxiolytic means it reduce anxiety.

It is used to treat anxiety disorder like panic attack. But alone xanax is not useful to control and prevent panic attack.

Celexa is SSRI and it is antidepressant. It is used to control depression and prevent panic attack.

It has side effect like suicidal thought but it is for only few days. After 2 week of therapy you wont have such side effect.

sexual dysfunction can be treated with add on medicines like sildenafil etc.

Medicines like agolmelatine, mirtazapine , bupropion has minimal sexual side effect which is useful to treat depression.

Discuss with your treating psychiatrist and get further help.

Still have query then feel free to ask.

Thank you.



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Suggest Remedy For Depression, Mood Swings With Severe Panic Attacks

Hi I had gone through your query. Xanax is clonazepam and it is anxiolytic means it reduce anxiety. It is used to treat anxiety disorder like panic attack. But alone xanax is not useful to control and prevent panic attack. Celexa is SSRI and it is antidepressant. It is used to control depression and prevent panic attack. It has side effect like suicidal thought but it is for only few days. After 2 week of therapy you wont have such side effect. sexual dysfunction can be treated with add on medicines like sildenafil etc. Medicines like agolmelatine, mirtazapine , bupropion has minimal sexual side effect which is useful to treat depression. Discuss with your treating psychiatrist and get further help. Still have query then feel free to ask. Thank you.