Would you ever take anti anxiety medication?

[Edwardo Piet]

I have anxiety, it's been ruining my life for years. I think it's time I asked my doctor about getting some.

I hope it all works out well for you and I'm sorry to hear about your anxiety.

I have also suffered lots of anxiety in the past.

I used to take an anti-depressent med called Citalopram which my Psych said would also help to treat my anxiety and OCD. That specific anti-depressent he said works well for anxiety too:

http://www.drugs.com/citalopram.html
I also used to take an anti-anxiety med called lorazapam when I really needed calming down, I couldn't take it too often because it is addictive:

http://www.drugs.com/lorazepam.html

But I've been on more than just those meds... I've also been on two mood stablizers, the Priadel brand of Lithium:

http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/dep...l-tablets/

And Semi-sodium valporate, Depakote:

http://patient.info/medicine/semisodium-...r-depakote

I've also taken two anti-psychotics Risperidone:

http://www.drugs.com/risperidone.html

and Olanzapine (which also helps stabilize the mood too):

http://www.drugs.com/mtm/olanzapine.html

Finally I used to take this sleep-enabler (which is slightly different to a sleeping pill, it is supposed to help the brain sleep naturally rather than just drug you to sleep):

http://www.drugs.com/cons/zopiclone.html

Those are all the meds I have ever taken to treat my mental health. I am now completely medication free and no longer need any of them, but at the time I did and I have no regrets about accepting those medications... some definitely worked better for me than others and I may have indeed been put on Lithium prematurely (my experience with Lithium was rather negative overall, I was on it for 4 years from the age of 18)... but I still have no regrets because I needed to take medication and refusing medication would have just kept me unwell.