Thought it was about time to shout from the rooftops another update in how well I am doing and how grateful to myself and my psychiatrist that I finally took her suggestion to go on Prozac! It has changed my world around and the medication + my new added changes in perspectives and attitude on life that I have been trying to daily change to be more positive I am really decreasing the anxiety and panic in my life and increasing the joy laughter and happiness. I feel like I am now on a race to almost a full recovery. Then again, with where I am now, I am completely content compared to where I once was with this disorder (completely debilitated)but if I can get even better, I wont complain! I am going to continue seeing a therapist as well no matter how well I am doing because I feel having one is good for all aspects in my life. Just wanted to let everyone know how great I'm doing! Going on prozac and going through all the side effects in the beginning has DEFINITELY paid off for me!

p.s. 4him, I love being the PS guinnea pig! haha! lol

Congrats, that's great to hear! So I gotta ask, how's it feel to go through this topic and see all you've gone through?

I can't begin to tell you what it feels like. It feels exhilerating and give me so much hope. I love telling people about the process that I went through because it gives them hope too. And I remind them to try to get through the initial horrible side effects to live it out to see if it starts to help. Boy was it worth it for me!

It is indescribable. I feel very grateful.

Thought I would write another update seeing as how much I have been going through right now due to my recent break up with my boyfriend of 4 years...

With all my devastation and heartbreak, my anxiey hasn't really gone up much. It did in the beginning first week and I lost 9 lbs in one week but that was mostly water weight. Now that I have my appetite back I have gained most of that back. However, that is all normal anxiety levels that would happen to anyone after ending a relationship with someone for 4 flippin years...

I really feel like maybe I had an imbalance of chemicals in my brain and now that the prozac is in full action I really feel so much better and almost my complete normal self. I feel 80% recovered and am so grateful. I think now I am leaning more towards my panic disorder turning into just GAD which still sucks, but I would take that over having panic attacks every day again...

Prozac has truely been a miracle for me...

Woohoo! Thanks for the inspiration. I was beginning to question the lexapro, but now I'll stick with it a bit more...just in case.

I have been following this thread for weeks now and wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart. You gave me the courage to try Prozac and with your posts I got thru the initial side effects (horrible insomnia, increased anxiety) and now into week 3 I am starting to see huge improvements! I had to start out with a micro dose of 2.5 mg and now I am up to 7.5 mg, aiming for 10 next week. I too suffer from GAD and had bad panic attacks in my early 20's. I haven't had any panic attacks in years, but GAD alone is enough to deal with....lol. Thank you again and please keep updating this thread. Stef:)