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<blockquote data-quote="jibbs" data-source="post: 1206328"><p>An antidepressant for anxiety? It's not unheard of but it never made sense to me, treating anxiety with antidepressants (what with the extremely wide range of side-effects that most common antidepressants come with.) Would you be taking it prior to or during work hours, or would it be an as-needed kind of thing likely after a stressful workday?</p><p></p><p>I only asked because I would recommend a benzodiazepine (Xanax/alprazolam, Valium/diazepam, Ativan/lorazepam etc. etc.), but that would be one of the worst recommendations one could give to a driver who might need to take his or her medication on the clock. They're potentially extremely addictive as well, so one would have to tread carefully if they were looking for a daily medication as opposed to one taken as needed.</p><p></p><p>Anxiety's a killer for me... almost crippling sometimes. After 1mg of Xanax or 10mg of Valium, though, my house could be burning down around me and I'd likely go for a bag of marshmallows to roast in the flames because I totally have like 3 or 4 minutes before I should really think about getting the hell out of there. No worries whatsoever... that's not to say that benzo's don't come with their own side effects, I'm just of the opinion that, so long as one doesn't become physically dependent on their anxiolytic medicine, there's really nothing to worry about.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[EDIT: I realized immediately after posting this that OP wasn't asking for recommendations/advice, just experiences with citalopram. My apologies if I overstepped my boundaries here.]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jibbs, post: 1206328"] An antidepressant for anxiety? It's not unheard of but it never made sense to me, treating anxiety with antidepressants (what with the extremely wide range of side-effects that most common antidepressants come with.) Would you be taking it prior to or during work hours, or would it be an as-needed kind of thing likely after a stressful workday? I only asked because I would recommend a benzodiazepine (Xanax/alprazolam, Valium/diazepam, Ativan/lorazepam etc. etc.), but that would be one of the worst recommendations one could give to a driver who might need to take his or her medication on the clock. They're potentially extremely addictive as well, so one would have to tread carefully if they were looking for a daily medication as opposed to one taken as needed. Anxiety's a killer for me... almost crippling sometimes. After 1mg of Xanax or 10mg of Valium, though, my house could be burning down around me and I'd likely go for a bag of marshmallows to roast in the flames because I totally have like 3 or 4 minutes before I should really think about getting the hell out of there. No worries whatsoever... that's not to say that benzo's don't come with their own side effects, I'm just of the opinion that, so long as one doesn't become physically dependent on their anxiolytic medicine, there's really nothing to worry about. [EDIT: I realized immediately after posting this that OP wasn't asking for recommendations/advice, just experiences with citalopram. My apologies if I overstepped my boundaries here.] [/QUOTE]
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