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i have suffered from anxiety/panic attacks since i was 8 years old. i was untreated until i was 22 years old. i went 14 years suffering and i never want to do that again. i noticed since my son was born (he is my second baby) i have a daughter who is 21 months and he is 3 months old, my anxiety is much worse and i think i am depressed sometimes, but i think the depression stems from the circumstances going on right now ( virtually have no help -hubby works from 9am-8pm, no family around, no friends with kids, and we are moving in less than a month and i have gotten mastitis 2x since my son was born 12 weeks ago which landed me in the hospital both times). i take clonazepam 1mg at night but i feel like it's not enough. i feel like i need something that works quickly and effectively for the moments i feel like i can;t handle what is going on. i get so sad, overwhelmed and upset. when i go to the dr, they just push medications on me like it's nothing and say just stop bf. but i don;t want to stop bf, i want to work around it and just make it as safe as possible without me having to feel badly. is there a fast acting anti-anxiety medication that would be safe in addition to the clonazepam at night. the psychiatirst recommended prozac, zoloft, or celexa but an ssri does not seem suitable to me when i have tried celexa and the side effects were so awful and i got no benefit for the anxiety. i feel like i am being pushed to take an ssri when it makes me very uncomfortable and scared. i know xanax, ativan, valium, all work quickly, are those safe for a short period of time when life is stressful and if the are, how long is it safe to take them> i have been on clonzapem for 3 years and it has been the same does. previously i was on ativan in 2007-2009 but i had to increase my dose bc i got used to it as my only form of anxiety treatment and at one point i was taking 4-5mg per day (this was before babies) until they switched it to clonzapem. thanks for your help
-kerri
-kerri
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