I have taken seroxat for more than two years for treating anxiety disorders. While taking it, am always fine, but after stopping it, the symptoms come back. I met another doctor lately he said based on my symptoms (sleeping issues i.e waking up intermittently in between sleep, mood swings, palpitations, internal heat, recently having breathing difficulty and also bad thought) that it's depression. So he said I should continue with the seroxat, but am afraid for how long will I now take the drug or is two and half years not long enough for me to take the drug and get over the symptoms? Thanks. Am presently taking amitriptyline, which was recommended to me by another doctor I met earlier before meeting a new one lately who said I should start taking seroxat again. He also gave me zopice, but I haven't started either of the two though. Thanks.

Mr. Senthilkumar LPsychologist15yrs exp

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Hello Friend, Good that you are seeking a help here. You have the symptoms of anxiety and panic attack. As body and mind are interlinked any such emotional disturbance can affect your physical body condition. . As you have observed so far , medicine are just one part of any psychic treatments like anxiety . It can help only to supress the emotion to give temporary relief, but it can't control the anxious thought which is the actual root cause behind such emotional disturbance. So to overcome and get complete relief, you need to in parallel start few non medicine treatment plan like psychotherapies or mindset changes excersises to manage or control your anxious or worrying thought. Along with that you should follow few lifestyle changes, dietary changes, self therapies, excersise and counseling etc to support the treatment. Be positive. You will be alright soon. Feel free reach me online for further evaluation and recommendation.  

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