"for the past 3 years i&#039;ve suffered from increasingly bad generalized anxiety disorder. i also had mild ocd, by the end of the third year i was having regular panic attacks.  i tried accupuncture, cbt, herbs, supplements and lorazepam (i took about 5 pills over a year)  but nothing worked. i was completely against taking anti-depressants until i just couldn&#039;t get out of bed for a week. 

i  was prescribed cipralex. i take 5mg a day.  the change is amazing. i feel like my old self again. the tightness in my chest is gone. i do still get anxiety in the morning and especially on mondays but i hear that will subside as the drug regulates in my system. i feel like i can handle my stresses again. i&#039;m still doing cbt to work on stress."