"after experiencing crippling anxiety and panic attacks, i took a leave of absence from and eventually lost my six figure lucrative job in boston. i went into a residential treatment center for 2 months. i did a 7 week trial of celexa and paxil. both made me severely more anxious, agitated, jittery and gained 20 pounds. i felt completely hopeless. at the center, they also introduced me to vistaril. it was the only thing that worked (besides ativan, which is addictive). at one point i was up to 75mg/day and noticed my resting pulse was consistently 25-30bpm higher than usual. my diastolic bp also consistently was 10 higher. i lowered my dose to only 12.5mg/day and pulse and bp went back to normal and still worked well. it won&#039;t help depression though"