Do I really have anxiety?

Hi, I'm desperately trying to figure out what's happening with me. Let me explain the past year of my life and what has happened. I was diagnosed as Bipolar II and put on Saphris. Then a couple years later I had a couple panic attacks. That was enough to scare me, so I went on Cymbalta for a few years and was fine - no panic attacks. Well about two years after that I had another panic attack and so my doc suggested I change meds since I was on the highest dose of Cymbalta. The withdrawls from Cymbalta were terrible but I made it through and I was ok after I was completely off it. In fact I was good for a solid week after I stopped the Cymbalta and my DR said are you sure you want to go on another med? I said yes because I was afraid of having more panic attacks.I have tried, zolft, celexa, Lexapro and now I'm taking Effexor. None of which seem to be doing much. I'm not having full blow panic attacks but I'm experiencing moderate anxiety almost everyday. I'm beginning to wonder if all of these drugs have somehow made my anxiety problem worse. It was not this bad at all. Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Hello vanilla27: I see this is your first post here on PC. So... welcome to PsychCentral… from the Skeezyks! I hope you find the time you spend here to be of benefit.

I was on the maximum dosage of Cymbalta for a couple of years or so I guess it was. I'm no longer on any med's at all, psych or otherwise. It does seem like since I've been off of the Cymbalta I've experienced more general nervousness. But it's hard to know. The two could also be unrelated.

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