i have been suffering from generalized anxiety disorder for over 5 years now...after experiencing a life threatening medical emergency. i have been tested for ms, and many other neurological disorders. everything/all tests come back fine... which is great... however am in an almost constant battle with my symptoms. they are real. i live with them almost every minute of every day. i was on celexa for over a year, but i didn't feel like myself and i gained over 40 pounds. i went off of the meds in september of last year. i have definitely had a recurrance of symptoms and they seem to be getting progressively more intense. most recently i have experienced a feeling like my "skin is crawling"...prickling sensations all over my entire body...itching. i made a trip to the er this past weekend to make sure that i wasn't overlooking something, but they again attributed it to my anxiety and psychosomatic pain...... i am almost to the point where i am considering going back on medication... but this truly is a lst resort for me. what frustrates me is that physicians and the medical community seem to refer to it as as "only anxiety"... like it is not legitimate or real. well, as i said, it is very real, very scary, very debilatating. i am tired of living like this.