Posted by Mitch on January 5, 2002, at 10:42:43
In reply to HORRIBLE Anxiety/Panic, posted by Panic_Attack on January 5, 2002, at 7:49:51
> I have posted here many times in the past. I suffer from Panic/Anxiety disorder and I dont have insurance so I am not getting any help. I have been to all the local mental health centers, etc... nothing. A Emergency room doctor prescribed me BuSpar since I have such horrible side effects to SSRI's... {Paxil, Zoloft, etc.} so a friend of mine gave me BuSpar and i only took 1/4th of the pill and it made me so Miserable. I was in bed for 2 1/2 days and I missed work and i felt like dying. Is there anything out there that could help without such miserable side effects? Ill be getting insurance from my job in about two months :) I "sometimes" take REMERON at night to help me sleep. And like once in a blue moon XANAX to take away the anxiety. I only take remeron when i really really cant sleep. I actually like remeron.... yah Im sleepy and hungry all day..but its not as bad as all the other "junk" i have taken. Would you recommend me to stick with remeron? Will it help my panic attacks at all? My anxiety? My heart is always racing... i have problems breathing and always feel like im going to die. Im not eating healthy at all... all i really eat is cheese and pizza and junk. And I am a drinker... I drink alot of beer. And the morning after I drink I feel like HELL. Its not a hangover... its weird... miserable. Any advice would really be appreciated. I have cut down 80% of my drinking... what should I do? *Cynthia* 21 F Florida
Remeron seems to work quite well for panic disorder from what others here have posted. You are going to need to take some every nite though. If you stop and start it a lot you may get "rebound" anxiety from it that might trigger panic. If you are strapped for cash-probably a tricyclic antidepressant could work for you, especially if you tolerate the Remeron fairly well. Imipramine, amitriptyline, nortripytline. Amitripytline (Elavil) would probably seem the most like Remeron to you. It *is* very cheap.Mitch
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