Posted by jasmineneroli on January 28, 2005, at 0:03:58
In reply to Pls, I need help re: feelings of dread and benzos, posted by Colleen D. on January 27, 2005, at 19:18:32
> Even though I'm taking Cymbalta and clonazepam, I still get these moments of can best be described as dread or doom. Today it was like a switch flipped in my brain when I went to start my van in the frigid temps and discovered that I had left my lights on when I arrived for work and my battery was dead. Yes, I had to find someone with jumper cables to give me a hand and then I had to pick up my children at daycare. I wasn't in real rush but I got this awful sense of doom and a knot in my stomach. It took just a few minutes to get on the road, but that feeling stayed with me and spoiled what I felt had been a very good day for me.
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**** This is a typical GAD anxiety attack. I get reactions like that all the time. When something unexpected happens, especially when it affects a responsibility (like picking up you kids), wham, the stomach churns or knots, your thinking gets scattered etc. etc. It seems to come from nowhere. This isn't depression IMO. The dread and doom you experience is part of GAD worry.Cymbalta may be too "activating" for you, since it effects Norepinephrine, and you feel more "primed" for problems all the time, more vigilant and ready to act. The Clonazepam dose may not be enough to counteract it.
Perhaps you could talk to your doctor about an alternative to Cymbalta and stay on a low dose benzo??
Best wishes (I know what those sudden worry attacks are like!).
Jas
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