Posted by megj on October 23, 2005, at 0:28:14
I posted last week about Lex start up se's. It's been two weeks on Lex 5 mg and Xan 1.5 mg for anxiety.
I've noticed a couple things I could use some feed back on.
First, I've been up and down. One day feeling really really good and the next day like a nervous wreck barely able to function. While the Xan helps with the anxiety, sometimes it takes a long time for it to kick in and when it does, I feel sedated and emotionally numb - making me consider switching to a different benzo.
Next, I've also noticed that I have some mental thought patterns that trigger my anxiety which brought me to the conclusion that I'm doing this to myself and need to find some way or technique to control my anxiety attacks (in addition to meds).
I did see my psychiatrist last Monday (before I noticed this pattern) and he felt I would do better on a different AD and mentioned Remeron.
I didn't want to switch because that day I saw him I was feeling good and thought I would just get better from there - not worse.
I'm not sure why he thought Remeron would be good choice. I didn't think to ask. But after reading so much on this board it seems like there's so much else out there that would be less sedating and faster acting like seroquel or buspar or something. Something that can address the depression and anxiety quickly without going through some funky adjustment period for two months.
My pressing problem at the moment is that I have to go out of town in a month. This includes flying (major panic trigger) and seeing someone I haven't seen in awhile (again, major panic trigger). I'm so afraid that this depression and anxiety is gonna freak me out so bad that I won't go.
I've been in talk therapy before and I'm not opposed to doing again, but if there's something else that can help me get through this upcoming crisis, I'd like to know about it.
I'm going to call my doc again on Monday to tell him what's been happening with me and if I can get some suggestions from here to share with him, I'd appreciate it.Thanks
Meg
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