Posted by johnj on January 4, 2008, at 11:07:21
In reply to Re: One more follow up... » johnj, posted by Phoenix1 on January 4, 2008, at 10:28:02
My dx is anxiety/ocd (pure O), and I have had panic attacks. My mind races a lot so some type of bipolar is a possibility. I worry so much. Right now I am on no meds and it has been up and down. Recently, things have gotten worse and I cannot break the pattern of worry and sleep has gone down hill.
I cannot take ssris as they cause a 10 fold anxiety increase but I have only tried luvox and paxil. I used to take tranzene but after 10 years it started causing depression. I tried klonopin and xanax and I felt terrible and the washout caused a huge jump in anxiety. Seroquel caused akathisia, pure hell that was. So, I am looking at other options and lyrica seems to be one people here have discussed. If my anxiety and rumination stop I can sleep.
After taking Lunesta I would wake up after 6 hours abruptly and it actually made me anxious. The taste wasn't that big of thing but I would rather take care of the anxiety and hope the sleep issues improve. I was thinking of possibly a low dose TCA and may even consider anafranil for the ocd. I am just med sensitive.
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