Posted by johnj on May 11, 2008, at 18:13:32
In reply to Re: SLS, sorry I misspoke., posted by SLS on May 11, 2008, at 16:15:53
Yes, paxil was a nightmare. I felt so weird on it and had anxiety worse than normal. Effexor I have not tried. Srri's have caused me insomnia and agitation. I only made it up to a dose of 25-mg of luvox, a baby dose and couldn't sleep. I didn't like the way it made me feel either. Paxil, just plain scary.
I wonder if chlorpheniramine works for anxiety does that indicate a what type of med would work for me? I did some googling and it appears close to imipramine and amitrypttline (nor's mother drug), and effexor.
The reason I wonder about lower doses of tca's for me is two-fold. One, after my pneumonia I am med sensitive as 50mg of nort seemed like the old 100-mg that I could not tolerate. Two, if anxiety is my major problem if I get that under control the low grade depression should dissipate.
I have tried so much alternative stuff like yoga, meditation, tai-chi, etc., and just can't knock out the last bit of anxiety. I have had days of feeling ok then the anxiety will just come right back. Nothing too stable to write home about. For me, anxiety results in loss sleep and there are days I am just trying to survive the day. That is not a fun feeling. I just don't want to wait too long without meds for fear of a spiral downward into a depression.
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