Posted by Vincent_QC on January 10, 2010, at 12:13:01
Hi Everyone!
Here the story... Was on the Paxil last summer for panic disorder and GAD. Start it at 10mg with no increase anxiety side-effect...and was able to reach the 30mg in less than 2 months.I had to stop it because it was making me very sedated and I gained a lot of weight on it.
2 weeks after I stop it, I had a surgery, a very painfull one... and the panic attacks start again but at a worse level.
Since the end of november, I have to deal with constant head pain (tension headache or cluster headache), 5-10 panic attacks a day (trigger or not), can't leave the house alone and avoid social situation. I have no energy and feel all the time anxious because I can't stop thinking about everything (my future, job, money, anxiety)... I have burning eyes sensation, pressure behind the eyes as well and a lot of others strange pain in the chest, the JAW, the legs and the arms... My blood pressure is higher than usual and my pulse rate is very slow when I do nothing... and as soon as I move, walk or do a task who ask for some energy, my heart start racing very fast and I start a panic attack...
My PDoc put me again on the Paxil in the begining of december. I start it at 5 mg day. I was not able to tolerate it at all. I had the opposite effect than the one I had last summer. Increase anxiety, fast pulse rate, sweating, unable to drive my car, panic attacks occur everywhere... The second day I cut the 5 mg into a small 2,5 mg...and I stay at 2.5 mg for 1 1/2 weeks and stop it becauee the increase anxiety never decrease...
I see my Family Doc in the middle of December and he suggest to start the Neurontin for the head pain. The neurontin didn't work, just had pins and needles effect...like I had before on the Topamax as well...not very effective for anxiety and panic... or even for pain related to the head...
I see the Family Doc again last week and he give to me some sample boxes of Cipralex (Lexapro in tue USA). I start it at 2,5 mg, had to cut the pill in 4 pieces. I had an extreme bad reaction to it, worse than the one I had on the Paxil the month before. Worse ever anxiety with a lot of panic attacks, dizness, tinnitus, increase head pain, tremor, extreme sweating...and the list goes on...really don't want to stay on it or wait at home alone until the increase anxiety start to fade away... if it fade away...
I stop it after just one small 2,5 mg dose. Strangely, I was on it more than 1 year ago at 20mg and never had any problem or side-effects except the extreme sedation and weight gain...
So I wonder what happen to me???
Did I produce too much cortisol, adrenaline???
Is is possible that the panic disorder and GAD is back because I had a post-traumatic stress induced by the painfull surgery?
Do I will have to start again the Paxil at 1mg a day and increase the dosage on 20 weeks to reach the 20mg /day??? That's seem not very realistic for me !!!
What's wrong with my brains?
Do I will have less increase anxiety on the Zoloft at first... or on the Effexor-XR ?
Since i'm a lot focus into my heart, the TCA's are out of question and the MAOI's also...The Remeron is also not an option for me... I don't find sedative meds to be helping for the anxiety or panic disorder...and no anti-psychotic meds like the Zyprexa, Risperdal or Seroquel... they don't help a lot...
Any others off-label meds that I miss? Lyrica, Lamictal???
I'm taking now 8 mg day of Rivotril, who seem to do nothing, just adding more fatigue and cognitive problems on me...
Any help will be appreciate!!!
Thanks!
Vincent
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