Posted by Vincent_QC on January 10, 2010, at 22:43:37
In reply to Re: SSRI with the less initial increase anxiety..., posted by Justherself54 on January 10, 2010, at 14:51:53
> Sorry to hear you're having such a rough time Vincent. I don't know what's causing such extreme reactions to meds you've used before. What happens to me when I retry a med is it either doesn't work or I just get a partial response.
>Same here... but now it's seem that I can't tolerate any SSRI or any older antidepressant meds... Maybe I have too much serotonin also??? But everything who it too much the serotonin, the noradrenaline or the dopamine make me very anxious and trigger panic on me...
The only med that I can tolerate is the Remeron, but it's not helping me at all... I just gain weight on it...
> Have you ever tried Zoloft. It would be my preferred med if it would work again.
>I try it 2 times in my life... First time I go up to 200 mg for social phobia for more than 6 months... didin't work at all... and I didn't had any side-effects exception of the MAJOR weight gain... more than 60 pounds... and contrary to what the pharmaceutical compagny who produce it clain about the Zoloft, I gain a lot of weight while I was taking it...
The second time I try it was in the spring of 2008, I notice no increase anxiety at first... but I didn't had panic disorder and GAD problem at the time... just social phobia... and strangely, when I hit the 150mg and more, I start having panic attacks again once in a while and I was already on the Valium 20mg day at the time and I had to ask for something more strong than the Valium to help to cope with the high anxiety from the Zoloft... I ending on a very high dose of Xanax... go up to 12 mg a day of it...
After the Zoloft, I stay on the 12 mg of Xanax, who was not helping me a lot with the panic and the social phobia...so I was put on the Effexor-XR...who allow me to go on a strict diet (had anorexia problem because of it), increase the Effexor-XR to more than 450 mg day... and didn't see any improve for the social phobia or the anxiety ... it was too much activating for my taste... I end up at the Psychiatric emergency for high addiction from the Xanax and had to stop the Effexor-XR because I was loosing too much weight and I was overtired of everything...
I withdrawl the Xanax alone at home, cutting 0.25mg each week... had terrible cognotives problems (not able to speak, loose of memory, tremor, rebound anxiety) for more than 2 months of time...
I was put after on the Lexapro, who was one of the stronger sedative SSRI for me... go up to 20mg in less than 1 month... notice nothing good for the anxiety or the social phobia on it... stay on it for almost 3 months... and gain a beautifull 55 pounds in 3 months because I was always in my bed or in the fridge, eating a lot of foods...
I try to add the Wellbutrin with the Lexapro, who didn't help for the energy... I also try the Lexapro with the Ritalin for the energy with no success... so I just stop the Lexapro and all the others meds and keep my low dose of Valium at 20mg...
I meet my new PDoc in december 2008 and he put me on the Parnate, who turn out to be the most dangerous move I do in my life... I got severals hypertensives crisis not linked to any diet restriction or food to avoid!!! Had to go to the emergency often because of this...and carying with me some Nefipidine and use it often to slow down my blood pressure...
Because of the Parnate, I got a new phobia... and i'm now always focus in my heart... IF my blood pressure is too high, I start a panic attack... if my pulse rate is high, I start a panic... if my pulse rate is low, I start a panic... if I go to the gym and my pulse rate raise above 120, I start a panic... When I do tasks who normally trigger panic, like driving my car or going to the shopping center, my heart start racing and I start a panic... even in the shower I have panic attack...
Now, the social phobia is not my main problem and panic disorder is making my life miserable, as well as the GAD...
I have some nasty symptoms who last forever, like the head pain or cluster headache... who trigger also panic, I sweat a lot and many others things like that... I can't read too much or focus on something for a long time... I forget a lot of things (short term memory) and I feel just like I will never recover from this state...mentally speaking I mean...my cognitives abilities are very low now...
> What about using a benzo to help with the initial start up anxiety of a med?
>I already take 8 mg a day of Rivotril (Clonazepam), who is the maximum dosage I can use... I don't want to return on the Xanax because I know the withdrawl will be very hard... The Rivotril don't help, but i'm addicted and can't lower my dosage... the only way to lower it and return on a low dose of Valium will be to find a med who will stop the panic disorder and decrease my anxiety... If I find one, I will be able to start to withdrawl the Rivotril...since I hate being addicted to a med like the Benzo...
> Hopefully, others will chime in and help. Best wishes to you.
I hope!!!
Thanks for your advises!!!
Vincent ;-)
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