Posted by Vincent_QC on August 21, 2012, at 17:26:43
In reply to Re: Somatoform disorder...im alone here to have it? » Vincent_QC, posted by phidippus on August 21, 2012, at 16:50:38
> Somataformm disorders are usually treated with antidepresssants, in particular SSRIs. Is their an SSRI you can try and take?
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> EricHi again Eric,
We had that discussion months ago no? Lol I cant tolerate a tinny dose of any of the ssri's on the makert. I try often to start again the Paxil since its the only one ssri who work in the past for the panic disorder and decrease the social as well, but even at 1 mg I become extremely anxious, bedbound, and side effects dont decrease. I was use to take high dose of it, remember that I go to 60 mg at some point but the last time I took it for the panic disorder back at the end of 2009 , 15 mg was enough to stop the panic and was able to do everything I want with no anxiety at all but I had gain 40 pounds in 2 months and I wasnt happy with that so I stop it and thinking I will be ok without it since I was anxiety free and in control of my anxiety but it was the biggest mistake I done in my life. I had a surgery to remove internal hemmrhoids and it was so painfull that the panic attacks return with vengeance.The others ssri's never work on me, some of them like the prozac even give me panic attacks when I was free of them since a lot of years (was put on it for social phobia). Zoloft do the same, celexa and lexapro do nothing and just make me so tired that I had to take them with Ritalin and wellbutrin to have more energy.
The newer srni's like effexor xr, cymbalta and pristiq give same results than the prozac, more anxiety, more social phobia and panic attacks out of the blue.
The older med like Nardil never did a thing for the social phobia and had severe orthostatic hypotension on 60mg so never reach the 90mg, the Parnate almost kill me with 3 major hypertensives crisis without foods interractions, thanks god my Doc rx it with nefepidine emergency pills in case of hypertensive crisis, who save my life, was at 40mg day only and also had hypotension as well at night and faint several time so had to take a med that I dont remember the name but it was use to keep the salt in my blood system and avoid the hypotension.
The tca's are the worse of them, elavil, imipramine, clomipramine, they all affect me in a bad way, fast heart rate, panic who dont stop, insomnia...worse of them was the nortryptiline and desimipramine...
Overall the logical solution is to return on the paxil but I need to be involve in a therapy first, I just start it last week with a new therapist and the med sensitivity will be a part of the plan, learn to cope with side effects and go slow and increase the dose from 1mg every week or so...
The other solution will be the new AD from lundbeck who will be launch later in 2012 or 2013, my Doc say its like a ssri with some modulations of specific serotonin receptors to avoid side effects from the ssri alone, he said that it will be a very good med and more easy to tolerate for peoples with anxiety...
For now the goal is to continue to reduce the clonazepam dose. When I will reach the 4 mg dose , can take more than 6 months, will switch to the valium. My Doc want me off the benzo meds, he think they worse my anxieth and I agree with him but the withdrawal will be a long process, 1 to 2 years...maybe more.
But well will talk about it to my therapist, for now I saw him only 1 time and we didnt had the time to make a plan for the therapy, but meds will be a part of the therapy for sure.
I repeat myself...lol
Oh and the 1mg paxil side effects are real, not anxiety or fears of meds... As an exemple, when I had my 2 surgeries for the intestinal obstructions back in last october, 25mg of IM Demerol was enough for me to stop the pain and even I had visual hallucinations from that small dose and a lot more side effecfs who normally happen at dose of 100 to 150 mg of Demerol. My body is under severe anxiety since almost 3 years now so I guess my cortisol, adrenaline, noradrenaline and many other things in my body are totally in a wreck.
Well eyes hurt now...but well thanks for the input.
Take care, Vincent
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