Posted by alexcanada on March 26, 2013, at 18:50:45
In reply to Re: Anafranil Day 1 is frightening!, posted by jono_in_adelaide on March 26, 2013, at 17:47:46
Thanks guys. I will give it a try and I took my 10mg dose an hour ago.I continued it because it has been several hours since that strong intense frightening anxiety. It was still present on some smaller level in early afternoon but it began to subside. It might have all been a ritalin interaction! Since the timing is pretty spot on. My last ritalin dose was at 1am.
I had to take some gabapentin 9am today to try and deal with the intense toothache and as an additional measure against the anxiety.
Now it is 7:40pm and even after the anafranil my anxiety is not shooting up. So unless it has something to do with peak plasma levels hopefully it was just an interaction. Since it would be very odd for such a low dose to effect me so strongly (despite me being med sensitive) to the point where my thoughts were becoming dark and frightening.
At least this will get me off the ritalin. I been trying to withdrawal and was down to 1.25mg twice a day so now it's done with. Each day was just so extremely bland and dull. Ritalin used to help me a lot long ago. It was a miracle but tolerance develops and likely seratonin downregulation would occur on top of that. Therefor it doesn't seem to be a realistic long term med for me. It would still give me a small boost these days but when it wears off it's a lousy feeling.
Some background: melancholic depression + some on and off general anxiety (sometimes med induced). No ADD, no psychotic symptoms.
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