Posted by Sad Panda on April 9, 2004, at 4:13:56
In reply to Suggestions on AD/Anti-anxiety med, posted by seanwrx on April 8, 2004, at 23:59:08
> I head to my p'doc tommorow afternoon and unfortunetly I think I need to get on some sort of AD again. I have taken quite a few over the years, most recently coming off of 6 months of Remeron. I was still anxious on the Remeron, plus the weight-gain, sluggishness, etc. Since coming off of Remeron ( 3 weeks) my depression has got worse. I deal with the anxiety by taking klonopin as needed, but since I have GAD I tend to need to take it quite often.
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> I need to get on an AD that helps with my depression, gives me some energy and alertness but that doesn't aggrevate my anxiety. Ironically, I had decent luck on prozac, but for some reason I switched, I don't recall right now, but I think it was the dizziness/light-headness it gave me, which increased my anxiety.
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> I have taken Tyrosine for a little over a month now, and this past week I started taking Glutamin, 5HTP, and GABA as well as flaxseed oil, and multivitamins. Its probably too soon to expect anything of course.
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> A friend takes Lexapro and Wellbutrin and does well on it, though he gets 'shakey' easy he says and his appetite is ferocious (though he hasn't gained much weight). Eating seems to calm down the nervousness. He really doesn't have an anxeity problem though, so if there is a side-effect he just chalks it up to the med and gets on with it. Lucky guy I guess.
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> I am approaching doomsday it feels like and have thought about cashing it all in and doing the unthinkable. But I have struggled for this long, and many more have struggled longer so I just pray the next day is a good one.
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> Anyway, if anyone has any suggestions I would appreciate it.
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>I would try Prozac again & add a little Remeron to counter it's side effects. Prozac could counter Remerons weight gain side effect.
I take Effexor+Remeron & find this combination somewhat anxiolytic. It's not as anxiolytic as Valium, but my anxieties are secondary to my depression.
Cheers,
Panda.
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