Posted by Ritch on May 16, 2005, at 10:26:42
In reply to Re: Unnameable Terror » Ritch, posted by 4WD on May 15, 2005, at 22:24:49
> > Hmmm. It sounds like the meds are over activating you, just a hunch. The beta-blocker got added to stop the "shakiness" from the NT right? The NT got added because... the Celexa wasn't working good enough for the anxiety? Maybe the primary drug (Celexa) isn't doing the job? What's your dx?
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> Dx is major depression and anxiety disorder (used to be just GAD). Yes, the beta blocker was an attempt to avoid having to take Klonopin every day. The NT was added because I was still very anxious on the Celexa and still depressed. But I've already been through Prozac, Effexor, Paxil (caused panic), Lexapro and Wellbutrin. All of them worked in the sense they brought me out of major depression up into just plain dysthymia but side effects were real bad with some. And none of them actually worked well anymore after my first ten years on ADs.
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> It's weird. Sometimes at night, it all just goes away and I feel like a normal person. A switch clicks, the anxiety starts to dissipate, I'm no longer depressed and I actually have moments of feeling almost happy. Then I wake up the next morning full of terror which leads to despair and that state lasts most of the day.
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> Depression sucks.
> Marsha
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Does it seem that anxiety and stress seem to come first and then the depression gets worse afterwards? When you used the beta-blocker to try to substitute for clonazepam.. it seemed that things got worse (also perhaps some clon withdrawal there?). Maybe your doc should aggressively target anxiety and then the depression would take care of itself? If an AD makes your anxiety worse.. (you said Paxil *caused* panic), then perhaps look at an AD that *doesn't* make your anxiety worse. Perhaps that would be a more fruitful strategy. Perhaps an MAOI or a different tricyclic would work better (i.e. doxepin, amitriptyline, imipramine)?
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