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New here and desperately looking for advice...

Posted by fiftylager on January 25, 2006, at 22:13:48

Hi there. I've been lurking awhile and you all seem like a very helpful and sympathetic group. My problem is I suffer from extreme anxiety (maybe a touch of depression). I have it when I drive, when I socialize, when I wake up, when I go to sleep. It drives me crazy and my family. I get a lump in my throat that will last for months, pressure in my chest and a panicky feeling.

I tried celexa a few years ago and one dose (doctor told me to take 1/2 of the pill). Nearly drove me over the edge. At first I felt relaxed and stoned and when I went to bed I had a fitful odd sleep. When I woke up I thought I was dying. My body was wired. I had weird electric feelings all over. I felt like I couldn't breath. I just wanted to lay down and cry. I almost went to the hospital. The experience left me very disturbed.

After that experience I went on lorazepam as needed. And the dr. let me know that he would not continue to prescribe it.

I tried Wellbutrin last year and I felt high and zoned out and very jittery. I felt too weird to drive or take care of my kids. I stayed with it 6 days then gave up. The doctor said it may help me quit smoking too. I just smoked more.

I am now on Buspar 20 mg. It has helped a little bit but not nearly enough. And it's pretty expensive for the mild results.I can't see myself upping the dose anymore because it makes me really dizzy and nauseous if I take 10 mg. I think the effects of it may be waning. I felt a lot of anxiety today and ended up taking a lorazepam.

The dr. has been pushing Effexor but I am too scared to try it. Not only that, I couldn't afford it.

I don't know what to do. I live in a very rural area in Canada and there are no psychiatrists close by for me to go to. I do like my doctor and she is sympathetic to me.

Anxiety and depression runs strongly in my family. My mother just had a nervous breakdown and tried to kill herself. I don't want to spend my life like this. I am only 28 and have 2 young kids. I am a stay at home mom but both my kids are now in school. I've had some pressure to get a job but I am too scared to work. Also, there are very few jobs around here. I want to have a full life. This anxiety is so crippling and it's having an effect on my relationship with my husband.

Has anyone out there had a reaction like this to meds then found a med that worked for them? I'm sorry for writing a novel here but I am really looking for help in getting over this.


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