Posted by GinoVA on August 16, 2007, at 11:39:30
HEllo- new here, so bear with me. I have been battling depression, aka fribromyalgia, uncontrolled High BP, insomnia, etal, for most of my life. At one point, my GP had me on 5 different BP meds, and made a zombie out of me. Which probably gave rise to the fibromyalgia diagnosis. Years ago I was on 20mg of Paxil, and was on it for a couple years, no side effects, no weight gain, great sex life. This past year, a new GP took me off all the BP meds, except two, and is weaning me off those, but put me on Effexor XR. UP went the BP immediately. Took me off it and put me on Paxil XR 37mg. Works great, but I am still tired, my weight went up 15 lbs without any change (*in fact reduction) in eating, and my libido is virtually non-existent. I'm not sure where to go from here - back to anxiety and shortness of focus, etal, or search for another SSRI?? I can't function with the level of fatique this brings, and life is certainly not going in the direction I want as I get chubbier and have no sex drive. I've heard there are natural supplements that can mimic SSRIs, without the side effects also - not sure what is real anymore. I am on a drive to get off meds as much as possible, but finding the right one that controls the anxiety / depression problem seems to be the pivotal one for all the other perceived ailments. Anybody here have any kind of similar problems? any solutions?
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