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Re: SSRI's, can the cause Long Standing Anxiety ??????

Posted by bleauberry on June 20, 2008, at 16:51:55

In reply to SSRI's, can the cause Long Standing Anxiety ??????, posted by Mike_Cohen_2 on June 19, 2008, at 19:27:19

If ever in doubt as to whether a med can cause a particular side effect or adverse reaction, just spend some time looking at the hundreds of posts by people who rate their drugs at places like revolution health and askapatient. Long story short, yes, ssris can cause anxiety or fail to improve it. As with anything, mileage varies, and for some people the mileage goes in the wrong direction.

I never had any anxiety issues until several years into prozac. I didn't even know what anxiety was. Strange it should pop up while stabilized longterm on an ssri.

I think part of what you are feeling is the ongoing readjustments post-serzone. That could take months. For me, post-prozac took about 2 months. Post-zyprexa took minimum 3 months. And still, a couple years later, the same nagging symptoms persist, though not as intense.

I do think somehow the meds change some kind of rhythme within our biology. I have noted it here several times from others in the last few months, and myself as well, about that waking anxiety thing that goes away in an hour or two. I don't know what that is. But clearly, it was not there before the drugs.

I was pretty sure cortisol was to blame. But you had a cortisol test? Was it a 24 hour saliva test with 4 samples spread out over the day and evening to see the pattern? If not, then it was a useless test.

I have discovered several things that make that waking anxiety thing go away within 3 days, with a slight increase the first day or two. They are any of the following: Milnacipran 12.5mg morning; Duloxetine 5mg morning; Hydrocortisone 1.25mg-2.5mg morning. Note they all have one thing in common...they do something to norepinephrine. Somehow, I do not know how, I believe that waking anxiety thing is tied into the adrenergic circuitry. And it takes nowhere near a therapeutic dose of anything to correct it. 5mg duloxetine or 1.25mg cortisone are miniscule, yet work like a charm. I don't get it.


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