Posted by Vincent_QC on December 13, 2009, at 13:55:00
HI Everyone!
I was put back on the Paxil for the second time this year for extreme panic disorder and general anxiety.This summer, I had NO problem starting it at 10mg at bedtime...I increase it fast to 20mg and my panic attack was under control... but I had daytime sedation and no energy...that why I was taking it at bedtime.
Now, I can't take more than 2,5 mg... I start it again the 9 december...now I have opposite side-effects... 3-4 hours after I take the 2,5mg, I start feeling more anxious, I can sit for more than 5 minutes, I sweat a lot from the hands and foots, my anxiety symptoms (migraine, disconnected feeling, high blood pressure and varialbe pulse rate, pain in the head and eyes pain as well as jaw pain) increase by 10 fold and I do more panic attacks, trigger or not...
So I wondering if I should call the PDoc again tomorrow and ask to be switch to another one SSRI, one who will not increase too much at first my anxiety level... even if I know that almost all the SSRI'S increase the anxiety for 1 until 4 weeks after starting the treatment...
Because if I can't increase to 20mg at least the Paxil, it will not work on the panic attack and disorder for sure... I don't want to be on the increase process for 4 months before I reach that dosage...since the amount of anxiety I live everyday destroy completly my life for now... I can't even drive the car to go see a friend or go buy a pack of cigarettes alone... I always feel like I will die...
I also remark that when I expose myself to a public place under the Paxil med, I feel more irritated, can't tolerate the noise, i'm sensible to the light and the migraine start hurting more and more... I never react like that on the Paxil before...
Any idea for a good SSRI who will less increase the anxiety at the begining of the treatment? Lexapro (Cipralex), Celexa, Zoloft, Remeron... or adding remeron to the Paxil???
Also, i'm already on 8mg of Clonazepam who not work anymore... but addiction made the decrease of the dosage impossible... I try to change to the Ativan at 12mg day, the same day I start the Paxil, so the 9 december, but that's not enought to = the same amount of Rivotril... since I had withdraws effects of benzos meds on the Ativan, compare with the Rivotril...
Another fast question here...
For the headpain and the eyes pain as well as the jaw pain, can I take some Neurontin? Someone had good results with the Neurontin in the decrease of their migraine intensity or others pain related to the head???
Thanks for your answers!!!
Bye!
Vincent ;-)
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