Posted by Meltingpot on January 11, 2010, at 4:31:15
In reply to SSRI with the less initial increase anxiety..., posted by Vincent_QC on January 10, 2010, at 12:13:01
Hi Vincent,
You sound like you are going through absolute hell. You said that you have tried Zyprexa and it didn't help. What dose did you take? I find that 10mg now and again really helps calm me down for the following days.
Also, just to give you my experience. When I was in my 20s I had a great response to 20mg of Paxil, no anxiety or anything.
Then when in my 30s and my depression came back, every SSRI seemed to increase the anxiety at the start up dose. After two years the Doctor put me straight on 40mg of Paxil and voila the anxiety and depression lifted. My point here is that the lower doses actually had more side effects for me than the high dose. Maybe when you are taking a low dosse SSRI it is just not working at all and the anxiety you are experiencing is your own anxiety which sounds pretty bad.
Also, from some of your other posts I know you are very worried about affects on your heart. I don't really understand why because when I'm feeling that bad I sort of hope I will have a heart attack and just fall down dead, that might sound silly but that's how I feel.
Why are you so concerned about your heart, do you have a history of heart problems? Do you think you are working yourself up into a state by worrying unnecessarily about having a heart attack? I know that when I'm feeling anxious it's absolutely awful and feels horrible but I never actually worry that I'm going to die from it. It is such a shame because an MAOI like Nardil might help you. It didn't really help my depression but it did seem to help the anxiety a bit. Also, I know you said you don't want to go on tricyclics but something like Clomipramine might eventually help you, I did get a lot of anxiety on it initially but after about five weeks that subsided.
I really hope you can find something for this anxiety. Please keep us updated.
Denise
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