Posted by 4WD on July 24, 2005, at 22:37:54
In reply to Re: Supplements increasing anxiety/depression » 4WD, posted by ed_uk on July 24, 2005, at 6:45:41
> Hi Marsha,
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> How long did the improvement last after the dexamethasone suppression test?
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> ~edIt's hard to say. I had two fine days and it might have continued longer except that Hurricane Dennis starting heading directly for my house and it freaked me out so much I had a pretty severe anxiety relapse. (I've never been scared of hurricanes until last year when Ivan flooded our house and we were out of it for eight months and lost a bunch of stuff and had to move a bunch of times and I just got overwhelmed.) And that was all happening while I was going off Effexor.
Anyway, Dennis went west of us and everything was fine. I've been thinking of maybe trying the dexamethasone thing again, though. It's weird, I didn't feel particularly better while taking the dex. It was just after they gave me the drug to suppress cortisol (I think that's what it was - the CRH part of the test) and I felt horrible for a few hours and then, when it wore off, I felt great. For what that's worth.
How can you tolerate 80 mg of Celexa? I can oly take 10mg before my neck gets so stiff and painful I can't turn my head.Marsha
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