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Venlafaxine not working after 5 weeks and unsure what to do next?
Posted 3 Mar 2018 by • 2 answers
I was on 75mg for (4) weeks with no improvement. After a nervous breakdown doc upped to 150mg. Since then I've had terrible sleep, anxiety and depression like I've never experienced before (daily) and now at almost (5) weeks at this dose I feel no improvement at all. I feel worse than ...
Is it possible to have suicidal thoughts after only taking 2 doses?
Posted 12 Jan 2016 by • 4 answers
I have only taken 2 doses so far. The next day I had a mini nervous breakdown, and had thoughts of hurting myself. I am taking these to sleep, not depression. I have had a bad reaction to Cybalta before about 10yrs ago. Is it possible for it to make me have those thoughts that fast?
Effexor Withdrawal Side Effects Permanent?
Posted 12 Oct 2017 by • 1 answer
I went off Effexor suddenly when I had a nervous breakdown in August of 2015. I was diagnosed with MDD and Complex PTSD years ago but since that breakdown, I have also been diagnosed with GAD and SAD. I have terrifying panic attacks now - shaking, rocking, terrified out of my mind. I know Effexor ...
Antidepressant - Hi all. Had a breakdown a few months ago and started slipping into a depression.?
Posted 6 May 2018 by • 2 answers
... Started on a low dose of Effexor (37.5mg) last week, going up to 75mg tomorrow. First few days were BRUTAL. I've noticed that I feel more emotionally and physically stable but it has made my anxiety worse (I'm very reactive), which I was warned about. My main side effect is the ...
How long does it take to mentally recover from long term prednisone use?
Posted 25 Sep 2016 by • 1 answer
I have been on prednisone for year for an undetermined autoimune disease. 20-40mg most of the year. In July I had I guess you would call a mental breakdown. Now down to 8mg prednisone but will be 4-5 month to get off. My Dr, family and friends say I am doing much better mentally, not 100% but much ...
Anxiety and Stress - My mind creates these situations where if I don;t do something before a certain
Posted 9 Sep 2015 by • 3 answers
... time or way that something very bad will happen. what condition is this associated with? This has developed over the last five years or so, it started in 2001 with a nervous breakdown. Then developed more in my late 20's. Hearing voices, weighing options that have a heavy spiritual ...
Citalopram - Hi, I am currently going through a breakdown which is caused by stress and anxiety,?
Posted 4 Nov 2017 by • 1 answer
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Trying to find an anxiety drug that works, where to from here?
Posted 27 Nov 2014 by • 2 answers
Having had my first breakdown since 1965 and still suffering i do wonder at the age of 65 is there anything to relieve my anxiety?The drugs that where most effective "mandrax" in the 70,s and rohypnol which i was on for 20 years plus and coped quite well.I am under going treatment once ...
Does remeron help with anxiety?
Posted 1 Aug 2015 by • 1 answer
I've been put on 15mg remeron nightly for anxiety/depression (started 2 days ago), was taken off lexapro after i had a breakdown cut my chest arms and legs with a razor blade, I was only on lexapro 2 days was on Sertraline 100mg for 3 weeks before that, my question is what am I supposed to ...
Bupropion - Doc wants to increase my dosage, but I'm nervous, what should I do?
Posted 5 Sep 2015 by • 2 answers
After taking Viibryd for 2 years I recently had a nervous breakdown so the doc switched me to Bupropion XL 300mg. I've been on this dosage for 3 months and it's been working most of the time but I still have anxiety attacks that can get pretty bad. So the doc wants to add another 150mg ...
Do you think I'm bipolar? It's a long story but I really need serious help?
Posted 14 Feb 2016 by • 2 answers
I have suffered from OCD since I was thirteen years old. It didn't become unmanageable until I was about eighteen. It became so unmanageable that I had a nervous breakdown during my freshman year of college and was hospitalized for a week. The hospitalization didn't help me at all except ...
Years of stage fright, poor public speaking from perf anxiety, pls advise Propranolol v/s Atenolol?
Posted 24 Feb 2016 by • 0 answers
47 y old 190 lb guy w long standing years of stage fright, poor public speaking, nervousness, speech breakdown from severe performance anxiety, pls advise Propranolol v/s Atenolol and doseages side effects and how to wean off between performances etc as i dont want to be on beta blockers for ever ...
Help me! If anyone knows where and what these symptoms could be?
Posted 12 Nov 2017 by • 1 answer
I have been on Paxil for 6 months and lost my insurance. So I was without Paxil for 4 days. Doctor sent me in a script and i started back up because I was having mental breakdowns. Within that time i have been having severe chest pains during sex, crying out burst s, feel nauseated and weak. So ...
How does Carbidopa prevent the breakdown of levodopa in the bloodstream and not in the brain?
Posted 11 Jun 2016 by • 0 answers
If the Carbidopa in the bloodstream keeps levodopa from breaking down in the bloodstream then how does it not keep it from breaking it down in the brain? How is Carbidopa kept out of the brain?
I had a nervous breakdown on New Year’s Eve and was already on 20mg cipralex. My doctor took me up
Posted 12 Jan 2018 by • 0 answers
... to 35mg, and it’s been about almost 1.5 weeks. I wake up with morning anxiety and wonder when it will all subside ? I haven’t had an episode like this for almost 2 years. I have lorazepam for this unmanageable moments but asked my doctor for more just incase until The meds kick in. ...
