Paxil Withdrawal
I added a 4th Celexa, bringing my dose to 80 mg. In the US, that is considered too much but in Europe, according to my doctor, they use as much as 100 mg. Since I was on a high dose of Paxil, I probably will need the 100 mg eventually. My psychiatrist said that although the Paxil is now out of my system, my body is craving the Paxil and the Celexa does not satisfy the craving. Therefore, it will be about 6 more weeks until the craving is gone. In the meantime, I will continue to have days where …
Off Paxil CR and On Celexa
So it took about a month but I did it. So far so good. I have some morning drowsiness which one cup of coffee is taking care of. I am feeling pretty good, despite some unusual stress happening right now. This is just a quick entry to let you know the switch went well.
Third Week Switching from Paxil CR to Celexa
I am now taking 60 mg of Celexa and only 25 mg of Paxil CR. I am doing fine except I was drowsy the first few mornings of taking the 3rd Celexa for the first time. The psychiatrist told me to cut the morning pill in half and add it to the night dose. He always tells me to spread out the anti-anxiety medication into 3 doses a day. I think some doctors tell people to take it all at once. What does your doctor tell you to do?
Anticipatory anxiety plus social anxiety
I have a wedding to attend tonight. As I keep repeating, my anxiety is quite successfully under control with my Paxil CR and Neurontin. However, the roots of social anxiety run deep. I have had a bit of nervous anticipation about this affair for the last month. As the day got closer, I began to think in terms of “once the wedding is over”, regarding things like making a doctor’s appointment or completing some chore. There will be a sense of relief on Monday morning. Now i can deal with my life without this hanging over my head causing me …
Sleeping at the wrong time due to anxiety disorder and excessive worrying.
My anxiety is now under control most of the time thanks to my anti-anxiety medications - Paxil CR and Neurontin. (Read the post The Results of my visit to the psychiatrist and Your anxiety might be caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. ) When the anxiety was free to enjoy itself in my brain, I often had trouble sleeping. When I would try to fall asleep my over active mind refused to stop its thinking. The anxiety disorder which caused me to think too much and worry about every little thing would render me sleepless.
During the day, I …
When anti-anxiety medication is not enough to control anxiety.
My daughter suffers from a very very severe case of anxiety disorder. (Read post My daughter needed help for her anxiety disorder.) She has lived a life controlled by worry and depression. At age 34, Beth is finally seeing the light. She is successfully using a cocktail of anti-anxiety medications (prozac, neurontin, klonopin) which have definitely decreased her anxiety. But the medication has not completed the task of controlling Beth’s anxiety sufficiently. She continues to be functioning in a limited capacity both in her personal and business life.
For 2 years her psychiatrist has been begging Beth to see a Cognitive …
Antibiotics can throw off my balance of anti-anxiety & anti-depressant medications
I am getting over a sinus infection that was overlapped with the flu. So that is about 3 weeks all told that I have been taking either an antibiotic and/or Tamiflu. And today I am feeling really cranky and sad. My anxiety and depression are getting the upper hand.
I have had similar experiences of feeling like crap after having other upper respiratory illnesses. My psychiatrist has always reminded me that the physical illness plus the medication taken for it can upset the balance of mood, calm, attitude, that I have achieved by taking Paxil and Neurontin. So, while I know in …
If anxiety strikes, I can now fight back.
As a person with generalized anxiety disorder, I am realizing that I will never be completely immune to overreacting to situations by becoming unbearably anxious. Scary as that is, I am also becoming aware of the fact the anxiety, when it strikes, will be more controllable.
With the help of my anti-anxiety/anti-depressant medications (Paxil and Neurontin), when, and if, I slip and find myself flipping out, I manage to grab hold before it pushes me over the edge.
Everything must be looked at in terms of degree. There is never going to be a CURE for generalized anxiety disorder. But the fact that there …
My Daughter Got Help for her Anxiety.
Once Beth was willing to admit that her anxiety was interfering with her life in a major way, she visited a psychiatrist who prescribed Prozac. Beth used Prozac for about 5 years and it raised her into a new reality. She became productive in her work (home computer business) and her social life improved. She was not so needy and did not obsess about every little thing that went wrong in her daily life. For the first time in her life, Beth was finally able to achieve a level of calm and contentedness that she never knew before.
However, as the …
These are the anti-anxiety/depression medications that I take.
With all the blogging, I did not take the time to mention what my anti-anxiety “cocktail” currently is. The first anti-depressant that I tried was Prozac, That did not agree with me. Instead of helping my anxiety and depression, it wound me up and I was jumping out of my skin. There is no denying that finding the right medication for your anxiety and depression might be difficult. Some people find the right medication on the first try. But that is unusual.
I am taking Paxil CR with Neurontin. I take 37.5 mg of Paxil CR in the morning and midday, …
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