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Posted by blndefire on October 30, 2003, at 11:42:16
I am completely overwhelmed right now and do not know what to do. I was wondering if you could give me a perspective.
I saw my psychiatrist 2 weeks ago today. I was originally put on Paxil 5 mg in May of 2002, then the dosage was slowly increased to a total of 40 mg by October. I had gone to see my primary doctor due to anxiety attacks but had no idea what was causing them. In October 2002, I went into a very high state of depression, went on spending sprees (not having the money), my moods swung with the drop of a pin, I would lay on the couch and do nothing, or clean the house until my body hurt. I knew there was something wrong. I ended up checking myself into the hospital for 5 days.
After the hospital, I went to a day treatment program, hooked up with the psychiatrist, and she is the one that started weening me off the Paxil and put me on Effexor. I was also put on Nuerontin 600 mg and Trazadone to help me sleep. To make the year short....my psychiatrist has upped and changed the Effexor to Effexor XR 225 mg daily. I told her it didn't seem to be helping after 3 months, because my anxiety is now BACK, I cannot stop my hands from trembling, I don't sleep well, depression is always here. So what does she do?............she adds the new med for ADHD, Strattera 25 mg daily, plus I take 150 mg of Topomax.
I have a 16 year old daughter with a pituitary tumor and depression, and a 5 year old to take care of. I barely work and can't seem to remember anything but she doesn't listen.
Any suggestions
Posted by Dinah on October 30, 2003, at 15:27:23
In reply to Effexor XR I'm new here I'm scared, posted by blndefire on October 30, 2003, at 11:42:16
Welcome to Babble! This site has quite a few boards. This one is Psychological Babble for discussion of therapy and psychological treatments. I think you were probably looking for the medication board, Psycho-Babble, so I redirected your post there.
You can follow the links at the top of the page, and see all the boards the site has to offer, or you can go directly to your post at:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20031030/msgs/275022.html
Hope this helps.
And if you're looking for support or a place to talk about non-medication matters, please drop in at Psycho-Social Babble. It really does sound like you have a lot of stress in your life right now.
Dinah
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