I have been having suicidal thoughts. I am depressed because of my anxiety attacks. I feel drained and don’t know what to do. I’m on paxil but it’s a shitty drug that doesn’t do anything for anxiety and apparently depression either.
20 years with this ■■■■! F u c k.
I feel like crap too today. Maybe I had too much coffee. My depression has improved since I am on Wellbutrin but some days still suck. I hope you feel better soon.
I’m totally stuck in life because my anxiety. It has turned me in to a recluse. What once started with slight nervousness is now uncontrollable panic and anxiety. It has caused social phobia, generalized anxiety and panic attacks. Also I have somewhat ocd. I want to end this. My life is just a waste. I’m not doing anything. I’m just hiding from life. I feel like I’m in prison and I want to die.
Maybe with the right meds and therapy things can get better. Don’t give up. I would fight for it.
I suffer similar crap
They are looking to change the antidepressant I’ve been on twenty years
Sorry to hear you’re going through this. I know how hard anxiety attacks and depression can be. I use to be agoraphobic for a couple years.
Yeah, Paxil was the first psych med I was ever on. It didn’t do sh*t. When I quit I got brain zaps as a withdrawal effect.
Anxiety is my number # 2 complaint, just behind avolition.
My psychiatrist suggested 50mg of seroquel to go along with my Abilify. I declined but maybe it would work for you if your anxiety is that bad?
I don’t think anti- depressants work for anxiety. I was on effexor which is the number one drug prescribed for panic- attacks. It didn’t work! The withdrawal was horrible.
I don’t know what to do anymore. I’ve lost all hope.
Same, 3 months of brutal withdrawals for me. It was awful!
Benzodiazepines are usually prescribed for anxiety. For about 15 years my doc prescribed me 30 lorazepam/year to use as needed (PRN) for anxiety. He stressed I only use them when I absolutely needed them and so I did.
Clonazepam is actually FDA approved for panic disorder but as a side it effect it causes sleepiness. My pdoc prescribed it to me for my insomnia but because of its anxiolytic properties I’ve felt very calm, not that anxiety is a major problem for me anymore. Perhaps talk to you doctor about clonazepam.
If you don’t know anything about benzos there is a risk of dependency but for me the trade off was worth it so I could get some sleep.
Seroquel isn’t an antidepressant, it’s another AP that’s sedating at that dose.
I’ll talk to my doc about benzos. I’m fed up with this ■■■■. It’s ridiculous!
I suggest a longer acting benzo like clonazepam (or possibly lorazepam) and to avoid short acting ones like Xanax but I’ll leave it up to you and your doctor to discuss it.
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