This is all new to me. I have been …
This is all new to me. I have been treated for depression for years, at times it seemed successfully, however as I got …
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Well I have gone off the meds that i started taking. Ok ...they seemed to work for awhile and then they seemed to stop. I was on them for 2 and a half months. Then i began getting cravings for alcohol...like lots of alcohol! I was getting wasted at night. Then i seemed to have terrible dreams and I couldnt sleep after. So I started taking Nytol which helped...but then i was getting severely drowsy so I couldnt function anymore. So I just went off it.
Actually Iam doing ok. I am calm mostly. I have been having anxiety but for now its ok. I have been off meds for almost 3 weeks and everything seems ok for now.
I will update later on if and when things change.
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Hope you're doing well. What med did u quit? Cold turkey?
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Good morning Cowgirl
The name of the meds was Cipralex...it has a different name in America...im not sure what it is called there. It is not a new antidepressant but they have apparently discovered that it works really good with anxiety in some people. Well at first it worked really good. I was very calm and quiet in my head. But that only lasted for about 5 weeks or so then everything started coming all back again. I was having full blow panic attacks still and I was having trouble retaining things (memory). It was particularity important for me to be able to learn because I was preparing for a piece for a concert (Iam a pianist) so I really needed to have memory going right for me. Then on the last week that I was taking it, I started having alot of trouble sleeping so I called the doctor and she said that it would be ok to combine it with an OTC sleepaid like Nytol. I started taking the 2 together for a couple of nights ..which i did sleep..but the next days I was totally zonked. I could hardly function. So I thought..this is more trouble than it is good...so I quit taking it. I had no side effects from the quitting at all...I guess that is because I was only on it for about 6 weeks or so. Maybe I didnt really allow enough time to let the meds really work but I couldnt tolerate the sideeffects which were worse than the depression and anxiety disorder.
I have been on other meds for up to 2 years and they didnt seem to help at all either. But Iam doing ok for now. Just took a new job and we are moving this weekend. I will be able to see the mountains better from our new place!!
Avylon
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What an uplift for you to see the mountains every morning! :) I know how anxiety attacks are, I get them. Not as much as before but they can go on for days for me. I took trazodone for a while but it made me feel so sluggish. And the bottle said I could take 5 a day! No way that was happening. I've tried different methods to help my attacks. One is..now don't laugh cuz' it works for me, I sit in the car and stick my face right in the air conditioner blowing tuning everyone else out. Ok laugh if you want but it works sometimes for me. Happy moving Avy. Post pics of your new view k? Sharon
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