hi mattie,

Have you spoken to your doctor about this? You shouldn't be experiencing these rollercoaster emotions if you're on the correct medications. I've gone through quite a few in order to find the one that responds best to my anxiety and depression.

I hope you find something that works for you!

mattie- that is exactly what being on meds did to me. i had to quit everything and have been med-free for over a year. it's much better. i have control over myself again. everyone is different, but i also recommend you speak w/ the dr. they usually have no idea, it's hit and miss.
i don't buy into the whole chemical imbalance thing. that's just a theory that we'll never be able to prove or disprove b/c we don't know that much about the brain. i feel like i have enough issues to be messing around w/ my neurotransmitters. LOL
best wishes to you!

My experience is that I am hypersensitive to pretty much all medication I have ever been on, nut just for depression and anxiety. This has meant staring on very low dosages and slowly climbing up to effective levels. But I have found effective levels. Good luck to you.

I am super sensitive to certain meds. I am going through a med switch right now and it is pure hell. But once I am on the correct dose, all is well. Good luck!

Thank you so much for your support and suggestions. My dr knows I am sensitive. I finally found a dr that told me straight out that was the problem. The other dr just kept jumping me from one med to the next with the normal dosages. So, the one I have now started me on a liquid so he could get a very low dose and then when he got me bumped up to 50 mg I could take the pill. So how did the meds make you feel that you knew they were to much?

I was on Lexapro and it even screwed up my menstrual cycles. BAD. the doc said, couldn't be, so they took me off and everything went back to normal. She even reported it to the FDA.

I'm extra sensitive to meds too. I have Migraine and my doc (and I) agree that migraineurs seem to be super sensitive to meds. I'm glad she has this knowledge because when I started Lexapro I was instructed to slowly start with slivers of pills and work my way up very slowly. The adjustment period was rough but could've been worse if she had no understanding of sensitivity issues.

When I was first diagnose the doctor put me on klonipin and ? My legs were so restless, I felt like I was going to climb the walls, I was miserable. I called the doctor and he apoliogized that he gave me too much too soon.

yep I get all the bad sie effects and some meds o nothing at all for me and some do too much !! So it is just a matter for your doctor to get the rigt cocktail made for you !! Good luck and get better soon!!

Right there with you.....I hate that roller coaster ride. I would climb the walls with fear and panic and feel like who am I. The doc just jumped me from one med to another. At least you found a doc that is working with you..... I am still looking for a great pdoc. I finally ended up on the klonopin for anxiety and zoloft for depression an anxiety. To help my moods stable out they had me on geodon and lamatical. Hoping you find the right cocktail to help you off the roller coaster.

I am super sensitive as well. I get itchy allergic reactions to almost every med that i take. Xanax is the only one that i can tolerate with no side effects.

Thank you all for your comments. I know for me to get through the anxiety I have to face the fear. I don't know what is going on though cause the mornings had been the toughest for me and now it is the afternoon. Toward evening I have been able to be pretty good.