Anxiety Support Group

Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...

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kiki2 01/29/2014

So I've been on luvox since Dec 29th...so about a month. I have anxiety even starting a new med...so I start super small amounts...the first couple weeks I didn't notice much, but the last week or so on the full dose I feel a lot of anxiety in the morning and early evening it really kicks in..almost like I need to keep busy...restless and panicky feeling -- yuck. I know you're supposed to "keep taking it..." but I think I am going to tap out of this -- start tapering and try another -- any advice would be great.

deleted_user 01/29/2014

I have always had great success with zoloft but due to my irregular heartbeat I can't take much of it so I have opted to just not take it. I take xanax if it gets really bad and that seems to work pretty good.

I have gone towards a more natural approach now and started using essential oils. They do work pretty well, but it is patience and trial and error to see which one works best.

LuckyEmpath 01/30/2014

I had this same issue with Celexa when I started taking it. By day 3 I was on the floor in a ball in my therapists office listening to her tell me it had nothing to do with the med. I knew in my gut she was wrong. I wasn't able to function at all on Celexa - and only after 3 doses. My therapist checked with a psychiatrist who confirmed that some people have this immediate reaction to meds and to tell me to not take it any more. Well, she didn't need to tell me because I KNEW it was the med and I wasn't going to take it ever again. I switched to Paxil and it worked great for me.

So, trust your gut. If it feels wrong to be taking it then try another med. Anxiety is bad enough without a med making it worse.

Take care

kiki2 01/30/2014

thanks for your reply...calling my psychiatrist today to see about changing...question..when you change, do they have you taper down the one you're on and then switch right over? or do you have to wait a few weeks to try a new one?

LuckyEmpath 01/30/2014

If you are on a higher dose than the minimum I would suggest you taper off of it because SSRI's can have some annoying side effects if you come off of them too fast. Even if the Dr. says to come off immediately, I wouldn't. I would take at least 2 weeks to taper off.

I'm not sure if its necessary to wait to take a new one. I did wait because I actually had a short bout of PTSD after the Celexa so I had to get through all that fear before I could trust a new med. I think I waited a month before starting Paxil. But, like I said, that was only because of PTSD. My Dr. wanted me to go on it immediately.

kiki2 01/30/2014

Thanks LuckyEmpathy it's so hard to try and do this, raise two little kids and work full time!!!:( I appreciate your response.

LuckyEmpath 01/30/2014

It does sound like you have your hands full. :-)

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