Have you every had xanax? Not a perminate solution but a great temporary

i had a similar experience, and those both made my anxiety worse...i am going back to the doctor soon to try something else so , i know what you are feeling...

I had the same, it took about 25 days before the symptoms went, it is a good drug and if you try it again, make sure you start on the lowest dose for a month, I think they do a 37.5 mg dose, I take 225 a day

I tried fluxotene and i ended up at A&E thinking i was dying, the doctors put me on citalopram which was a complete nightmare for weeks but i stuck it out. I've been on them since february this year and i'm feeling lots like my old self again. But at the beginning was bad and it will be with most meds you have to ride it out till it gets into your system. Citalopram will make you feel sick and put you off your food for a couple of weeks. We're here for support if you need it. Take care

Be sure to tell your doctor. Not even at the netx visit, just straight up call and leave him/her a voicemail. Many people do not respond well to meds, or certain meds, yet will be told to keep trying it or that the reaction is not normal. You know your body best. Never stop the med cold turkey, try and titrate off it. Additionally a good friend who is a psychiatrist recently told me if I can't get ahold of anyone to have no worries about heading to the ER/Urgent Care. Much of the time in the ER's there are residents on staff that are willing to spend more time with you and your reactions since they are still wanting to learn everything.

Good luck, but listen to your body and call your doctor to let he or she know. You deserve to feel MUCH better!

I cannot take antidepressants. They cause me to have a high heart rate, which in turn causes me more anxiety. There are benzodiapezines that are basically like a tranquilizer type drug. Xanax, Klonopin, Ativan and Vallium are the most common ones.

If you deal with constant anxiety you may need to take these daily on a regular basis. I took Xanax 3x a day for 12 years and am now on Klonopin. I have never taken Ativan or Vallium.

Pros and Cons of the 2 I took in my opinion.

Xanax - Works in about 15-20 minutes and really takes the edge off.

Only lasts about 4-6 hours per dose which is the bad part.

Klonopin - Takes about 45 minutes to an hour to work and takes the edge off.

Lasts for around 10-12 hours per dose so sometimes only prescribed 2x a day.

After taking a benzo daily for so long I prefer Klonopin over Xanax because each dose lasts twice as long. If you take it 3 times a day your actually having more in your system at a time because of a much longer half life of the medication.

Bad part of benzos is that your body can become tolerant to them and you need more or to switch to a different one. Good thing about Benzos is that they all seem to do the exact same thing and work in nearly the exact same way where antidepressants can work in a much different way then another.

Talk to your doctor about meds, some people just cannot antidepressants. I took them for 10 years and they made me worse then I was in my opinion.

Most doctors don't like to just use benzos, I have a very good doctor that realizes that some people can't tolerate antidepressants.

If you struggle from anxiety more then depression it is a good option in my opinion.

i re-acted like this and got a kind of settling after about six weeks. I thought the doc was trying to make it worse..please try it for a month..took 3 years to get meds right! feels like you`ve taken a drug-drug, i felt so detatched and sick- apparently its best for anxiety..

forgot to say, it apparently releases adrenilin - could be sicky bit - wierd thing to give to anxiety..does work tho...

Personally, Effexor made my anxiety much much worse and it was the first med I tried to take after finally being diagnosed with an anxiety disorder. I didn't eat or sleep for the 2 weeks I was on it, and I was sweating so much I had to change my clothes 2-3 times/day.
After I switched to Ciprelex (still taking it 2 years later), it took some time for my anxiety to go back down to my pre-Effexor levels and all I did was sleep for a month.
Go back to your doctor and as to try something else.

it is odd that the doctore prescribed venlafaxine (effexor). Its use is for depression. It sometimes takes up to a month before a person will see results. When taken off the side effects are similiar to that of withdrawl, and in some cases dementia. I have also seen when a person is taking effexor where they willhave to take a antisicotic to level it out, eben though it is effective in depression.

I was on effexor for a long time... I found out when I was hospitalized that it was making my blood pressure sky high... since I went off of it I have been on so many meds that I cant count anymore... Lexapro was a horrible experience... it revved me up so much and made my anxiety much worse, so much that I ended up in the hospital again. I just started on Abilify about 3wks ago after a really bad experience with Lithium for my bi polar, it really works wonders for the whole list of diagnoses'