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Just started on Anti depressants ... advice plz!

air0201
air0201

Hi guys! 
so I just started a treatment with antidepressants, in hopes to get control over my intense and quite honestly debilitating panic disorder.


I've been on them for 4 days now and I have noticed a decrease in my actual intense panic attacks, but an increase in my overall anxious feeling throughout the day, also was a bit dizzy/foggy brained for a few hours this morning   . According to the pill bottle these seem all to be "normal" side effects. 
Oh, and I also have had a difficult time falling asleep, which was never an issue for me before lol 


Has anyone else experienced these side effects from starting anti depressants (it's an Effexor)? 
if so how soon before they started to normalize? 


thank you in advance for all advice & help :) 

GirlinCalif
GirlinCalif
I don't know much about Effexor, but I just Googled it and it sounds like a good medication. With the other SSRIs, it takes about 4 weeks to feel the good effects and for the side effects to really go away. Do you know if you're supposed to take it at a certain time of day, with or without food, etc? That could be why it's affecting your sleep.

Sorry you have to wait, but good for you for doing this and you are being strong, you can make it! :) Let us know how you're doing on it, I'd be curious to know if it's a good drug.
Community LeaderMid
Mid
Get hydrated and stay hydrated.

Hydration is so important when you are experiencing panic and/or anxiety. It helps to get you back to a more calm level naturally.

Keep a journal to help you through this process.

You will learn more about how anxiety affects your balance and how panic works for you.

Best wishes.
Sunshinegirl0228
Sunshinegirl0228
Its hard to say why the anxiety has increased. Everyone reacts differently to medications. I take lithuim and it has been my miracle pill but i have friends on the bipolar board here who cannot take lithium. if you still have sleep troubles in another week you can call your dr. I take 5mg melatonin every night because i have always had insomnia. If i dont take pills to help me sleep i would be up till 4 am and sleep the remainder of the day which is obviously not good. Some meds can and do interrupt sleep. I have been told that many side effects last only a few weeks then they stop but again everyone is different
andreanicole686
andreanicole686
Hey! When I first start my medicines they actually make me nervous more anxious too. I was prescribed citalopram and it made me way worse so I stopped them after a week and my doctor gave me buspirone instead. I just started last Wednesday and I still get nervous feeling but not full anxiety.
Diana55
Diana55
Hey,
Hope things even out after your on it awhile. I also feel like I am more anxious after starting anti depressants. I am hoping to it goes away soon so I can feel the benefits of the meds. Best of luck to you.
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