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...
Hello everybody!
I am looking for opinions on my treatment plan! I am now on 5 mg of Cipralex/Lexapro and it is making me lethargic, though helping with my anger and overall irritability a LOT. It is just making me very very lethargic and sleepy and not helping with my anxiety.
I was on 10 mg last time I was severely depressed (I am not like that now), but came off after a few months because I couldn't afford to sleep 14 hours a day and STILL feel extremely tired.
I have HUGE trouble getting up in the morning. It's nearly impossible, even when I have obligations to meet.
I really want to ask my GP for prozac because I feel that being the earliest ssri and still around, it's a case of the "tried and true". I have read that it gives some people energy, and that is what I desperately need! I need vigour and energy.
I don't understand why Prozac seems to have such a bad rep! Please help me understand...
I already exercise regularly and try my very best to eat and eat well and get sunlight + multivitamins. I have received loads of therapy in the past, but cannot afford any at the moment. I also really need a job and my recent agoraphobic and depressed tendencies are not helping at all.
PS. I will not be able to see a P doc until September 10, that is my appointment date. I am not willing to lay around and waste another few months until then. My GP really is apathetic towards everything (I think she needs some prozac too...) and will give me anything I ask for.
I am looking for opinions on my treatment plan! I am now on 5 mg of Cipralex/Lexapro and it is making me lethargic, though helping with my anger and overall irritability a LOT. It is just making me very very lethargic and sleepy and not helping with my anxiety.
I was on 10 mg last time I was severely depressed (I am not like that now), but came off after a few months because I couldn't afford to sleep 14 hours a day and STILL feel extremely tired.
I have HUGE trouble getting up in the morning. It's nearly impossible, even when I have obligations to meet.
I really want to ask my GP for prozac because I feel that being the earliest ssri and still around, it's a case of the "tried and true". I have read that it gives some people energy, and that is what I desperately need! I need vigour and energy.
I don't understand why Prozac seems to have such a bad rep! Please help me understand...
I already exercise regularly and try my very best to eat and eat well and get sunlight + multivitamins. I have received loads of therapy in the past, but cannot afford any at the moment. I also really need a job and my recent agoraphobic and depressed tendencies are not helping at all.
PS. I will not be able to see a P doc until September 10, that is my appointment date. I am not willing to lay around and waste another few months until then. My GP really is apathetic towards everything (I think she needs some prozac too...) and will give me anything I ask for.
My doc refused to let me try it and put me on Wellbutrin... well, she prescribed it. It is still in my cabinet 10 days later. : ) My friend loves her prozac. She takes that and Klonopin for her 'cocktail' and seems to be doing well.
energy. I take Wellbutrin which is very energizing but its a different
class of antidepressants. it affects mostly dopamine which has to do with focus and motivation. Some people feel that it makes them anxious but it doesn't have that effect on me. Best news is it has no sexual side effects.
I've been fairly anti-"anti-depressants" since my incident with Prozac, but I did have pretty good luck with Celexa. It was the only medication that didn't give me any side effects, but I took it for 2 years and I can't say it ever actually worked for my anxiety. I just do cognitive behavioral therapy now and it works.
After a lot of trial and error I've found the most effective treatment for me is a high dosage of Vitamin D for depression and a low dose of Propranalol for anxiety.
My MD tends to look to medications and surgery for solutions so I speak with my doctor for the Propranalol and for anxiety I work with my alternative healers. My MD was unfamiliar with therapeutic levels of vitamin D.