Effexor and pmdd
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s to a mood stabilizer and my PMDD came back full force, I was suicidal and had rages. I hid out at home because I was afraid of what I would say. It's been a battle the last 6 months, but I just got put on Wellbutrin and I'm hoping it will help the PMDD.
Keep an eye on yourself, if it continues for a month or more see your doctor, many women have a difficult time during menopause and don't realize it. I worked with 3 meno women and it was pure hell.
For the past year, I've been having between 1 to 2 weeks of pure rage before my period. I've been looking into this and it may be PMDD, which is a much more severe version of PMS. People normally get more depressing thoughts, but I just get rage and to an alarming point. Did anyone have any suggestions for treatment? I've read that only 10% of women have this.
wow i thought i was pretty much effed for life, i tried lexapro, effexor, ativan, adderall, zanex, welbuterin and u know the usual bs. At the point of seeing a stranger in my reflection with no one left to tell i just stopped caring about even taking yaz and soon after i fell like i was slowly waking up. Please iam 22 years old i let yaz control 2 years of my precious youth dealing with over barring spilling emotions from hell STOP taking the legal pink pills that rapes you of your soul!!!!
I also suffer with pmdd and yes a lot of the symptoms mimic early pregnancy I have one child so I know what early pregnancy feels like I notice breasts tenderness nausea sometimes vomiting a lot of strange cravings before my diagnoses I thought I was crazy especially when I hadn't been having sex with anyone during the time with this disorder you really have to listen to your body
t sound very severe that or your one of the ones that cycle like myself...my answer and you may not like it....marijuana...
I do naturally suffer from anxiety and depression, but it was well treated with medication. On Thursday, I had a large cyst removed, along with my right ovary, and surgery to "scrape out" the endometriosis. I actually thought this would be a relief because most of my depressive symptoms came prior and during my period. I've been anti-depressants for years, but this is so different. I just feel hopeless and empty.
I have been diagnosed with PMDD in my mid forties and have recently discovered a history of bipolar disorder on both mine and my husband's side of the family. In doing some research and reading books on this disorder, it seems like most of the symptoms are the same in both disorders. The only real difference I can see if the frequency of the cycles as women with PMDD cycle pretty much every month where those with bipolar disorder cycle much less frequently.
I'm so happy to find a site that talks about pmdd....I'm 40 yrs old...2 kids and great hubby!!
Unfortunatly I turn into a stranger when I start the process of ovulation and it gets worse as I go!!
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I ask today if anyone has done what I plan on doing soon..." And how do you feel now"?
Thanks for the comment, you gave me a lot of good info, it's always better to hear from the people who've tried these meds, etc! She doesn't have to tell her diagnosis,no, but she would, we're very close and talk often, esp about this. The doctor didn't tell her a diagnosis, except PMDD. She was on Prozac before for the PMDD and the doctor thinks that caused the suicidal thoughts, as she's young and it sometimes has the reverse effect in teens.
Look up PMDD and read the symptoms and I bet you will see yourself there. If you do then make an appointment with a gyno as soon as possible and they have I think low dose birth control pills to control this, I mean I am not positive. But I do know that I have heard of this before and it it not you but this PMDD and it is totally fixable.
I have Bipolar 2 and PMDD. I switched from Geodon to Lamictal in December 2010. Since that point, my depression has greatly improved and I feel like my old self. But, ever since I began Lamictal, the Lexapro that controlled the PMDD issue for years, stopped working. I'm now having severe PMDD issues every month. My doctor switched me from Lexapro to Viibryd a week ago. I am experiencing increased appetite, gastrointestinal distress, and can't sleep.
When I was diagnosed wtih Bipolar they took me off my SSRI and put me on a mood stabilizer, my PMDD was so horrid I was suicidal. There is a discussion about only taking a SSRI for 10 days a month, but the withrdrawal symptoms are so bad that it's better to stay on it, even at a low dose. Long term these drugs are good if you don't have Bipolar or borderline disorder, I would really chat with your doctor before doing anything.
Background: Diagnosed w/ OCD (health obsessions, not compulsions), PTSD, PMDD, panic attacks
So after 5 very unsuccessful attempts at managing my extreme anxiety w/ medication (psychiatrist & PCP), my [new] PCP & I may have had a breakthrough w/ Zoloft. I'm currently taking 25 mg (we started low due to my intolerance of other SSRI's), but this time we combined it w/ .5mg of Xanax (.25mg 2x/day).
Now, within the same day, I go from ravenous hunger and wanting to eat everything in sight to dry heaves and back to starving. It feels very much lille pregnancy. I had a hysterectomy last year for PMDD. They left one ovary. I'm trying to determine if I could still be having reactions to ovulation but symptoms seem to frequent. I'm also diagnosed with Panic DO and Major Depression. It's it all psychological?
would not take lexapro and effexor together. for effexor withdrawal i take omega3 fish oil caps twice a day//benadryl as needed for dizzyness\\ b12 sublingualtwice a day\\st. johns wort twice a day// vitamin d3 twice a day ---ibuprofen(motrin) as needed for muscle pain. as far as i am concerned, i will never take a prescription rx. for anxiety and depression again. i also have ptsd. i am sticking to st. johns wort and omega 3 fish oil caps. both will treat depression.
t know if it is already classified as PMDD (Premenstrual dysphoric disorder), but one thing is that she had bipolar disorder and has low serotonin with (thus possibly related to the bruising).
I know the calendar method is not as good for women with longer/irregular cycles, but there should still be a benefit to using it. So I took note of my girlfriend's cycles and monitored it.
I switched from effexor to wellbutrin. I had to be on both medications at the same time for a long time because of the effexor withdrawal... it was so hard to come off the effexor, I was at the lowest dose for a very long time, 25mg, because I couldn't get off of it the withdrawal symptoms were too bad for me.
You may want to see a doctor and discuss your symptoms. My daughter has similar symptoms and was diagnosed with PMDD. It got worse every year after her period started, so we finally put her on a oral contraceptive to help with her hormones. I also have her taking a natural remedy pill call primerose and some other vitamins we got from a natural medicine doctor. With PMDD it's important to make sure you get the right vitamins and take care of your self...exercise, mediate, get enough sleep.
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