Anti anxiety medication effexor
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I know that you stated that these did not work work for you in the past, however, when the second agent is added to them they become a very effective anti-anxiety/anti-depressant combinations. One other piece of information you need to have if you ever switch off of Paxil is that it is very possible that you can have withdrawal side effects, so hopefully your doctor will move the new one in as you slowly come off of it.
t sound like you need brain medication at all. On top of this, many people get more anxious on Effexor, because it is a stimulating anti-depressant, so it's unlikely a knowledgeable physician would start with this one for anxiety. My opinion, and take it for what it is, just an opinion, is that you need to decide if you're anxious or not. Believe me, you'll know it if you are.
If your doctor just increased your dose of Effexor due to the week of anxiety, understand that it's going to take time for the new dose to help. Ask your doctor if he/she can prescribe you a mild anti-anxiety med to help you while that gap is being bridged.
Be sure to tell the doctor about your "weird" thoughts. I'm not sure if that is a common side effect and it's possible you have a sensitivity to this particular medication.
Since they often come hand in hand and the same hormones are involved, anti-depressants can be very effective at treating anxiety. Im on the anti-depressent Pristiq...actually, it has gotten rid of my anxiety 95% and it hasnt helped my depression at all! Thats just my experience with antidepressants and everyone is different. It should take about 6 weeks for the meds to get into your system and for you to start feeling the results.
So I was totally surprised when it did take away my depression. When you mention your anxiety, you may also need an anti-anxiety medication if the anti-depressants don't help you. And in the meantime, I hope that you will try to access your supportive voice to give you encouragement about going back to work. Good luck.
so that leaves me here, at almost 24 years old with no college degree (i recieved a HS diploma through an alternative program) and still living at home, hoping that with the absence of effexor in my body i will finally be able to live my life again, the way i did before the medication. though i still had anxiety and depression then, i maintained a great deal of healthy and fulfilling relationships that i no longer have. i cared about people then.
You might want to talk to your doc about reducing your anti anxiety medication. Do you have the same doc for both the concerta and the effexor?
Note, Concerta should last about 8 hours while the Vyvannse could go 10 to 12 hours. Also Concerta is a Methylphenidate, while Vyvannse is an Adderall based med and is stronger. You might want to try the Vyvannse again, but increase the dose slower.
I was on 150mg Effexor, and it did help with anxiety. I am now off it, and the anxiety has come back. You should be OK on that dosage, and you can always talk to your doctor if you are worried. Yes Effexor is very difficult to withdraw from, so be sure you want to stop it.
My doctor suggested I came off the Effexor. I have been on anti depressants for many, many years. I know it is difficult to control anxiety without medication.
I hope your therapist will be helpful.
You have received good advice already, and take note that Effexor does have a stimulating effect, and most anxiety and depression is a mixture of both, so Zoloft or some other medication may be your answer...as for memory, it's hard to diagnose from this information because it could be from the heightened anxiety..did you try therapy along with medications..if not, you can try the self help therapy I have pioneered at www.myvirtualshrink.com.
Not a doc, but the combo of Lexapro and Effexor is pretty odd to me. They both affect serotonin, but Effexor also affects norepinephrine. I can switching from one to the other, but don't understand taking both. You do need to discuss this thoroughly with a psychiatrist, but I'd personally get another opinion if you can for these reasons: This one is just adding meds to meds that don't work. That isn't how augmentation is usually done.
t understand sometimes how tough it is to deal with anti depressant/anxiety medication. Very best wishes Mark_e_la.
My aunt, who is an internist, also prescribes Effexor frequently for her patients that suffer from anxiety and depression and has had great success with it. Also, I'm not sure if it has already come out, but my aunt has said there will be a new version of Effexor that is "cleaner", meaning it has less side effects. I'm sure you already know this, but all medications require time and patience! It can take a while for them to truly start doing their job.
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I was prescribed Propranol with Effexor, because of bad anxiety, and there was no reaction between those two. However I did have a bad reaction between an anti-depressant (can't remember which) and migraleave for migraines. I had a bad fit.
Yes your BP is high, but it is really up to you what you do. Propanolol is a beta-blocker to slow heart rate.
I found once my anti-depressant (Effexor) kicked in, I did not need the Propanolol. I just took it for a short time.
Effexor and Zoloft are two different meds. Yes, I think it would have helped if her Dr would have weaned her off the Effexor. What she's going through is withdrawal from the Effexor. Can she ask her Dr if he has any samples of the Effexor so she can wean off of it? I'm really not sure if she can take these two meds together or not. She may have to wean and then go on the Zoloft.
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