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Posted 2/13/2013 3:05 AM (GMT 0)
Today I feel kind of numb , after i switch from cymbalta to effexor. The doctor changed it because cymbalta was not working and its working for my mother so I decided to try it. I do not have depression I have anxiety and OCD. But since yesterday I been fearing it will make me feel sad , now i dont know if its making me feel sad or just its just my anxiety. I had a little episode of depression when i was like 13 when my ocd first attacked and i myself got over it. But everytime i think about i could get depression i get scared i rather have anxiety than depression. I want to get better :S I just really wish this medicine works !! After I was fine on saturday, then sunday i got panic attacks and changed the medicine then today i just feel like irritated and sad :S!! I am scared of having depression and not enjoying my life , Is this normal after switching medicines ? Is this more my anxiety or real depression? I feel weird like body pain , sad like not so enthusiastic !! I know its the first day of my change of medicines so i should not be surprised i feel this way ! But still I hate it ;(

;( thanks for listening
Posted 2/13/2013 5:05 AM (GMT 0)
This sounds more like anxiety than depression to me, but I'm not a doctor. ;)

It sounds more like you're anxious about getting depression than that you have depression. Another thing you should know is that effexor is an antidepressant so if you did happen to become depressed, it would likely help ease the symptoms.

Medication changes are always hard because it takes the body awhile to adjust and there can be physical symptoms (like the body aches you are mentioning). I would try to stick it out if you can. It is totally normal to feel this way the first day of a change in medication. I'm currently getting off a medication and am pretty blown away by the wide variety of physical/emotional symptoms it is causing.

I hope you feel better soon! Best of luck. :)

Av

Post Edited (Avrielle) : 2/12/2013 10:19:37 PM (GMT-7)

Posted 2/13/2013 6:28 AM (GMT 0)
Great advice by Avrielle...and so I can only add my support, and encouragement.:)

I would give this new med the recommended 6 weeks at least, unless you are experiencing unbearable side effects.

Keep posting and let us support you through this time. I am sure that it is going to get better soon!

S.C.
Posted 2/15/2013 6:04 AM (GMT 0)
Thank you ! This is just weird , sometimes I try to analyze what happens to me , like why i get anxiety now and not other times. Why I am having panic attacks now and not other times. This last 2 years I have fought anxiety. And sometimes for some months I feel awesome then BAM !! horrible. First I start feeling nervous and anxious then scary taught OCD comes, then panic attacks. And what bothers me is i keep thinking what if i live always like this !! what if i cant marry my boyfriend of be happy because of this. I am just really tired and i just wish I could get over my anxiety. I don't know how but i will be fine. It has been almost three years and at some points i felt fantastic now i just feel SERIOUSLY AGAIN ? !!! It makes me upset and i wish i could post like ohh i found this pill and its fantastic and i love it ! but honestly no pill has made me feel completely better. Sometimes works for a while then again back to seach something. I am on effexor and i feel like tired and sleepy and horrible. My doctor said i didnt need to tamper the cymbalta off but after 3 days i feel the change is kind of hard :S
Posted 2/15/2013 3:34 PM (GMT 0)
I know exactly what you mean by over analyzing the anxiety and what brings it on, ect...

I think that there is a balance to be found there...yes, it is good to pinpoint the roots of stress, so that we can deal with those isuues...

However, sometimes anxiety just happens, and overthinking it will only add to more worry! At some point, we just have to accept it and let the questions go...

As you progress you will have longer stretches of feeling good, and when the tough times hit, you will be able to better handle them.

I hope that will start to feel better with your med changes soon, and enjoy your weekend.;)

Talk to you soon,

S.C.
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