Problem with med..maybe?

Hello friends,

It has been such a hard road these last few months. First losing it and going in patient...now I have a whole bunch of medical tests coming up. Scared out of my mind.

When I was in the hospital they put me on paxil and increased the dose at the end of the week to 40mg. I was feel pretty okay. Not exactly where I wanted to be but livable.

Then I went to my new psych doctor and he said he like zoloft better. We started at 50mg and now have been on 100mg for a week. The last few days the anxiety/depression seem to be increasing. I feel like I am going backwards. I had an appt. with him yesterday and he was surprised I wasn't feeling better. He wants me to give the zoloft another two weeks.

Honestly, I am scared of doing that. I don't want to end up back in the hospital. I feel so overwhelmed. He said if it gets worse by the end of next week to give him a call. Well, it was already worse this morning. Woke up with dry heaves again, can't eat, crying, constant worrying about my health problems.

I thought since paxil and zoloft were in the same class of meds it wouldn't take long for the zoloft to kick in.

Just looking for some opinions I guess. Do you really feel it's worth it to stick it out?

I have a therapist appt. this afternoon and it's about a 35 min. drive from my house. I don't even want to go but I will force myself too. My hubby has to work today so I have to go it alone.

Blessing to all, kitkat

I would ask him to add a mood stabilizer as well with your SSRI.

Im on 100mg of zoloft, 600mg gabetenian(didnt spell that right), xanax 2mg, temazepam and newly added wellbutrin, twice per day.

At first I felt okay but now Im back in the dumps. My psych said wellbutrin works well with zoloft and doesnt cause weight gain. We will have to see. I wish you luck.

Personally the best med I was on, but stopped was prozac. I didnt gain any weight and was ok for awhile.

Thank you all for your advice. I am trying to stick it out. My morning dry heaves had gone away while on paxil. They are now back along with the heavy morning anxiety.

I think I will give it another week and then put a call back into the doctor.

Blessings, kitkat

Thanks kitt,

I know it won't take it all away but I was feeling much better with the paxil. I would only have a little anxiety throughout the day. It seemed to have stopped my constant worrying about my on going health issues. When I don't take medication I think about it all day..everyday.

That is what I am looking for from my medication and therapy. Not so much a cure but just a little brain fix...if you know what I mean.

Hope your feeling well...how is the hubby doing?

Blessings, kitkat