Posted 6/11/2014 9:59 PM (GMT 0)
I have tried many things for my GAD and Mainly obsessive compulsive disorder, my doctor decided to put me back on lexapro. The first time I took lexapro was when I was 16, because I had a bad case of IBS due to no other explanation but anxiety, then it went away and i just stopped taking it with no problems(I had no anxiety and ocd back then) and I remember having no side effects or anything.
The second time I took it for one year and I felt so much better, I even forgot at times about my OCD. It was all good until it suddenly stop working and I began having ocd thoughts about going crazy and panic attacks.
Then the third time was because i tried other 3 meds and none worked( prozac, luvox and effexor) I took it and I began feeling so much better again, my ocd was there still very strong but my anxiety was less. Over all I felt better so i was ok, not OCD free , but i felt better. Then one day, after almost 3 months of taking the pill and having no side effects, I woke up feeling really bad . I felt like sick and i felt sleepy, dizzy and many other things, it happened out of nothing ,from one day to the other. I felt sleepy and like weird and i could not sleep at night. The first day I thought , Maybe they gave me a different type pill because there was no explanation for feeling that way after 3 months :/! ! I mean side effects must have passed already?I mean how can you get side effects after 3 months :/? So I was scared about it and getting depressed so i just quit it.
Today my doctor said , i can take lexapro or take paxil :/! I asked him about celexa and he said it would be a waste of time because it is pretty much lexapro. I really don't know what to do because right now i am feeling really bad, my OCD is horrible! I am so anxious i think i have social anxiety caused by all the intrusive thoughts and panic attacks. I live in a state of panic. What should I do ? Anything i see or hear that means loosing control and going crazy i fear! I can't watch news because of the shootings and talks about schizophrenia, depression and other things on the news. It is like being a hypochondriac , if i see some stuff on the tv about someone hearing voices ! i start worrying about it and checking things :(
does anyone have any opinion :(? He put me on 5 mg, but he said maybe i am going to need 15 mg- 20. I am just like ;/ !!! I been even considering taking Anafranil :/ !! I feel lost , i don't know what to do :(!
Thank you for reading :(!!!!