Thank you for the support......
Thank you so much guys...my gut leans the same way...im gonna stick to 10mg for a while..a little short term discomfort is worth it......
My doc is a neurophsuchiatrist. I am from india. There are a lot of incomoetent professionals in this field. I saw this doc for the first time today. Since i moved to a new place and had to find a...
Im a hypochondriac. Ive been doing extremely well on lexapro 20 mg for the last 8 months. The increase to 20 mg happened in january 2019. Not recent. Ive had no major side effects since then. This...
I am not bipolar or depressive. The medicine ive been taking for managing my anxiety for 8 months , lexapro 20 mg, has suddenly last week started causing this acute agitation built up like a ball of...
I caught a nasty cold 2 weeks before. I read that normally cold clears in 2 weeks. My cold lasted like 2 or 3 days longer than 2 weeks. Just wanted to check if thats okay, normal, like that...
Thanks for all the support you guys.....
Things are going great in my life. Im happy. Cheerful colleagues at work, a loving family, good friends, a simple joyous life. All the things i ever wanted and thought would never get, not even my...
Took the day off to mull this over. If ive realized one thing from this is that i am so not ready for it. Which means my recovery isnt strong enough. Its clear to me that i cannot, should not pursue...
I started seeing this girl who works with me. We have this chemistry where its hard not to act on it. It was innocent flirtations at the beginning but things have gotten more serious now. We ended up...
Ive actually been feeling a little better for last 2 days..a small change..gives me courage and hope to stick it out with the treatment.. Met some real nice people ever since i got out..some distant...
Maybe or maybe its coz the place where they left me for 6 months was an actual hell on earth, where they keep you locked up for the entire 6 months in a single room, no sunlight, no rain, no fresh...
I was pulled off all psych meds during the worst lowest most stressful time of my life for 6 months against my will by my parents..coz they believe that psych meds are evil and were the cause of all...
Its been 3 weeks since i started taking lexapro for managing my overwhelming anxiety and chronic tension headaches..its, where my scalp stays extremely tight..all the way to the base of my neck..my...
Thanks for all the suggestions guys ..and i did get help rich..i stay out in the real world now...its much better..thanks for caring.....
In the Last 2 years, what started out as a increased appetite, late night cravings, carbs and sugars in particular, coz of 50mg seroquel that i needed for insomnia, turned into a full blown binge...
Youre right..i'll adjust in time..also gonna try taking it earlier during the day..thanks for the suggestion...
This is my first antidepressant...i really hope this particular side effect wanes off soon.....
One thing i had going for me with all the chaos and turmoil unfolding in my life Was that i was sleeping just fine on my own without any sleep aid..after i started lexapro now i cant fall asleep...
Appreciate the suggestion you guys shared..I got checked yesterday and it read 120- 70.. my 3 Rd reading..one thing I now know is that my BP mostly stays in the normal zone..now I have to get checked...
Blood pressure anxiety.. I get this feeling of tightness in my chest, pulsing veins orbeing aware of my heart beat..so a doctor suggested me to get my BP checked at random times of the day. Which I...
I want to know if it can cause increased appetite, weight gain? If yes, how intense is this particular side effect? I didn't see it as a listed side effect on webmd though. If you can share your...
I understand that proton pump inhibitors decreases the amount of acid produced in stomach.but i was thinking, we need acid for digestion, and activating the digestive enzymes. a good digestion is...
Green tea does have very less acidity, compared to all teas and coffee, yet, it's a hot beverage. My doc says to steer clear of hot foods and drinks. So I haven't tried it. I do however take green...
Can't drink coffee coz of Gerd issues, courtesy of anxiety. Since doc told me that coffee, tea, are a no-no, I was wondering what if just take Caffiene pills? Will they be better tolerable? How do...
I'm on a very low dose of antidepressant, 25 mg of zoloft, and i want to try 5 htp supplement, just wondering if i need to stop taking zoloft in order to do that, or not?...
how has been your experience with this supplement? How often do you take it?...
I've read that vitamin C has a mil antihistamine effect. And I was wondering what dosage would be appropriate for getting the best out it? What dose do you take? How often?...
Im falling back into depression again. and it feels as if i wont make it this time. but thats exactly how i felt last time too. at the core, if im anything, im a fighter. so quitting goes against...
Im getting a blood test done this coming monday to find out what is causing my symptoms. Right now im relying on anti histamines to get through the day. im just wondering as to taking an...
i stopped prozac 40 mg, which i have been taking for about a month, for last 6 days, coz i was experiencing side effects that were impacting my life severely. I also take seroquel 75 mg. So in order...
I am in a similar place as you. So much darkness in my life, its suffocating. Cant share my pain, or anything i feel with anyone coz there's no one here. Just me and my scared mind. Life is a game....
Hi Hibee. I see that you're taking olanzapine. So I'm guessing even if you did have any potential sleep issues from prozac, olanzapine would have protected you from them....
Ever since i started prozac, my sleep's been disrupted. I used to be able to fall asleep, uninterrupted all through the night, with as little as 12.5 mg of seroquel, now i need 75 mg and i still wake...
Today marks the 5th week completion of prozac treatment. The only relief i've had is from secondary issues, like the intensity and frequency of my tension headaches have significantly decreased, i'm...
Its been 28 days today since i started prozac. I didn't feel any such symptoms ( dry mouth, increased thirst) at all before. And all of a sudden since yesterday my mouths constantly dry no matter how...
thanks Emmski and Rrakkma, appreciate the support. :)...
Good advice SC, and anxious texan. Thank you for sharing it. I see what you are saying now. It's just that i was misdiagnosed as Bipolar 2 for last 7 months and my doc was so focused on "stabilizing"...
Im having trouble choosing safe water bottles. First i threw out my old water bottles and got all new BPA free plastic bottles to use. It wasn't enough to pacify my anxious mind. So I got stainless...
My doc just upped my dose from 20 mg to 40 mg. She wanted to prescribe it to be taken in two doses. Morning and Afternoon. Since i'm having sleep issues from prozac she said i can take it in one...
The good i receive from Pshychcentral or healingwell far outweighs the bad. these are my little corners of the world, where for some time of the day i'm with people who understand, empathise....
well put jbarrett! I feel a little calmer now. Truth be told its not that person's fault. Its the fear and anxiety running people's lives. the amount of "this could cause that" information on the...
May be He/she did had good intentions. But he/she basically implied that either give up your sleep aid or keep using them and die of cancer. How is that supposed be helpful?...
So i posted this thread on psychcentral inquiring about sedatives ( seroquel and lunesta). And one person responds, you shouldn't use sedatives at all for long term coz it causes cancer and cited...
The dosage of kolonopin im supposed to take is very low 0.25mg. My doctor said i'll only need to take it for short term until the anxiety from prozac passes. I checked for interactions online. it's...
Thinking about making a switch from seroquel to lunesta. On seroquel i have to sleep 11 hours, is lunesta any different? I'm hoping it doesnt induce such long hours of sleep. On seroquel my appetite...
Im sorry i didnt mean to say that prozac had stopped working. I meant to say that Seroquel has. I used to be easily able to fall as sleep even by 12.5 mg seroquel, now i can't even when i take 50 mg....
I take 25 mg seroquel for insomnia and two weeks into the prozac it has stopped working for me. I'm hoping it's temporary, a transient side effect that'll go away. Any advice, suggestions,...
Hi cill. I understand you're switching meds coz seroquel leaves you sleepy all day. I can relate to that. I'm on 25 mg Seroquel for insomnia as well. Seroquel is an excellent med for insomnia. It...
Hello. I was hoping to get your advice on something. So i've been carrying a lot of muscle tension due to stress and anxiety, which leads to chronic back pain, neck pain. My doctor put me on this...