Medication Update

[anxietycat]

Just wanted to give you all a little update on me- I went to see my pdoc on Monday who said Lexapro was absolutely not working for me (after being on it for 3 years) ... I could have told ya that. She switched me to Luvox. No tappering- just started taking it two days ago. I hope that it doesn't cause any weird side effects. She said since it was in the same family of SSRI'S that no taper was needed, I could just start taking luvox. I am hopeful it will help with my obsessive anxiety and depression.

Also on the sleep front- I've tried it all- Ambien CR, Lunesta, and regular Ambien. Regular Ambien is all that seems to work for me. It does seem to make me more depressed/moody the next day, but it goes in waves and I guess that's the price to pay for getting some sleep.

Also I gave up caffeine completely on Saturday, so that could have a lot to do with the blah feeling too. I was averaging about 4-6 cups a day back about a month ago and gradually dropped to just in the mornings and then just stopped completely Saturday.

Anyways, just an update if anyone is going through similar stuff.

[Enduronman]

I admire you for cutting out all caffeine and staying awake. I have to drink 2 POTS of coffee to keep me awake with this stupid narcolepsy, and other issues. No, It doesn't increase my anxiety because I have meds to contain that part....Keep us updated AC!....

E-Man...:)

[kris123]

I posted a thread yesterday, I'm in a similar boat to you. I was taking citalopram for 8 weeks and i was only getting limited results with it. I switched from that drug to Zoloft today. I hope I start sleeping better with this one. As I said, I've only started Zoloft today so it's way to early to tell, but I am hopeful. I had a feeling for a long time that the citalopram was not giving me the results I wanted and I was fearful for a long time that I would need to change my treatment. So, yesterday I bit the bullet and went for it. No pain, no gain I guess. I hope I made the right choice.
I'm trying really hard not to research Zoloft to much and give it a fair shot. Hopefully, I will be back to myself soon.
Besides feeling really tired today and irritable and a bit of "nervous energy" I think I'm doing ok.

[anxietycat]

I posted a thread yesterday, I'm in a similar boat to you. I was taking citalopram for 8 weeks and i was only getting limited results with it. I switched from that drug to Zoloft today. I hope I start sleeping better with this one. As I said, I've only started Zoloft today so it's way to early to tell, but I am hopeful. I had a feeling for a long time that the citalopram was not giving me the results I wanted and I was fearful for a long time that I would need to change my treatment. So, yesterday I bit the bullet and went for it. No pain, no gain I guess. I hope I made the right choice.
I'm trying really hard not to research Zoloft to much and give it a fair shot. Hopefully, I will be back to myself soon.
Besides feeling really tired today and irritable and a bit of "nervous energy" I think I'm doing ok.

so far going okay ... feeling extremely lethargic at nights to the point where i just stare at the wall and feel like i can't move. I can't tell if this is sleep deprivation catching up with me, ambien hangover, or the luvox. Prob a combo of all three. I literally just feel like i can't move. On day 3 of luvox today. Hopefully it gets better next week. Mood is kind of all over the place during the day. I go from happy to anxious to depressed and cycle again. Thanks for hanging in there with me guys.

[anxietycat]

so far going okay ... feeling extremely lethargic at nights to the point where i just stare at the wall and feel like i can't move. I can't tell if this is sleep deprivation catching up with me, ambien hangover, or the luvox. Prob a combo of all three. I literally just feel like i can't move. On day 3 of luvox today. Hopefully it gets better next week. Mood is kind of all over the place during the day. I go from happy to anxious to depressed and cycle again. Thanks for hanging in there with me guys.

been feeling pretty down all weekend ... wondering if luvox is ever going to start working. I am supposed to go from 50mg to 100mg starting tomorrow- that seems like a large jump ... what do you all think? will the feeling like poop be exemplified with the higher dosage or will I finally start to feel happy and normal again?

Also, thinking of trying seroquel for sleep tonight. Ambien works for about 3 hours and I have to take another half. Kind of sick of waking up in the middle of the night, but I'm nervous i'll be one of those people that seroquel just won't make sleep and then i'll be up all night miserable.

any help is always appreciated.

[anxietycat]

also to add to that my pdoc said that if ambien ever woke me up and it wasn't working i could take a seroquel and be okay ... kind of nervous about that though. thoughts?