Jenelle
02-17-2014, 12:00 PM
Hi everyone,
This is my first time posting. I've had an ongoing battle with anxiety and I got into a major loop about 2 months ago when a health issue arose. The anxiety resulted in massive ongoing panic attacks, with me trying to do deep breathing the bathroom at work, to little avail. Finally, I've had to take a short term leave of absence from work to get sorted out which I've never done before - work usually keeps me feeling more stable. Anyways, doc first tried Effexor with me and it was awful. I felt like I was blasting into outer space and spent half the night retching in the toilet bowl. 24 hours of pure hell. So then we decided to try Sertraline, but started with 12.5 mg compounded because I was very scared to try something else. That was okay - mild side effects, but tolerable. After 4 days, I went to 25 mg, and it took me a few days to adjust, but then my sleep went sideways, so we added Trazadone into the mix. That helped me sleep, but I was getting night sweats and dry mouth. Went up to 37.5 and then 5 days ago up to 50 of Sertraline. By day 3 and 4, I started feeling very spacey and lethargic. I should mention I have small children, so my anxiety increased when I feel out of it. So now I've switched to 25 mg in the morning and 25 mg at dinner as per my doc's suggestion. I started that just today. I had a terrible night's sleep after trying to cut out the Trazadone. I feel spacey and worried about how to approach the medication. My doctor is now on holiday. I'm set to get back to work in a week, so I feel a need to get this all under control. Does the spacey feeling go away? Should I wait a few days before trying to see the locum? I started out anxious about the health problem. Now I'm anxious about the medication for the anxiety. Can't seem to figure it out.
This is my first time posting. I've had an ongoing battle with anxiety and I got into a major loop about 2 months ago when a health issue arose. The anxiety resulted in massive ongoing panic attacks, with me trying to do deep breathing the bathroom at work, to little avail. Finally, I've had to take a short term leave of absence from work to get sorted out which I've never done before - work usually keeps me feeling more stable. Anyways, doc first tried Effexor with me and it was awful. I felt like I was blasting into outer space and spent half the night retching in the toilet bowl. 24 hours of pure hell. So then we decided to try Sertraline, but started with 12.5 mg compounded because I was very scared to try something else. That was okay - mild side effects, but tolerable. After 4 days, I went to 25 mg, and it took me a few days to adjust, but then my sleep went sideways, so we added Trazadone into the mix. That helped me sleep, but I was getting night sweats and dry mouth. Went up to 37.5 and then 5 days ago up to 50 of Sertraline. By day 3 and 4, I started feeling very spacey and lethargic. I should mention I have small children, so my anxiety increased when I feel out of it. So now I've switched to 25 mg in the morning and 25 mg at dinner as per my doc's suggestion. I started that just today. I had a terrible night's sleep after trying to cut out the Trazadone. I feel spacey and worried about how to approach the medication. My doctor is now on holiday. I'm set to get back to work in a week, so I feel a need to get this all under control. Does the spacey feeling go away? Should I wait a few days before trying to see the locum? I started out anxious about the health problem. Now I'm anxious about the medication for the anxiety. Can't seem to figure it out.