jka1979
08-24-2009, 09:49 PM
I was first diagnosed with General Anxiety Disorder with strong tendencies towards depression in 1999.
I was put on all kinds of meds.
Let's see I started off with the simple Buspar..
then I was put on Xanax 3mg daily, and Zoloft (don't remember the doses) but that didn't last long, I went through a nervous breakdown.
So I was then put on 50mg of Tranxene and 400mg of Serzone...that worked for a year but then the FDA took Serzone away! So I was switched to 60mg of Remeron and the 50mg Tranxene..
Remeron made me fat, really fat...Doctor told me to replace it with Effexor but that I needed to taper off!...That was a huge problem, Remeron was so hard to get off. He also switched me to 40mg of Valium.
Over 3 years...I went from 60mg of Remeron to 15mg, then 1 year to get off it! However I was also taking 450mg Effexor and the valium which I managed to get down to 20mg daily.
Last year I worked it down to 75mg Effexor, and over the past two months I am completely off it! almost withdrawal symptoms
First week: Alternating days of 75mg
Second week: Every third day of 75mg
Third Week: Every third day too!
Fourth week: Every four days
Fifth Week: I take the beads our of the pill and take 1/2 every four days
Sixth Week: Same as above but with a 1/3 of the beads
Seventh Week: Same as above but every week only!
Eight Week: Same as above but every two weeks
It's been two months, I don't feel depressed...but I do have bad days!
On a side note, I ran out of my Valium and I had no insurance this past month so I had to switch to Xanax and Ativan (they were available) so I don't feel great because of this...Any ideas of what doses I should be taking? My biggest problem is I can't sleep with Xanax. (I don't have a doctor's appointment for another month!)
I was put on all kinds of meds.
Let's see I started off with the simple Buspar..
then I was put on Xanax 3mg daily, and Zoloft (don't remember the doses) but that didn't last long, I went through a nervous breakdown.
So I was then put on 50mg of Tranxene and 400mg of Serzone...that worked for a year but then the FDA took Serzone away! So I was switched to 60mg of Remeron and the 50mg Tranxene..
Remeron made me fat, really fat...Doctor told me to replace it with Effexor but that I needed to taper off!...That was a huge problem, Remeron was so hard to get off. He also switched me to 40mg of Valium.
Over 3 years...I went from 60mg of Remeron to 15mg, then 1 year to get off it! However I was also taking 450mg Effexor and the valium which I managed to get down to 20mg daily.
Last year I worked it down to 75mg Effexor, and over the past two months I am completely off it! almost withdrawal symptoms
First week: Alternating days of 75mg
Second week: Every third day of 75mg
Third Week: Every third day too!
Fourth week: Every four days
Fifth Week: I take the beads our of the pill and take 1/2 every four days
Sixth Week: Same as above but with a 1/3 of the beads
Seventh Week: Same as above but every week only!
Eight Week: Same as above but every two weeks
It's been two months, I don't feel depressed...but I do have bad days!
On a side note, I ran out of my Valium and I had no insurance this past month so I had to switch to Xanax and Ativan (they were available) so I don't feel great because of this...Any ideas of what doses I should be taking? My biggest problem is I can't sleep with Xanax. (I don't have a doctor's appointment for another month!)