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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 3y ago
Usually your doctor will prescribe a benzo/sedative to get you through the first couple weeks while the SSRI kicks in. For me, I started Zoloft and was given Ativan for emergencies. I took Ativan for like a week before I started feeling better and didn't need it anymore. Now I just take Zoloft. The side effects should get better but if they don't, then I would ask to try something else
She did, I have Xanax but I don’t like taking it since, well, it’s Xanax lol. I do have CBD oil but I still have this rush of adrenaline inside me and I want it to go away. Not sure if it’s leftover from the SSRI I had to stop taking a few days ago or it’s just my natural anxiety.
@Recoverer - Not sure which SSRI you were taking but maybe it wasn't the right one for you. I have tried Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft, I have had the best response with Zoloft but everyone works different. If you are still open to SSRIs, I would try another one out and see if you have a better response.
@leggos I was on Lexapro, and idk if you already knew about this or not, but I took a gene therapy test a couple weeks ago that uses genetics to see which ssri/snri I will tolerate the best. And as a result, I’m on Pristiq now. But either way, this is only my third day on it and I’m still going nuts lol.
If it’s that severe, I highly suggest telling your doctor. It could be negative side effects.
It was from a combo of lexapro/trazodone that wasn’t for me and I got off of the combo. I’ve been off the lexapro for 3 days now, but I still feel very energetic and I don’t like it.
My mind keeps telling me “something is wrong with you. the weird feeling you are feeling or the weird tingling you are feeling or there is a weird mark on your body. Those are actually a severe symptom and by ignoring it you could die!” Or especially the constant, “go to the emergency room because this impending doom you are feeling, yeah that’s because your gonna die shortly” It doesn’t help whenever people say “well if something was wrong your body would tell you” because my mind keeps telling me that what I’m feeling is proof something is wrong and I need to get it checked out. That I actually am severely sick and that I need to get it checked out as soon as possible, that if I get one more test than I’ll be okay because it will prove nothing is wrong. How do I tell my mind that it’s just anxiety whenever my mind keeps telling me “well if you keep saying that you could be ignoring something more serious.” Or “the doctors are just brushing you off..something is wrong with you” It’s hard to live with my thoughts whenever they are constantly coming up with ways to challenge me and challenge logic. New reasons on why I need to get this checked out because “I’m just being ignored” or “no one is listening to me so I’ll just end up dying” My symptoms range from weak and shaking legs and body to dizzy and unbalanced and dissociated. Recently I’ve been getting this tingling feeling inside my head and on the back of my neck. And my temples have pressure on them. My body keeps coming up with new symptoms I need to worry about, whenever most of them are probably caused by severe and constant anxiety. So severe I can’t even leave the house because I constantly worry about whether this is severe and something will happen if I leave the house. I need immediate ways to start fixing this because it’s especially horrible whenever my period comes around and my anxiety/depression is already higher than usual. I’ve even started considering taking medication (Zoloft, 25mg) which is another trigger for me, I worry about the symptoms I might get from taking it. That’s how you know it’s gotten pretty bad whenever I’ve come to taking something that I’ve been actively avoiding. What are your thoughts? Do I take the medication? What are ways I can deal with my symptoms that seem so severe in the moment but pass by once I’m not anxious? What are ways my thoughts can ease and I stop taking every symptom as something serious, because at the end of the day my anxiety is most likely the reason I have these horrible symptoms. I’ve always been extremely healthy and everytime I go to the doctors they express how healthy I am with all the tests I’ve had.
Has anyone on here been on Lexapro before ? I just recently started it and I just wanted to see if anyone went through similar symptoms and if they went away at all. It started out as me feeling extremely tired all day long and now recently I feel numb like I have no feeling or reaction to anything like I used to before starting this medication. Has anyone gone through this? Does it go away after a while? Do you end up feeling normal and able to cope with the OCD better? Any feedback would be really helpful. Thank you
Does anyone have any experience with this? I wake up early with severe, severe anxiety and nothing seems to help. I try embracing the anxiety, breathing, and exercising. But these things only seem to help a little. Fortunately, I do think the length of the attacks are getting shorter (mainly because I'm still trying my best to live normally in spite of them), but they are still lasting a good 5-6 hours. They are quite debilitating. Does anyone have any advice for dealing with these? I've read much about potential solutions (being okay with the anxiety), but I was looking for some personal antecdotes. Thank you
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