I'm desperate for some answer, Any Help? Please - Anxiety Message Board

MaGreene79 · 09-09-2008, 11:32 AM

I have had problems in the past with depression/anxiety. My dr. put me on a good regiment of meds...then I felt I didn't need them anymore....so i weened myself off. No problems for a few months...Then suddenly I was having symptoms, but nothing i'd experienced before, before it was a fairly mild case of depression/anxiety. But now my stomache burns, feels like I've been punched in the gut constantly, I havent been able to eat lost 10 lbs in the last week, I always feel frustrated,I scream and yell, I always feel irritated, I know the pain is causing some of the irritabilty, but this is beyond irritable. And I'm scared, i have kids, and I'm pretty good about putting my self in a time out, so I don't Rage on them or hurt them in a fit, but I can't keep feeling like this the pain and the crying and mood swings...i don't think my husband can take much more...I can't take much more...i feel like I'm losing Me. I have always been a happy, sweet, caring, patient, even tempered person. Now I feel like I'm trapped and I'm always frantic, I also have thoughts..like if I weren't here everyone would be better off, I just want to crawl into a hole and disappear, then feel guilty that I would think that..I have a good life wonderful kids a loving husband, and a job I love. Anyone experience anything like this? I'm at wits end and the old regiment isn't helping at all! Thanks for lookin' I know it's long. Also I've had ALL the tests done, there is nothing physically wrong with me

bean4000 · 09-09-2008, 11:56 AM

I'm so sorry to hear what you're going through. I weened off of meds in June and got so depressed and anxious that I had to go back on (recently). I felt like hiding under the covers for a week or two and couldn't function at work. I'm up to 62.5 mg on zoloft and starting to feel human again. It's unfortunate that it takes so long to feel better on these meds, but they really do work. If you feel that bad you should be speaking to your doctor regularly. You don't have to feel this way. I hope you feel much better very soon!

Natty44 · 09-09-2008, 12:36 PM

I was on Nortriptyline for years - last year in about April I felt well enough and weened myself off. I did fine for several months - then early this year I started feeling "weird" again and having anxiety, loss of appetite, just the whole gammit of symptoms. Went through the testing again to multiple doctors, two trips to the ER where everything checked out normal. the doctor put me on 5 ML of Lexapro and this is day 12 and I haven't felt a bit of change - still loss of appetite, etc. They say it gets better with time and I'm praying that they do. In the meantime, I have an Upper GI scheduled for tomorrow morning just to rule out anything - once again! i worry constantly that they've missed something because I feel so yucky so much of the time - weakness, tired, lightheaded, etc - they say depression/anxiety but it's so hard for me to accept that depression can cause these symptoms to feel sick. I'm hoping the Lexapro kicks in and quick! This forum is great and people swear by Lexapro so I'm hopeful. Hang in there.

dmize23235 · 09-09-2008, 04:02 PM

please don't stop the meds...my doctor put it to me this way.......if i had a bad heart, and he put me on meds that would make my heart work better, just because i felt better doesn't mean i can stop the meds, it just means the meds are working....my brain doesn't produce the proper amount of serotonin, so he put me on lexapro, am i cured?....no. am i better than i was? oh YES.....i too thought i was better and weened myself off of lexapro about a year ago....BIG MISTAKE...i am back on it, and i do feel better....