I was diagnosed with anxiety and perimenopause back in Feb. of this year. Now I haven't had a panic/anxiety attack in years, not since I had a thyroid problem in the eighties. My brother recently passed away in February and of course, I freaked! I know some of the symptoms of anxiety and I'm also in therapy cause I have experienced much trauma in my life and when my brother passed away, it must have fired off. So I have Post Traumatic Stress. Now, here's the question. I've been running back and forth to the doctor, all kinds of doctors. They all tell me it's perimenopause with anxiety. Okay, I'm 45 so I'm at that age. Great, menstrual cycles are strange, but hey such is life. What I don't understand is why the trembling on and off through the day, or I can be typing and my fingers are twitching everywhere. Also, I can feel my body tremble at times, sometimes feel dizzy, although the room isn't spinning, just feel my equiliberium off a bit here and there. This has been going on since end of February. Itis now almost June. I do have Xanax and seem to take a pinch of it around my periods since my anxiety is worse then. Okay, so now I've had my period and it's basically over and I can still feel the anxiety. My muscles twitch, eyes twitch, not all the time, but they do, can feel twitches in different parts of my body, legs feel crampy, not to mention IBS occasionally and also alot of neck pain on left side. Now I know I'm feeling stressed, for what reason I have no idea except still from trauma, since I was very traumatized by my brothers death. Therapy is going great, but just wondering when this trembling will go away or do I need to keep taking Xanax to even it out? Also taking the generic to Serafem or Prozac, gyne gave me 10 mg., only taking 5mg since I hate drugs. Maybe I should increase it since the standard is 20 mg. Anyone have any insight here that can give me a hand? Thanks

Andrea

Hi....yes the trembling/twitching is very normal for this sort of thing.
I also suffer from post tramatic stress.You would be best to up your dose.
I hate taking pills too...but we gotta do what we gotta do to get better.
5 mg is such a small dose..I imagine it would not help you much.I am currently on 20mg of Celexa..but I may be upping it to 40mg again.If I don't feel better in the next couple of weeks.How long have you been taking the meds for?
They do take 3 -6 weeks to work on most people.As for the Xanax..I don't take it..never tried it..took Ativan before but didn't like how out of it it made me feel.Hope that helps
Let us know how you are doing
Hang in there...it will get better ;)

Hi Ainfante,
the prozac in a larger dose should help to calm you, also take more xanax as needed, also learn to relax and learn new methods of coping with stress

Wenchling and Hry33:

Thank you so much for your input. I took another 5mg this afternoon of the Prozac since I feel so jittery today. Last day of period and then I had this fight with my sister, do I need to say anymore with Post Traumatic Stress.
I appreciate all of you input and I will stay in touch.

Andrea

Hi....yes the trembling/twitching is very normal for this sort of thing.
I also suffer from post tramatic stress.You would be best to up your dose.
I hate taking pills too...but we gotta do what we gotta do to get better.
5 mg is such a small dose..I imagine it would not help you much.I am currently on 20mg of Celexa..but I may be upping it to 40mg again.If I don't feel better in the next couple of weeks.How long have you been taking the meds for?
They do take 3 -6 weeks to work on most people.As for the Xanax..I don't take it..never tried it..took Ativan before but didn't like how out of it it made me feel.Hope that helps
Let us know how you are doing
Hang in there...it will get better ;)

I started the generic to serafem or Prozac about two weeks ago, maybe three weeks ago, but have only taken the 5mg. My gyne put me on 10 mg., but I am so drug sensitive, I wanted to take only the 5mg. Today, I took the other 5mg. in the afternoon, just couldn't take it anymore. But I still feel restless and anxious. Soimetimes I feel my equiliberium off in the mornings before I take the medicine or maybe sometimes in the afternoon and I know this is my hormones and anxiety or just anxiety. I take only pinches of Xanax. I got that about 3 months ago. I wasn't taking it for 2 months, was doing well in therapy, but then my period came and also an issue in therapy and I'm just on edge, so had to take pinches of Xanax. It's .5 mg. and I break it in half and then break the half in half, LOL It takes the edge off or if I need to take a little more, I go from there. I know there addictive, but I don't care anymore, but still watch that I don't take it everyday. I take it when I can't handle it myself. It's rough. The hormones, my brothers death and the other traumas I've had in my life. Funny, go through a trauma and it sets the other traumas off and you thought you'd worked them out but obviously not. Oh well, I'll get through this. I'm a positive person, just rough right now,that's all. Thanks for your support. I hope the Prozac doesn't make me more nervous.

Andrea

Hi again
I too break apart my meds...I feel better taking them that way even though they are cr (control released).I take half in the morning and half with my dinner.I thelps me not feel so tired during the day..and i sleep better at night.
I hope you start feeling better soon. hang in there :)

Hi again
I too break apart my meds...I feel better taking them that way even though they are cr (control released).I take half in the morning and half with my dinner.I thelps me not feel so tired during the day..and i sleep better at night.
I hope you start feeling better soon. hang in there :)


Thank you. I feel better already talking to someone I know in similarity to me.
Thanks again. I will stay in touch.

Andrea