Posted by susan C on July 8, 2001, at 12:56:52
In reply to Help! Need hormones, but they cause anxiety!!, posted by AnneL on July 8, 2001, at 10:52:24
BC pills did not agree with me. I now have a compounded progesterone/tri-estrogen combination that I built up to slowly. It is made from yam. Still it is 'processed' but from a plant source, Which is closer to human hormone unlike mare's urine used in Premara. It is from a pharmacy that does compounding, Rx by M.D. or ND. If your doc only uses or knows of BC or Premara, find someone else, or educate s/he. Dr. Lee has good info on net.
Take Effexor XR 150 mg. in the morning and Klonopin 0.5 mg. (down from 1 mg.) at bedtime. Depression is successfully managed. My problem is I am moderately anemic (hgb. 9.6, hct. 29) due to excessive blood loss during menstruation (age 41). I have been placed on iron 3 x a day and prescribed birth control pills. In the past I have tried every b/c formulation and I always get the same result, a strange sensation that I can only characterize as "nervousness". To the point where I just want out of my body. Yesterday, I had to resort to taking 0.25 mg. of Xanax, and felt much better. (I never have to take Xanax otherwise). But, I woke up with an anxiety attack that I got under control within 5 or 10 minutes and fell back to sleep.
> Is this "nervousness" something that may resolve over time? I wonder if the anxiety attack was caused by the Xanax as well? I had to stop using Xanax in the past because I experienced "rebound". Any ideas or suggestions?
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