Posted by BarbaraCat on July 12, 2002, at 12:28:15
In reply to Re: Quitting meds - me too., posted by zoey73 on July 11, 2002, at 10:43:57
Oh, no, no, no. You're not a failure at all. You'd be absolutely amazed at the numbers of people taking meds for mood disorders, including many physicians, both psych and regular. The times we live in are especially stress provoking and we're very lucky to have help.
I don't agree with your doctor's recommendation to not take lorezapam, unless it's to gauge how the effexor is working without anything else. A benzo, like lorezapam or clonazapam, is very frequently given along with an SRRI, and works very well for reducing anxiety, allowing sleep, etc. This is especially true for the more activating SSRI's, like Effexor. If lorezapam was helping you before and you're feeling the lack, discuss it with your doctor and don't settle for any explanation that doesn't feel right. I'm not a doctor, but unless I'm missing something there's no reason for you to be feeling uncomfortable and not getting good sleep when lorezapam is such a simple remedy.
> I'm not quitting, but being new to this group I'm discovering I don't have to feel quite so bad about myself. I thought I was a terrible failure having to take prozac and lorazepam to control chronic depression, anxiety, insomnia. But now I'm on Effexor, starting to feel better, and after reading these discussions, feeling like I'm not so different after all. My doctors though, are reluctant to prescribe lorazepam or anything for sleep and they told me not to take it while on effexor. But I'm having trouble sleeping and the anxiety is not gone yet. should i ask dr. for something else?
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