Posted by Ritch on August 12, 2002, at 22:26:07
In reply to Sabotaging Myself - Pls Help!, posted by LLL on August 12, 2002, at 8:55:53
> For those who've read my prior threads please excuse the repetition - but - I'm back on Parnate, something that very much helped me in the past for my panic disorder and agoraphobia. Initially when getting back on it I developed tachycardia and had to back down the dose to only 1/2 tablet per day and add 1/2 each week. Well I worked my way up to the larger of the halves in the am and the smaller in afternoon without any tachycardia! and was doing just fine. The other day I decided to take the whole tablet in the am, since I was taking most of it anyway, and felt really "weird" and didn't like it. Well, anyway, this seems to have kicked in my fears of medicine and it's effects and I had a really anxious day as a result. This anxiety has carried over and now I have my radar on all the time looking for the slightest "different" feeling and getting anxious about it. The trouble is I find I'm getting really sleepy late afternoon and early evening, but I don't find that it feels good - it's not a relaxed feeling - it's a sedated "but out of my control" kind of feeling. Then when I think I should take a small dose of xanax to calm my thinking, I fear I'll be overly sedating myself and begin the cycle of anxiety and blah, blah, blah! Those with panic disorder out there - please help! The MAOI's are the only drugs I can tolerate! I believe what I'm going through is strictly psychological. In the years I was off all AD's I developed somewhat of a pharmacophobia, my recent nightmare of an experience with Effexor just seemed to confirm it. While on SSRI's - they truly make my panic out of the blue without having to even think about it.
> I need to stop this viscous cycle. I was doing really well until I took the whole pill a couple of days ago.
> If I can stick with this and get up to a higher dose I'm hoping the anxiety will diminish as it did in the past. Any support would be much appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Lisa
Lisa,I can relate to that "sedated-but out of control" feeling. I get that feeling often with mixed bipolar depression. I can get that feeling at night before I go to sleep and I can *tell* by the feeling that I will have an early morning awakening. It is almost like an epileptic "aura" of sorts. Have you ever tried any Neurontin? That might help that uneasy/tired/restless icky feeling a lot.
Mitch
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