Posted by Mr Cushing on December 13, 2002, at 11:00:37
In reply to Re: Psychosis..linkadge, posted by daizy on December 13, 2002, at 10:38:11
> Thank you for your advise, its been helping. my story kinds goes that I was having really fast heart palputations because of other stuff, and anxiety, so i went to the doctors because i became depressed about them, got put on effexor, was okay, not by any means better, but just okay for about 3 month, then last week got woken in sleep by palputations, was very scared, now soo depressed again. happened again last night,I wanted to just die i felt so bad. the doctors said that it is probably panic, and nothing wrong with the heart, but i feel like how could i make my heart go that fast and depress myself at random times of the day and have absolutely no control over it. I dont go out because im scared it will happen infront of people. Most of my problem is that i find it hard to tell anyone. Someone on here suggested that because i felt spaced out that i might have psychosis, thats where your advise has been helpful. because i am cutting down my dose of effexor it might be due to that, but then all of this just becomes a vicious circle. got some sleeping tablets that i might resort to taking over weekend till i see doctors on tuesday, right now that seems like a lifetime away.
Hey Daizy, the heart speeding up, like your Doctors say, is most likely panic attacks. That's how I felt when I was having them anyways. I take 1.5mg of Klonopin per day now in order to get those under control. Works very well for that.
The mood swings between being overly anxious and flat out depression can be caused by a Mood Disorder. That's how I was before I was diagnosed as being Bi-Polar. That just means that you'll need to take a Mood Stabilizer (like Depakote) and that you'll have to make a few lifestyle changes, but you'll feel indefinitely better because of it.
How did the Effexor make you feel anyways? Did you find yourself flipping more quickly between being overcome by anxiety and then overcome by depression? Did you ever have any periods where you felt like you were on E? Like really really really happy, so happy that other people have asked you if you were on anything?
Oh, and don't feel bad about not being able to control things like this, because quite simply, you can't. Though you can learn to have control over them, manage them, and still live a very productive life.
I'd bring this all up with my Doctor as soon as possible though. Because if you're switching more rapidly between depressed/anxiety periods, then it could be because of the Effexor. This is bad. If you quit Effexor cold turkey, that's worse. Damn... getting off of Effexor PERIOD is hard....
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