Posted by krybrahaha on August 31, 2003, at 0:14:40
Im a little confused about something that has to do with SSRI's - actually a couple questions.
To start off with, I have had anxiety issues all my life and it wasnt until my girlfriend (now wife) got pregnant that my anxiety got worse. It started with me having a hard time with my breathing. I went to a doctor thinking there was something wrong with my lungs or something. He said I just had Generalized Anxiety Disorder and then prescribed Paxil - I couldnt stand the nausea, then tried Zoloft, didnt do nothing, then Celexa, Serzone, Buspar, then he prescribed me Effexor XR - that actually gave me generalized anxiety disorder even worse - even off it-the worsened anxiety did not go away. At this time the doctor got stumped and sent me to get therapy. My therapist set me up with an appointment with a Psychiatrist. He diagnosed me as having: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, OCD, and Tourettes Syndrome. First he prescribed me Fluoxetine (generic Prozac) and it actually did help with my generalized anxiety but gave me mad headaches. He took me off that and gave me Paxil CR (which didnt do anything) - then he tried me on Lexapro and that didnt do anything either. Then, we tried Klonopin which worked for my anxiety but at the same time made me very irritable. Then, he put me on Valium and it didnt do nothing then he tried Ativan which had the opposite effect on me (Paradoxical?) Then, Remeron which was awful and made me gain 6 pounds in five days - i had to get off that stuff. Then, he suggested I try Brand name Prozac instead of generic since it helped somewhat. This just made me feel crazy as hell. I had to get off it. He then prescribed me Tranxene. This makes my anxiety tolerable. It kind of made my OCD worse, so he tried Luvox - and it actually worked alot better than any other of the SSRI's.
My question(s) are: Doctors say try two SSRI's and if they dont work, move to a different class of drugs, well I have tried four of the SSRI's until I found the right one - What's up with that? I thought they were all the same on how they work. Is there anyone who has tried all the SSRI's and found only one to work?
Finally, People are always putting down SSRI's. For instance, Prozac caused this person to shoot people or Luvox for Columbine and on and on. What about Tricyclic antidepressants and MAOI's. I have never heard one story of a person being on a tricyclic or an maoi and go on a shooting spree or whatnot. These dont cause violence but ssri's do? Any feedback?
Sorry such a long post - just wanted some input
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