Posted by animalib on August 13, 2007, at 14:09:48
i have tried lexapro, zoloft, buspar, and cymbalta for anxiety/panic disorder and noticed that anything with serotonin (increasing or decresing) leads to bruxism. They have always paired these drugs with a benzo, first lorazepam with lexapro, then serax with zoloft, and cymbalta with klonopin. Well, even the cymbalta which is an SNRI gave me jaw pain so I decreased from 40mg daily to 20mg, everything was fine for two months, then jaw pain again...I had quit all the others for jaw pain (except for Buspar which didn't help anything, it was like taking placebo). So now I can't take anything that has serotonin and the only thing left is Wellbutrin which has not been approved or shown to help anxiety and panic (just depression). My biggest problem is chest pain and panic attacks, so that would be useless. I just got back from the psychiatrist. He doesn't know what to do with me. He told me to increase the klonopin and take more twice a day to control the anxiety while he reads the articles on the buspar relation to blocking those receptors that seem to trigger the TMJ. Meanwhile, I have purchased a nightguard (today) and take Advil for the jaw pain. I can't stop crying and still have anxiety. So, I don't know what will happen next but you all understand that this is not a good quality of life and that I don't plan on having to live with this my whole life, and go to school (law), and take care of my family, and do everything I have to do to pay off my mortgage and school loans. I am overwhelmed and disappointed at the medications.
I have also tried CBT and meditation...nothing has worked. I have lost all hope.
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