Posted by winterbluez on April 2, 2008, at 11:56:39
i have been on paxil(5mg.) i know low dose~ but i started on 20 and felt better and went to 10 then a year or so later went to 5 and stayed there for years. I have gad/soc. anx./ s.a.d/ and when a shocking life event arises i tend to fall into a deep depression. i just had one of those mid march and couldn't sleep for 2 nights straight!
went to gp and he said stop the paxil and switched me to lexapro 10 mg., i went a week on that and couldn't sleep was irritated edgy and
have felt like my feelings/emotion are wrapped up in a coccoon inside me. i'm a very emotional feeling kinda person so this really bothers me.
plus the sexual SE of total numbness in my groin
{no ejaculation remotely possible} is totally unacceptable and doubles the feelimg of depression alone! i was on .5 mg. of xanax 2x a day for years also. i since dropped my lexapro down to 5 mg/day and asked to be switched to klonopin. i an sleeping fine now but still feel all revved up on lexapro, and still don't feel my normal feelings/emotions. my eyes have been twitching and i feel very unmotivated,,what should i do? get off the lex and go back on a higher dose of paxil? paxil never revved me up
at all and made me feel edgy and tense like lexapro,, i must say though i have no anxiety on lexapro? i'm so damn confused!! could the lack of motivation/lack of focus issue be that i stopped paxil cold turkey and went right on lex?
if i go back on paxil should i wean lex after only 2 weeks or just jump right back in with paxil?
is klonopin a better med for me than xanax for all day anxiety?
i feel so strange right now like my life is just a dream and i have a 2 year old and 4 year old boy and girl who need me there for them and i'm a mess right now, i'm so damn scared /frustrated!!please anyone with advice,insight,suggestions, please respond, i'm in a bad place right now mentally,,
thanx so much for any help
poster:winterbluez
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