Posted by Cseagraves on January 9, 2009, at 22:33:06
In reply to Re: OMG!!! TRAZODONE - HELP, posted by JadeKelly on January 9, 2009, at 20:29:11
Jade - I posted this to you earlier, before I got prescription filled. Wanted to make sure you got it.
I just took 50mg tonight. We'll see how that works!!
Earlier post:
Jade -
Hey ya!
Just wanted you to know after I read your post I started looking up info and reviews on trazodone. I called a friend of mine who is a nurse and she agreed that seemed to fit my situation better. Had heard of trazadone in school,(for insomnia) but not under the term SARI's. All I can think of is that the medical field must have just given this category of drugs a label. Tried to google sari's, got nothing as far as med).
I agree, I think I would feel better giving this a try as it seems to work on sleep AND anxiety AND agoraphobia. Called pdoc today and requested to give this a try, so I will definatley keep you posted as hopefully I will be starting it tonight.
Also wanted to mention that probably one of the contributors to my situation is that I had polycystic ovarian disease since I was a teenager, which finally resulted in a radical hysterctomy 5 years ago. So basically my hormones have always been on the low side which sent my body into adrenal stress syndrome. (I wouldn't take artificial hormone therapy. Didn't make sense to me to take horse hormones).
When I had my hormone levels tested about a year ago, I was in the negative on estrogen and progesterone. I was blown away when I googled low-estrogen effects. Anxiety, depression, panic disorders among several other things all came up. I wish I could stress to females who are 35 and older, (and my GP totally agrees)who start feeling these things, should have a full hormonal work-up.
Most of these symptoms will resolve themselves, once you get your hormones leveled. I started on bio-identical hormones about 6 months ago, hope they help, but will take time to build up and get body back straight. I also developed osteoporosis because of the inability to absorb calcium and vitamin D. (Couldn't figure out why I kept breaking so many bones so easily). Sucked!!
I guess you could say when I thought I had most things figured out and how to fix them, the GAD and agorophobia set in. (if its not one thing its another, lol). My pdoc says it was a combination of my health, a highly stressful childhood, watching my mom pass away from pancreatic cancer, being with my sister as she goes through cervical cancer (we are very tight) and just the high levels of stress that we put ourselves through on a daily basis, finally just came to a head.
But, I have a game plan, as I WILL get out of this place. I just need to find a med that can stabilize the anxiety enough so that I can re-train my brain.
Wanted to thank you again for bringing it up. Like I said, in med school I only remembered it as a med for insomnia. Wish we could meet, seems like we would hit it off well.
Good luck with all that you are going through and I'll be close by for support. Remember to try and stay true to who you are. This condition DOES NOT define who you are. I try to believe that everything that happens to us is a blessing (although it may not seem that way), but it teaches something about ourselves and we become stronger.
Courtney
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