Hi everyone!
25 year old male suffering from what has been diagnosed as anxiety/depression. Worried it could be more.
I was on Paxil from age 19-25. I wanted to try a new medication because although my anxiety/depression was manageable I still felt that I could improve on things like focus and I had some restlessness. Occasional depression and occasional panic but nothing too bad and I was functioning well in society. I also use .5 mg's of clonazepam as needed and find it extremely helpful. I was only using it once every couple weeks or so while on the paxil.
I turned 25 in early December of 2017 and took the genesight test a couple weeks after. On January 1st I began taking my Paxil 30 mg's every other day. I did this for 2 weeks as instructed by my doctor (Who I have only met and discussed briefly with a few times) and then stopped. On January 3rd or so, I began taking wellbutrin. About 4 or 5 days after stopping the Paxil I started going through the withdrawal period. This lasted about 7-8 days. Clonazepam was a big help. I had to stop taking the wellbutrin on the 22nd or so though because I had an allergic reaction of hives. Kind of a bummer because I think it was starting to work.
I then started Duloxetine 30 mgs on January 27th or so. This medication seemed to make things worse if anything plus I was nauseous almost all the time. After 1 month of taking it, I began doing it every other day for a week or so then I stopped it. I started pristiq 50 mg's on March 9th. The 1st day I took it I thought to myself, "I've got it. I'm going to feel better." But now I am almost 3 weeks in and am still struggling with the same intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and depression that I have been struggling with the past month and a half. My appetite is still not the same. I'm hoping my body just needs some time to get used to this med and recover from all these rapid med changes but I'm also scared it won't get better and the last couple months have been hell.
I have a lot of ruminating thoughts about how I'm feeling, if the anxiety is still there, etc. I also have been worrying about what direction I want to go in life but I have a stable job and career path and I have hobbies on the side that I am passionate about so I don't know why I continously worry about these things. Every time the thoughts pop into my head it seems to give me a little burst of anxiety and then I think to myself, "Oh yep it's still there." I have had intrusive thought cycles come and go before but this one is the worst I've had at least since before being put on medication. Hoping the Pristiq kicks in soon. Wondering if I should be doing 100 mg's a day or maybe even an SSRI as well.
Any advice would be muchhhhhhh appreciated!
Thank you and stay strong everyone! <3
25 year old male suffering from what has been diagnosed as anxiety/depression. Worried it could be more.
I was on Paxil from age 19-25. I wanted to try a new medication because although my anxiety/depression was manageable I still felt that I could improve on things like focus and I had some restlessness. Occasional depression and occasional panic but nothing too bad and I was functioning well in society. I also use .5 mg's of clonazepam as needed and find it extremely helpful. I was only using it once every couple weeks or so while on the paxil.
I turned 25 in early December of 2017 and took the genesight test a couple weeks after. On January 1st I began taking my Paxil 30 mg's every other day. I did this for 2 weeks as instructed by my doctor (Who I have only met and discussed briefly with a few times) and then stopped. On January 3rd or so, I began taking wellbutrin. About 4 or 5 days after stopping the Paxil I started going through the withdrawal period. This lasted about 7-8 days. Clonazepam was a big help. I had to stop taking the wellbutrin on the 22nd or so though because I had an allergic reaction of hives. Kind of a bummer because I think it was starting to work.
I then started Duloxetine 30 mgs on January 27th or so. This medication seemed to make things worse if anything plus I was nauseous almost all the time. After 1 month of taking it, I began doing it every other day for a week or so then I stopped it. I started pristiq 50 mg's on March 9th. The 1st day I took it I thought to myself, "I've got it. I'm going to feel better." But now I am almost 3 weeks in and am still struggling with the same intrusive thoughts, anxiety, and depression that I have been struggling with the past month and a half. My appetite is still not the same. I'm hoping my body just needs some time to get used to this med and recover from all these rapid med changes but I'm also scared it won't get better and the last couple months have been hell.
I have a lot of ruminating thoughts about how I'm feeling, if the anxiety is still there, etc. I also have been worrying about what direction I want to go in life but I have a stable job and career path and I have hobbies on the side that I am passionate about so I don't know why I continously worry about these things. Every time the thoughts pop into my head it seems to give me a little burst of anxiety and then I think to myself, "Oh yep it's still there." I have had intrusive thought cycles come and go before but this one is the worst I've had at least since before being put on medication. Hoping the Pristiq kicks in soon. Wondering if I should be doing 100 mg's a day or maybe even an SSRI as well.
Any advice would be muchhhhhhh appreciated!
Thank you and stay strong everyone! <3
