from citalopram to venlafaxine, good stories please!!!

[spawn]

Happy New Year!

[Annip]

Happy new year to you all
Annip xx

[Annip]

Hi how is everyone now..a few days into the new year. Nicola how are you. I am going out to meet friends this morning. I am scared..feel low and weepy. I'm finding it hard to control my breathing and feel very shaky. They are all good friends and I feel I have to move on with my life. My husband is taking me and picking me up later.
Clio how are you doing..please pm me and let me know.
Tracey how are you getting on..still teaching?
Gav..how is your business doing and how are you getting on
Pip are you doing well
Perhaps I am expecting a bit too much to go out after my dads funeral with anxiety ?
annip xx

[nicola1980]

Hi Anni, I was thinking about you on Monday, it must have been a very hard day for you, your anxiety is bound to be bad hun, allow yourself to grieve and lean on your friends and family. Im still struggling a lot but seeing Pdoc tomo, I was ok last week but the anxiety and panic is back this week xxxx

[TJSMITH]

Ah Annie and Nic big big hugs.
After 3 months of starting decrease I have gone straight back up again today as close to full blown panic attack last night.
I really felt in a place to do this but maybe not.
I have the dreaded fear and racing thoughts back.

I am only worried I will on top of that get the start up effects now as gone from 100mg sert back to 150mg.
Grrrr we will get back to where we were I'm sure plus we all have had extra stress in our lives.

Thinking of you both and to anyone else hope you all ok? Xx

[nicola1980]

Oh tracy that's exactly how I'm feeling, I've totally crashed this week. Hope the increase kicks in soon X X X

[TJSMITH]

Big hugs Nicola. Totally crap isn't it? I'm trying to stay positive as mostly ok before I decreased getting on with life etc etc and not bothered too much by any stresses x

[Annip]

Hi Nicola and Tracy
I am trying to be positive by carrying on with things. By trying to be Mindful of other things. It is so difficult to carry on with the anxiety and the grief. I am on 225mg of ven and the doc says I can go higher. I am scared to go higher. I am scared to change. Ven was so good for me in the beginning. I think it still helps and cushions me from the worst. My psycologist said I needed immediate grief counsoling cos of my anxiety. Guess what..6 weeks to wait for Cruse, 9 months to wait on nhs.
Thinking about you both. I'm writing to my dad each day..things I would have said to him, helps a little.
If it helps Tracy I didn't get any side effects each time I went higher on my ven
Big hugs to you both xxxxx Annip

[nicola1980]

Hi Anni, that's a lovely thing to do write to your dad everyday, grief is awful and can make you very poorly, that's what my anxiety and panic is being put down to at the moment and only time will ease our pain. Do you still use Diazepam? My Gp gave me some to use but I feel a failure when I use it XX

[TJSMITH]

Hi Annie and Nic
You both have been through a lot very recently and it would take those without anxiety/depression a while to pick themselves up again so I think you doing fantastic.
Annie that's a lovely idea and will help.
I'm day two of increase back to 150 from 100 and already feel so much better but that's probably placebo effect as long as no worse I don't care.

I'm fed up with winter already lol want some sun as always helps xx