your comments on ssri treatment for sa

[pete69]

seroxat kinda helped the first time i took it back in 2000,was on it 3.5 years,i stopped taking it as i was just getting on with life so in that sense did it help?looking back i should of kept on with it as since then the sa has got slightly worse and some of my old fears resurfised.

over the past 3 years i have tried cipralex...very bad side effects came off em after a week... seroxat again,this time side effects were shaking ,tense,real crap so came off them,and finally prozac 40mg for 12weeks..didnt touch my sa felt absolutely nothing,my shrink who changes everytime i go said after 8 weeks he would of stopped if no sign of improvement.so now he has put me back on seroxat 10mg,,to increase after 2 weeks to 20mg..i told him about the side effects being as bad as the sa itself but he thinks a slow drip into my system of em them back on 20 mg might help...nah still feeling bad on this low dose.

so im asking if ssri treatment for you sa has proved to be of value and you
couldnt of coped without..i beg to differ but be good to hear your views.

i think back in 2000 i wasnt to bad hence why the seroxat could of helped,i think for severe
sa they are maybe not the answer.

pete

[joy]

for some reason Seroxat works the first time and not the second but in your case hopefully the third !!! It also has a nasty habit of stopping anyother meds working as well as several of us on this site are in the same boat. Wish you well finding a med that suits you without side effects and most of all bloomin works!!!!

Joy

[pete69]

joy!
im so glad you said that about seroxat,as it has been buggin me sine the 2nd time i tried it ...why why why is this not doing what it did last time and where have all these crap side effects come from! im so glad you have replied with that.where did you find out this info was it from personal experience or you heard about it? and why the hell is my shrink trying me on it again if its not going to work,he obviously doesnt know about the 2nd time around thing??or in my case 3rd...the 2nd time i asked my gp for it as i was hoping to get back what i had in 2000,this time the shrink has picked up on the fact that it helped me n the prozac didnt and wants to try again..he also said if it doesnt we try something else..effexor i think he mentioned.

and yes joy it does effect other meds your on i agree,im on klonopin as well and this isnt working as good as when im just taking it on its own...think im gonna knock this whole ssri thing on the head,good for depression bad for sa!

another thing he said was all ssris have the same genes like a family but each has its own character and make up like a human so if one doesnt work it wasnt right so we try the next..so 3 havent worked so i guess i look for no 4!

pete

[joy]

I was on seroxat for 10 years and came off several months later the anxiety came back so just thought no problem go back on, it two days i was climbing the walls with anxiety like you wouldnt believe so switched to Citalopram which sent me to hell with side effects. We decided to try Seroxat agin cos hey it worked before, I struggled for 8 weeks with awful side effects and no good effect.since then i've tried several other meds not all sssris and nothing worked. Currently on sertraline for 5 weeks and altho no real side effects I'm not better either! Shrink says to give it another 4 weeks then he'll up the dose but feel nothing is ever going to work.

The fact that seroxat doesnt work again has been gleaned from several websites but mainly seroxatmad. i have made several friends on this site and we have all experienced the same altho the medical profession deny it can happen!!!!!!
tried effexor bad side effects but no good ones

Sorry this post is a tad negative

Love Joy

[pete69]

joy no need to apologise about the neg post,the truth aint always happy is it.
i think like me you have had your time with ssris and they basically wont give you the best effect anymore.
i must admit that klonopin is great for my sa and althou it and all benzos get bad press ,i would rather be anxiety free and take it than the opposite,.

i have my name on a cbt list for june so i was hoping to get some help with the seroxat beforehand but i now know this aint gonna happen,if 10mg is making me shake i just cant see any point with carrying on..last tablet this morning..goodbye mr s.

joy good luck with the med your on now hope you eventually get benefits from it...by the way have you tried tranx or are you against taking them?

good luck
pete

[joy]

I have got lorazapam and actually that doesnt work well for me and the shrink doesnt want me taking it as he thinks the rebound of it may not be helping the anxiety.Given me seroquel to try instead which is an anti psychotic used in low doses for anxiety.

Actually would take rat poison if it helped!!

I havent got any hope that the sertraline will work but several people on here say it takes at least 6 weeks so i live in hope

Love joy

[pete69]

yup i tried a mild anti-psycotic,procyclodeine didnt do a great deal for me i must admit.
maybe ask your shrink if you can try klonopin(rivotril) as it has good press for treating social anxiety,i know 3 people on it including myself and so many things we can do on it that before would of been just a pipe dream...may be worth a mention .... heres some good info re meds on sa here..www.socialfear.com

take care
pete

[joy]

is that a tranx tho cos my shrink is very anti

love joy

[pete69]

mmm bad news joy it is:blush: every gp and shrink is anti tranx..why??????? are they saying seroxat is non addictive,try telling that to the thousands that have horrendous side effects quitting it,makes my blood boil that the only meds that really help they dont want to dish out as they are pushed to give out all these ssris by the big drug companies,so there choice is taken away somewhat.

i got my klonopin from a neurologist as i went to see him re:my shakes n muscle tension in neck,he said i was suffering from anxiety obviously but there was nothing else physically wrong with me,i told him i was on klonopin and so he wrote out a prescription,and ive bben on it ever since-3 years or so,my gp said i should maybe try n cut them down but she is good and doesnt push me,as i have told her it gets me out working and a quality of life and she agreed on that.pros n cons.

i originally got the klonopin from a overseas pharmacy -no way would a gp have given it to me straight off.

pete

[joy]

um maybe thats what i should do altho isnt it really dodgy cos you dont know what you are getting

joy

Altho my shrink says all the drugs ending with "pam" are the same. I have literally begged for something to take the anxiety down and explained that lorazapam doesnt work but have been told thats all there is

[Yvonne]

Hi Pete

Mine is a similar story to Joy's - Joy and I are partners in this Seroxat stuff by the way.

Came off it three years ago - went into unbelievable withdrawal - now called discontinuation syndrome. The gp had been taking me off it too quickly!!!!

In the last three years I have tried: Seroxat a second time - (just made me feel worse) Citalapram, Sertraline, Nortriptylene and Duloxetine all with no real therapeutic effect. Decided to go no meds 8 weeks ago and wasn't doing too badly but then gave in and am trying a new med Moclobemide which is from the MAOI family but it's classified as a RIMA.

This medication is specifically for social phobia and anxiety - especially good for social phobia. Only been on it since last Monday and already having a positive effect from it which is pretty amazing.

My psychiatrist was completely positive about this medication and said he uses it with great success. I personally was worried because it is in the MAOI type group but it has minimal side effects and the dietary restrictions are very minimal as well and not a problem at all. Please do ask your doctor about it.

Take great care.


PS Seroxat is a very strange medication in that it seems to render no med therapeutic for a very long while after you stop taking it. It definitely does some bad stuff to our brains for sure.

[pete69]

hi yvonne,
im in sunny wickford btw so not to far down the a12!
yes a friend of mine is on a maoi(nardil) and he said the same as you ,effects were amazing after 48hours,its pretty much like amphetamine he said in that your very hyper and feel "wonderful" althou he said this efect wont last for months on end it does settle down.

i will ask my shrink in a fe weeks for the med your on and give it a go.
i know cheese and some dairy products are off the list while taking maois(i love my cheese!:weep: ) but its a sm price to pay for maybe sa free .

will keep u posted...and yes seroxat should be made illegal,cant beleive they still prescribe that crazy drug.

take care
pete

[Yvonne]

Hallo Pete

Wickford eh? As you say not far away at all. Essex is so nice innit lol.

On the patient info leaflet on this med it actually says that it could make you agitated/slightly hyper when you first go on it and that sedation may be need first couple of weeks. It most definitely hasn't affected me like that but it's not a sleepy med by any means. It is causing some insomnia at the moment but actually that's a small price to pay if it does the job.

The side effect profile is minimal and I am the queen of side effects suffering but have had no problems at all with this. The food restrictions are nothing like they are for the other MAOI's and this is why doctors are using it more.

Ask your doctor about the medication by all means but do your homework on it as well. If you google you come up with quite a lot of stuff and mostly good from what I've read.

Take care.

[pete69]

yvonne,
how are you getting on with the new rima med?
been looking it up on the www and it seems a good choice for sa.

seeing my shrink tomoz(tues) so i printed off some info incase he hadnt a clue(a friend of mine wanted a med and it wasnt even in the shrinks med bible-cmon now it was klonopin hardly a very rare species!!)

anyways im gonna ask for it and see what he says-i will update you :shades:

pete ...(in not so sunny but very merky essex)

[joy]

Answering for Yvonne as she has just moved house and has no Broadband at the mo. i think she is ok on the meds altho she had a week of being very depressed about 3 weeks in. However the move was causing her a lot of stress so who knows. She has had no side effects tho. certainly dont think they've been a miracle at least not yet!!!

If you post how you get on at the shrinks I'll pass it on

Love joy

[pete69]

ok joy will do.....bit peeved she has not had many beneficial effects thou :/
least side effects wise it isnt so bad -so that i can live with and just take the meds -if they dont work they dont work.