anxietygirlfrombama
07-09-08, 16:40
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to give alittle info about myself. I had a traumatic injury in june of 07 and quit smoking in july of 07. From there anxiety and depression kicked in. I went to the doctors 3 times a week with head pressure, feeling like a heart attack, etc... They did EKG's, sent me to the ENT doctors. My doc said I was suffering from depression which I think I have always but handling it with smoking seemed to get me through. So tried prozac and didnt seem to work so ER doctor gave me paxil and xanax, of course only enough to get me to my regular doctor. I gained 35 pounds from the mixture of paxil and the stop smoking thing im sure. Xanax was heaven helped me totally but of course my MD didn't want to give me any said there were addicting. So he gave me a few klonopins. The also worked very wll but he wouldnt give me but about 15 to get me through a "hard time" . This didnt seem like a hard time to me and after a yr it still isnt. I went to a doctor that was recommended by my Nurse practioner at work and he gave me two prescriptions of klonopin for 60 each. I was only taking when need and still have about 6 left and the last script was filled in FEB of 08 so of course im not abusing them. I stopped the paxil cold turkey about 4 months ago because of weight gain. I have a bad back and high blood pressure i could not stand the extra weight. I hope to go back to my normal MD and talk to him about giving me the klonopin again without seeing the mental health part. I was laid off last week and the insurance i have right now through a temp service im sure will not cover that. My insurance from my new job will kick in in three months. I am taking half of a .5 klonopin and it seems to work very well. Do you guys have a problem with getting doctors to prescribe these kinds of drugs. What is a good depression med with something in them for anxiety that wont put the weight on? It helps to read that others are going through what I am. It is a horrible thing to suffer from. Look forward to hanging out here.
Just wanted to give alittle info about myself. I had a traumatic injury in june of 07 and quit smoking in july of 07. From there anxiety and depression kicked in. I went to the doctors 3 times a week with head pressure, feeling like a heart attack, etc... They did EKG's, sent me to the ENT doctors. My doc said I was suffering from depression which I think I have always but handling it with smoking seemed to get me through. So tried prozac and didnt seem to work so ER doctor gave me paxil and xanax, of course only enough to get me to my regular doctor. I gained 35 pounds from the mixture of paxil and the stop smoking thing im sure. Xanax was heaven helped me totally but of course my MD didn't want to give me any said there were addicting. So he gave me a few klonopins. The also worked very wll but he wouldnt give me but about 15 to get me through a "hard time" . This didnt seem like a hard time to me and after a yr it still isnt. I went to a doctor that was recommended by my Nurse practioner at work and he gave me two prescriptions of klonopin for 60 each. I was only taking when need and still have about 6 left and the last script was filled in FEB of 08 so of course im not abusing them. I stopped the paxil cold turkey about 4 months ago because of weight gain. I have a bad back and high blood pressure i could not stand the extra weight. I hope to go back to my normal MD and talk to him about giving me the klonopin again without seeing the mental health part. I was laid off last week and the insurance i have right now through a temp service im sure will not cover that. My insurance from my new job will kick in in three months. I am taking half of a .5 klonopin and it seems to work very well. Do you guys have a problem with getting doctors to prescribe these kinds of drugs. What is a good depression med with something in them for anxiety that wont put the weight on? It helps to read that others are going through what I am. It is a horrible thing to suffer from. Look forward to hanging out here.