Hello to everyone, I am really glad I found this forum as I see a lot of you have gone through or are going through what I am. I suffer from anxiety, occasional light to mild panic attacks and worst of all, fear of walking as I think I'll fall because I get dizzy from the anxiety. So my life has become a constant worry, I'm afraid of even drinking a glass of wine for instance as I now hate the feeling of not being in control and am always one step away from a PA when that happens. Everyday I struggle with the fear and worry and it's controlling my life.
I was on mirtazapine, very low dose, and although it helped me better evaluate situations, it did zero for my anxiety and fear. So I went to see a highly recommended psychiatrist, he prescribed me an SSRI at first but I told him I didn't want to take that so he went with an SNRI, venlafaxine in combination with trazodone. My dosage for ven is 75mg and that's what I'll be staying at. So I took one capsule yesterday and at first didn't feel anything but then I started getting increased anxiety and heart beat after every movement, sweating, very bad nausea and I get random thoughts which last for 5-10 seconds. Today I barely managed to get out of bed, was very dehydrated, feel a brain fog and confusion, nausea isn't that bad but when I start eating I have to do it carefully. Going outside is out of the question as I feel I'll get lost or something, basically I feel like in a dream but I'm not really scared if that makes sense? And the weirdest side effect is that I feel horny at times and trust me it's not in a good way..
I was supposed to take my second ven pill an hour ago but am scared. How bad should the side effects be before one can conclude that the drug is not suitable?
Thanks for all your help! Good luck to all, we are fighters!