Raised Anxiety after starting Ven

[Slats]

Thanks Macca & Panic down under for your replies. I do need plenty of re-assurance as up to now nothing has really helped with my anxiety. I have tried busperon, risperadone, clonazepam in the past which didn't work and am currently on quitiapine, mirtazapine, propranolol and 9mg of diazepam. Since starting the ven (75mg) 5 weeks ago the initial side effects (increased anxiety, burning sensation in arms, blurred vision ) never really went away and now with the increase to 150 it's just added to it. The level of anxiety, particularly in the mornings is unbearable and I get really agitated. It does seem to calm down later in the day but then I know it will be back the morning after, so just start to worry again. Its relentless. I agree the dizziness and light headedness is probably a result of the anxiety and one is driving the other. I just want this to go away and be normal.
Thanks again for your advice, it does help. Keep well.

[panic_down_under]

am currently on quitiapine, mirtazapine, propranolol and 9mg of diazepam.

I'd get a second opinion of these and the venlafaxine as you seem to be taking a lot of meds, two of which, quetiapine and mirtazapine, do basically the same thing, for little response. Just throwing more and more meds at a problem in the hope something sticks rarely works out ime, plus it becomes hard to know which is causing what.