Antidepressant Forums (Page 93)

I was on zoloft 150MG I have been on it for 10 years didn't seem to be working as well so switched to celexa it made things worse. So then put on viibryd been on it almost 6 wks I am having more anxiety and very emotional cry a lot over little things does this get better ## Hello, Tammy! How are you? IF it's been 6 weeks, then this one likely isn't working for you, either. Typically, it should reach its full therapeutic effect in your body between 4 to 6 weeks and that's when you should start to see improvement. The FDA lists the typical side effects of this medication as possibly including nausea, dizziness, anxiety, dry mouth and weight changes. Have you contacted your doctor? You'll likely need to switch to another medication.

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It is a peach small round pill, imprinted on one side 176 and the other a line down the middle ## Hello, Ike! How are you? This tablet is manufactured by Northstar Rx and they list it as containing 37.5mgs of Venlafaxine. The FDA classifies this as an SNRI antidepressant and lists its typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth, anxiety and weight changes. Is there anything else I can help with?

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My friend is getting a new job and they want to drug test her. Well she takes Zoloft and we read Zoloft shows up as benzodiazepines but she does have her prescription for the Zoloft. But if they choose to do a hair follicle test will it show up as Zoloft or as benzodiazepines which once again she would show the prescription for Zoloft?

I've been on lexapro now for the past 3 years or so. I was abused for many years as a child, now in my early 30ies i feel it definately helps in dealing with everyday,and my many demons.one day at a time. however i am at a stage now where my husband and i would like to start a family. What can i take instead as you cannot become pregnant on lexapro. what can i switch to. i'll need something as am not strong enough with out it.Can some one please advise. ## Dear Ruby, As a psychotherapist, a holistic healer and a mother of two toddlers, I would like to respond to your comments. I don't know whether you have sought therapy for the abuse you faced in your childhood, but that's a very important place to begin. The medication can help you to function, which is important. But ...

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I am regularly take atenelol 100mg one a day methimazole 5 mg three times a week ipramine hcl 50mg two at nite temazapan 30mg one at nite until two months ago I was also taking: Oxycodone 30mg two, four times a day Oxycontin 40mg one twice a day.. This is a long story. in May my Dr. gave me three scripts for the two narcotics. I left them at the drug store after having the May one filled. in June i went back to have the June one filled and they had no record of June or Julys script. Since I had just been robbed in March of just the two narcotics on the day i had them filled and had to call the police, file a report to get another script I was too embarrassed to ask the Dr. to redo them again. I went 6 weeks without the two. I have chronic back pain from surgery that went wrong and fibro...

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Don't like the way I feel. Tired all the time, dizzy, also low grade headache . I,have slowly cut back on them. Suppose to take 150 mg day. Now I' am down to 50mg Is this a good way to get off of them ## Hello, Kathy! How are you? Yes, a slow taper is really the only way to get off of this medication, otherwise, it causes some problematic withdrawal effects. You may still experience some, as listed by the FDA, they may include dizziness, headache, rebound depression, body aches and diarrhea. Is there anything else I can help with?

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Alright, I've finally decided I'm never going back on an AD again. I was first on Zoloft for about a year, tried a different one just cuz it was making me aggesive, forget the second one I was on but made me way too tired then went to an SSNRI effexor, was on 150mg for about 7 months, loved it, made me feel so much more in control of everything, then I decided to go up to 225mg and that's when I started noticing that my personality was changing, I didn't really feel myself, and I was more in my head than I ever have been. I was on 225 for a few months thinking it might change, but after losing a relationship with someone I had because of the way I was acting and knowing that it was because of me being in my head cuz of the pill. I cut off cold Turkey which was a horrible...

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Hello i am 18 years i had no confidence in myself and alot of fear about people so i consulted a doctor he gave me prodep 10mg 2 months dosage i started taking and i started feeling sleepy alot and get horror dreams. so i left taking those tablets now when i am too depressed i take those means i take tablet for a day and not take for 4 to 5 days and again take so i am taking in between not continuous dose so will it cause any problem and also when i stop taking those tablets will it affect me please reply ## I am 47 years old and taking prodep 10 mg, opiprol 50 & panazep 12.5 mg for the past 1 year for depression and anxiety problems. I feel sleepy on all the days I have taken it and have ED so i stopped the medicine for the past one month and now i am having headache and pain in jo...

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I have been switching from an SNRI (nefazadone) to Viibryd and also take Wellbutrin. Today I got to the point in the taper where I took Viibryd (20mg) + my Wellbutrin w/o my old medicine. I have this strange sort of anxious feeling...almost like restlessness but I don't feel like I have to move... its like energy sitting on me, or running through my extremities... As I type this I know it sounds freaky weird but I can't exactly describe this feeling. It's an anxious sort of feeling, like there is something I should be doing but forgot, but I am having fear; mood is sort of flat or spaced out. Has anyone experienced anything like this? ## Hello, Shanni! How are you? I'm not on the same medications, but yes, I have experienced this with the one I'm taking. I'm on P...

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I been on paxil 5 mg for like 2 weeks well really a week and the 2 week I Started taking it every other day for 3 days then I stop was that the right thing to do ## Hello, Chris! How are you? Actually, after just a week, tapering usually isn't necessary. How are feeling? Did you experience any adverse effects? The FDA classifies this medication as an SSRI antidepressant and lists its typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and weight gain. ## Verwon hey hi are you and thanks for asking I am okay I just wanted to know if I did the right thing all I have experience for right now is Alot of sweating at night and my head fill Heavy at times well not such heavy but like a lil headache are something how long will it take for it to completely out m...

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I'm getting desperate for an answer. 100 MG twice a day had been sufficient to gently give me the uplift I need and gave me some energy. I thought it was just a temporary glitch in my brain, but the new purple pill from a different manufacturer is simply doing nothing. I tried taking 1 and 1/2 tablets but no change. I am not doing well, dragging myself through the day, anxious for the next time I can lie down for a bit. It is a struggle. I have been doing some research and in your opinion, could APOTEX have changed the formulation. Previous company was MYLAN. ## I had a similar problem with BP medicine, along with other people. It was a change in manufacturer . It can happen. Tell your doctor and go back to other manufacturer. ## @Veronica, If you're looking for an answer as to ...

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I am on the 14th day of prozac 20 mg. Have Major panic attacks, anixety attacks and of course depression. I use to be on zoloft 50 mg and even up to 100 mg but stopped working for me. I have tried herbal remedies and end result was digging myself deeper with my panics. So I started to take xanax 0.25 mg 3 or 4 times a day so I can function and go to work. However I really dont want to use xanax this much. I really hope prozac will work soon. Like I said 14th days and had few good moments but still feel the anixety and panic if I dont take xanax. Is it going to get better ever? If or when is prozac kicks in? When it does will be easier to tapper off xanax? ## Hello, Roadrunner! How are you? When I first started Prozac for perimenopause symptoms and any time we adjusted the dosage, I foun...

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My sister has symptoms from some drug she was on. Her hands and feet have very dry, deep cracks in them. She is been treated for high blood pressure and is allergic to sulpha. The drugs have been changed a few times. In January she was taking Olmetec and this is when the symptoms starting showing up in February. The doctor has prescribed Celexa to help calm her stress level in hope of lowering the blood pressure. She takes imovane for sleeping. Olmetec has talc, could these be causing her symptoms on the feet and hands? Or could it be something in shampoos or conditioners? ## If she is taking Olmetec plus (contains water pill), I found out the hard way, the water pill has a sulpha component. ## Hello, Brenalee! How are you and your sister? Contrary to what was already posted, Olmetec do...

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I want to know if I can take pristiq with brentillix? ## Hello, Lucy! How are you? No, these two should not be taken together, since they both increase serotonin levels and that creates the risk of your developing serotonin syndrome, which may be fatal. Has your doctor prescribed both of these medications? The FDA lists the typical side effects of antidepressants as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, dry mouth and weight changes. Is there anything else I can help with?

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I was only on it 9 days I was taken off made me worse. Anyway. I got back pain very dry mouth and other is this normal withdrawal. How long will last. ## I'm on week 4 duluxotene / cymbalta withdrawl dizzyness gone sickness gone body shocks only got a few was doing great but then major insomnia kicked in had it all along but week for its worse hense anxiety not great at all wanted to die cos its horrid any way I cant eat to scared to sleep or carnt but I'm starting to come out in spots smell more have fluey symptoms again and I've got chronic nerve pain in shoulders and back and neck all of a sudden I thought this was coming to and end some normal sleep pattern has come bk over last two days have drifted off for an hour but it felt so relaxing if only for an hour or so and I...

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Will this medicine give me Entergy are make me sleeping ? Will this medicine cut my appit. ## Hello, Tabs! How are you? The FDA classifies Bupropion as an antidepressant that can also aid in smoking cessation. It may not actually give you energy, but it does elevate mood, which could seem to add it. Its typical side effects may possibly include nausea, dizziness, headache, insomnia, nervousness and dry mouth. And it could go either way regarding its effect on your appetite. Is there anything else I can help with? ## I accidentally took two of the bupropn150 mg today. I'm out of town and didn't have them marked. Should I be concerned? I also took a Xanax!

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I've been on Viibryd for about 2 years now, I think? I started on 10mg, then went up to 20, then 40. At first the side affects were bad--EXTREME dizziness, mood swings, some nausea...but all around no worse than Lexapro side affects...maybe even fewer side affects than with Lexapro. (I was told Viibryd was the "newer bumped up version" of Lex) Anyhow--I am now tapering down to get off the Viibryd as I feel it's not working for me. I just feel stagnant, no better, no worse. Maybe worse? I'm not sure and can't tell until I'm off it I guess. I knew the withdrawal would not be fun. I've been tapered by my Dr. from 40mg for two weeks, to 20mg for two weeks, and now 10mg for two weeks. I am on day 3 of 10 mg, and last night i was a moody/crying/depressive/exhau...

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is there side efffects from cipralex, thyroxine and amitriptyline taken together ## I am taking amitriptyline for bladder pain, and have recently been diagnosed with under active thyroid. So now taking thyroxin and amit together. Do they work ok together because my bladder has been irritable since taking it? Help please.. Many thanks ## I was on amit for quite a while when i was diagnosed with under active thyroid, the effect was devastating my weight shot up to 22 stone also my prostate gland became enlarged making it almost impossible to pass water, this then led to extreme water retention further increasing my weight and eventually it became impossible to walk more than a few yards without extreme pain in my lower back (kidney area) my doctor never made the connection, and it was onl...

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What happens when you stop taking Prozac. I have taken it for 35 years and currently take 40 mg a day. What is the best way to stop? ## Hello, Kate! How are you? It would best to speak to your doctor, so they can help you set up a slow tapering schedule. Prozac is an SSRI that has a relatively long half-life, so it's usually easier to stop that most of the others, but you may still experience some withdrawal effects, such as nausea, diarrhea, rebound depression, rebound anxiety, weight gain and vaginal bleeding. Is there anything else I can help with?

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I found this pill in my sons laundry and wondering what it is. small and white with an indented middle separating into halves with a 1 on one half and a 7 on other half. the other side of the pill has only A stamped on it ## Hello, Elizo! How are you? This tablet is manufactured by Aurobindo Pharma and they list it as containing 50mgs of Sertaline with a very pale blue coloring, though they look white to me, as well. The FDA classifies this medication as an SSRI antidepressant and its typical side effects may possibly include nausea, dizziness, dry mouth and weight changes. Is there anything else I can help with?

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