Anxiety Questions (Page 72)

Anyone using Herbalife shakes?

I recently started drinking the healthy meal shakes (not the diet shakes) from Herbalife and have noticed a feeling of shakiness, weakness in legs and anxiety. The label says it contains dietary fibers, could this be in the form of an artificial sweetener such as aspertame, etc? Or could it have an... read more

First couple of weeks on prozac?

I've been suffering from anxiety and depression for the past few years and I've started taking prozac to help me deal with it. I'm now in week 2 of taking 20 mg each night and I'm not really sure if it's working or not. The first few days were pretty bad, I went from... read more

Best medications for severe anxiety?

Re: lorazapam... how many pills @ 0.5 mgs equals one pill @ 1 mg?

How much potency is left after bout 2 years

Is Lexapro at 7.5mg effective and should I wait 3 weeks?

I am on 7.5mg Lexapro for 6 days now, could this be effective should I not wait and just goto 10mg? Positive responses please. I started Lexapro about 20 days ago at 5mg. After about 2 weeks, pdoctor increased it to 7.5mg due to my sensitivity to Zoloft that I was on (weaning off currently and down... read more

Anxiety - Zoloft dosage increase side effects?

About 7 weeks ago I started taking zoloft for anxiety and depression. I started at 12.5 the first week, 25 mg the 2nd week, and 50 mg from then on. Things got a little better but not too much. On Monday, my doctor increased my dosage to 75 mg and will be going up to 100 mg this coming up Monday.... read more

Shortness of breath on lexapro?

I have been taking lexapro for a few years now. My doc recently upped my dose to 30mg. Today, I am experiencing some shortness of breath and some weird head feelings that I normally associate with anxiety. I am 90% sure this is anxiety related, so I took a klonopin, which I guess is helping a... read more

I recently went up in dose of Effexor XR from 112.5 to 150 a couple days ago. I've been on med for?

Four weeks. Last week I just started to notice a slight decrease in depression. I also have daily anxiety. I also notice an increase in motivation and appetite. Pdoc says that it can take six to 8 weeks for full resolution. I have situational depression and anxiety along with PTSD.are these initial... read more

Does mirtazapine cause sweating?

I have been given 30 mg tabs for PTSD, major depression, bipolar ism anxiety and insomnia. I saw one persons comment that the drug made then sweat profusely. Is this a common occurrence?

Lexapro causing acid reflux?

I have been on 15mg of Lexapro for 15 days. I was on 10 for 2 months prior to this. The past 4 days, I have noticed bad acid reflux at night, around 1:30am. I take Lexapro around 9 pm. I do have heartburn issues, but not like this and almost never at night. This wakes me up 3 times a night and I... read more

When is it safe to have Alcohol after taking Diazepam?

I take diazepam on rare occasions due to anxiety,as prescribed by my GP. I had 10mgs last night before bed, I have a function on tonight and would like to be able to have a few drinks, by then it will have been around 22 hours since taking the diazepam, will it be safe to drink by then? It has been... read more

I've been prescribed Gabapentin for my broken jaw and fractured vertebrae, when can I expect relief?

Adding a med to cymbalta?

I love love love cymbalta and have been on for 4.5 years for clinical depression and GAD however I started nursing school 3 months ago and I a starting to feel anxious. It's normal I know but I do not want it to manifest itself. Started cymbalta at 60m and bumped it up to 120mg right before I... read more

Lexapro, Just went up from 15mg to 20mg?

I need some moral support here please, I just upped my dose to 20mg today. I have been on 15mg of Lexapro for 35 days and although I saw pretty good improvements (was on 10 for 2 months), I am still having anxiety issues, levels 2-3 on scale of 10) about weekends coming up or the holidays, things... read more

I have severe anxiety/depression.. I really need to get my blood work done, but I'm beyond petrified

... my dr gave me 2 ativans .5 mgs to take before I get my lab work done.. Can someone tell me honestly will the Ativan cut my panick to actually be able to get my blood work done???