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Advice on the best antidepressants for anxiety, low mood and OCD?

Hello I’m looking for some help! I was on citalopram for the best part of 10 years and it worked amazing for my ocd and anxiety, silly me stopped taking them as I thought I could cope and BOOM anxiety and intrusive thoughts came back with vengeance! I have been ruminating and a lot and I am... read more

Zoloft 25 mg in first week has made my anxiety worse. Do I stay with it?

I am 26 years old and was on Zoloft from 20-24 years old and it worked before i got off it and was fine. I recently came down with Covid AND got my first dose if the vaccine and my anxiety came flooding back. Started taking Zoloft 6 days ago. Started off at 25mg for the first 4 days then upped it... read more

Clonazepam - I'm running out of clonazepam and my Dr. won't give me a few to tie me over for 14 days

... until I get next refill on the 8th. I'm now older at 71 and my PCP put me on lorazepam for sleeping problems and anxiety when I was 61. I had been on it with no side effects for 10 years. I also have a rare type of angina called Prinzmetals. I was on meds for that and it controlled it for... read more

Switching from desvenlafaxine (Pristiq) to dertraline (Zoloft)?

I have been on Pristiq for about 6 years and have never reached a point where I have felt I was "living" my life. Today my doctor has asked me to changed from Pristiq to Zoloft. I will taper off and then on over the next 2 to 3 weeks. I have Valdoxan for the evening and some 2mg Valium in... read more

Is it safe to take a 1mg of Xanax 12 hours after taking 10mg of buspirone?

I took 10mg of buspirone this morning at 7am. I have very bad anxiety everyday and it gets worse during the evening. I have been taken Xanax 2mg for it. But I was afraid to take one as I felt my anxiety creeping up. My cheeks feel hot right now. Today was the first day taking the buspirone but I... read more

What is a good medicine to add to sertraline for anxiety/depression?

I have been taking 50mg sertraline for over 20 yrs. I am currently anxious and depressed. The doctor increased my dosage 2 weeks ago to 100mg. I feel no better. Looking for an option to augment my treatment

On 10mg escitalopram (Lexapro) for about 1 year. Recent anxiety and depression increase?

Hello everyone, I've been on escitalopram for almost 2 years now. Felt "normal" for the most part, but had a surge of hopelessness and panic the past couple months as I moved to a new city to work a new job. I have never really cried as I do now and the excitement I would feel around... read more

What anxiety/depression medications won’t give me emotional numbness?

I’ve tried Zoloft, Prozac, Celexa, Wellbutrin, Cymbalta and Pristiq. I experience emotional numbness with all of them. I have no empathy, loss of motivation, don’t care about things, hard time crying, etc. I had no emotions when my grandma passed away!! Something is wrong! I feel like a... read more

This is my first time taking Sertraline 100mg?

I been having horrible anxiety attacks. I have never taken anxiety medication for depression medication the doctor recently recommended me Zoloft. I am a little scared to take it. i have never taken anything for anxiety. I am just scared to take it since i have stomach problems and gastritis. I am... read more

Pregabalin side effects. Does the dizziness and sleepiness get better?

I started Pregabalin yesterday for anxiety. I’m experiencing side effects of dizziness, sleepiness, and a little brain fog. It wouldn’t be a problem if I only took it at night but I take it morning and night. Will these side effects go away as my body gets use to the medication? Does... read more

Is low dose naltrexone effective for pain, anxiety, and sleep?

I'm trying to decide between this and amitriptyline. This seems to have way less side effects.

Effexor XR (venlafaxine) 225mg?

My doctor has just increased my Effexor XR (venlafaxine) to 225mg, I find that every time there is a increase I suffer more anxiety and agitation,Is this normally what happens when this drug is increased. Any feedback would be really helpful. Thanks

Lexapro is taking too long to help - side effects are awful?

I'm a 68 yo male with life-long history of depressive episodes that occur every 4 to 10 years. I may be dysthymic. About 11 years ago, I discovered Lexapro and it got me through a rough time. Now, here I am again. I have been taking escitalopram 10mg for 10 days, for a major depressive... read more

Propranolol/anxiety/panicked attacks?

The doctor in A&E prescribed me 10mg twice a day. I’ve not taken it yet because the doctor said to take it when I start to feel a bit better as I still feel a bit dizzy and they can make me more dizzy. Is this medication good? For anxiety and panic attacks? also does this medication... read more

Trintellix - Worsening symptoms on vortioxetine?

I was using escitalopram for about 3 years had no problems the occasional little bit of anxiety then one day it just stoped working for me then my doctor prescribed me vortioxetine I have been taking this for just a little over 2 weeks and it’s giving me headaches and worsening my anxiety is... read more

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