Breakdown Questions

If I am Lactose Intolerant or Lactose Allergic, are there Medications I should Avoid?

Venlafaxine not working after 5 weeks and unsure what to do next?

I was on 75mg for (4) weeks with no improvement. After a nervous breakdown doc upped to 150mg. Since then I've had terrible sleep, anxiety and depression like I've never experienced before (daily) and now at almost (5) weeks at this dose I feel no improvement at all. I feel worse than... read more

Sertraline - Can anyone help? Need some advice?

So about 7 months ago I had a bit of a breakdown, work was very stressful, bought a house... everything just got on top of me completely. I took time off work I was on the sick for 4 months. I couldn’t eat I couldn’t get out of bed I was just so depressed and anxious all of the time, I... read more

I’ve been taking Zoloft for along time. This winter things have gotten a little crazy.

I have never stopped taking Zoloft but I had a breakdown and Covid and I have been having anxiety like crazy for weeks now. Does this mean it will probably take the whole 12 weeks to work again?

Citalopram - Going up from 10mg to 20mg?

Im going to keep this short.. Basically I had a lot of things starting to happen over about a month (nervous breakdown) was prescribed 10mg I had mild side effects, was monotone but after about a week I started feeling better and was happy again.. then boom I had a severe panic attack and needed to... read more

Has anybody developed tinnitus on 100 mg of sertraline?

I started sertraline in January of this year due to anxiety, panic attacks and depression. I had a severe breakdown and had to retire early as I couldn’t function. Sertraline gradual increase from 25 to 50 to 100 mg. I am more relaxed, however I am like a couch potato after having been... read more

Increased from 50 to 100 sertraline?

My GP put me on sertraline 50mg 5 weeks ago, I had a major breakdown when my job became unbelievably stressful after a new company took over. I’m signed off at the moment not knowing how to move forward at all, my mum passed during Covid in a nursing home and wasn’t I wasn’t able... read more

Citalopram - Does citalopram work for disturbing thoughts?

In September I had a nervous breakdown doctor put me on escitalopram 20mg 3 months and it still has not worked. So did a direct switch from escitalopram to citalopram 30mg. It's my second day. I have extremely disturbing thoughts which is probably OCD. I have intense fear and anxiety and... read more

Had a breakdown 5months ago and suffer severe depression and anxiety?

My psychiatrist has me on Seroquel XR 100mg 3 times a day, Seroquel IR 100mg at night , Valium 5mg 3 times a day, Mirtazapine 90mg at night ,and Effexor 37.5 mg in morning and my depression is getting worse not better since he added the Effexor 5 weeks ago