Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questions (Page 58)

Can I drink on sertraline?

I started taking 25mg of sertraline 8 days ago and can’t really get a clear answer on if you can drink on these things? I understand the next day might feel hungover etc. but will it make me faint/projectile vomit/fall asleep. I probably won’t drink until I’ve been on them a couple months but just c... read more

Anyone else take metoprolol succinate ER and wellbutrin XL together?

I have been on Wellbutrin XL 300 mg for many years for depression /GAD. I was recently prescribed metoprolol succinate ER 25 mg to hopefully calm my system down and decrease the physical effects of my GAD, elevated heart rate and elevated blood pressure. There is an interaction that popped up... read more

5 years on lisinopril and now high heart rate, high blood pressure and extreme anxiety?

Could I be having an adverse reaction to lisinopril after 5 years. All of a sudden my blood pressure is high, high heart rate and extreme anxiety. Wondering if it is the lisinopril. I’m also post menopause now and being treated with bio identical cream 3 weeks in. Not feeling any better. On l... read more

Dealing with panic disorder?

I’ve been dealing with panic disorder for over a month almost 2 months. Slowly starting to be able to do things like go out food shop etc. small steps in the right direction but still feel discouraged. If anyone could give me some words of encouragement right now I would really appreciate it.

Lamictal - Does this work for anxiety? What dose?

Cymbalta - Is this withdrawal or drug?

I am down to 50 beads in my 20mg capsule. I have noticed when I take my dose in the morning about 2 hours later I develop nausea, headache, tinnitus and anxiety. Then about 8 hours later things settle back down until the following morning when I take the next dose. Is this withdrawal or drug... read more

Does panic come and go when starting Lexapro?

I started 5 mg of Lexapro for one week and then moved up to 10 mg. I’ve been at that dose for 9 days. I have severe anxiety and depression. I had some pretty brutal nocturnal panic attacks that got worse when I increased the dose. I think they are slowing down but I had a really bad attack at 6 am t... read more

Does Klonopin cause Alzheimer’s?

I have been on Klonopin since 2008, taking 1.5 mg since 2018. It’s the only drug that helps my anxiety. I’m almost 60 yrs old and am experiencing significant cognitive decline- can’t remember names, words, confusion, memory problems, etc. No “professional” can answer my question- does this drug caus... read more

Sertraline brand change- side effects have returned?

I had been taking 50mg of Milpharm's sertraline last month and was doing really well and finally feeling like myself again. However, when I ordered the next month's prescription from Pharmacy2U they sent me a different brands (Teva) sertraline. Teva's tablets are bigger and blue, whereas the... read more

Aripiprazole - Aripriprazole and anxiety?

Did anyone have anxiety as a side effect from aripriprazole? I’m taking it with escitalopram.

Was on 15mg of Lexapro for a while then went to 20mg two days ago. Too late to go back to 15mg?

I was on 10mg for 2 months then 15mg of lexapro for 1 month, and feeling no effect so I increased to 20mg two days ago and I want to reduce immediately. Will I feel withdrawal if I go back to 15mg immediately?

Should I take citalopram for anxiety and panic attacks?

My anxiety was never too bad and i only ever suffered with a couple of pannic attacks over the last few years but now I am having panic attacks 2 or 3 times a week, I can’t sit in the car for long, I won’t go for a walk or to the shop by myself and when I go with someone else I have to prepare mys... read more

Lexapro - My brain is so sensitive. Bad experience when on Seroquel.

Stopped abruptly after 5 weeks?

Quetiapine - daytime over-sedation by seroquel?

300 mg at bedtime is helping my chronic, extreme insomnia, but the weak, fatigued feeling during the next day has me wondering if Seroquel is the med for me. If I persevere with this much Seroquel at night will the daytime sedation diminish or is it becoming time I ask my shrink for a different med?

Should I continue escitalopram or Lexapro?

I was diagnosed with quiet borderline personality disorder (quiet BPD) just this past Tuesday, I started 10 mg of Lexapro this past Tuesday as well, and basically day 3, so last night I was filled with anxiety it felt like there was no escape I soon could not fall asleep because it felt as if my... read more