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Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?
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I understand exact having no appetite. I live alone so I have to force myself to eat something nutritious once or twice a day.
I always loved food until this disaster got a hold on me mid December 2024. It's relentless. I am down probably 20 to 25 pounds in a short time because of this. I feel like I am struggling to stay alive. There are moments little windows where I feel my anxiety way down and comfortable however I have extreme insomnia as of late haven't slept in 3 days and it's been very difficult to just get out of bed and around the apartment doing basics like food, laundry, bathing. Then I just go back to my comfort zone in bed and try to keep my sanity.
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Cont. from previous reply: I was unable to leave the house today to do my walk around the neighborhood which I started doing a few days ago. My husband prepared food but I am too jumpy to eat. The starting does of Venlafaxine is 37.5 and when I took the first pill at 4 am, I started to feel calm but it didn’t last long, so I decided to take another Venlafaxine and once the calm feeling wore off, I took one more for a total of 112.5 instead of 37.5. I had been on Venlafaxine for more than 30 years so I thought I could reinstate easily. Basically, this medication was my last hope as nothing else worked for me. On Monday I have to get bloodwork done that is 6 months past due. I hope I will be able to leave the house. My prayers go out to you and everyone like us who is suffering.
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Today is a terrible day for me as I can’t eat. I was going to restart Venlafaxine this morning. But, last night I got very weird sensations in my heart and took an Ativan at 2am. Then the same thing happened to my heart and in my heightened state of fear, I took another Ativan. I didn’t want to restart the Ativan but I was desperate. So in my desperate state of mind, I decided to take the Venlafaxine at 4 am rather than wait. I took more than the starting dose and I feel terrible. I am just sitting here hoping that this stuff goes out of my system by tomorrow. cont.