I have been taking an anti-depressant and ant-anxiety medication for the last 10 years that has worked well for me until a recent spinal surgery. A few weeks after I developed acute anxiety and depression. Yesterday I talked to my psychiatrist and he wants me to stop on the medications I have been taking since they shouldn’t have stopped working so abruptly. For now he is prescribing a low dose 2.5 mg Xanax in hopes that it will quell the anxiety enough for me to get over this hump. I am to meet with him in one week to reassess my situation before moving to any next steps. This is not designed to be a long-term solution and right now I am pretty desperate to get some relief. I will try this for one week knowing the risks involved to see what it will do. It may be helpful in this particular instance but if not, I will discontinue using it right away.
I will report back to this group in a week to let you know the outcome.
Does anyone have any comments or suggestions?