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Anyone using medication for COVID-related anxiety and/or depression?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Mar 18 1:23pm | Replies (56)Comment receiving replies
Anyone find Clonzapam helps with the severe symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, etc that the beast of Covid causes to our nervous system?
I looked up the Rx on line and it has excellent ratings on so many levels and would like to speak to my Doctor about it. Right now my anxiety is off the charts since Covid (twice) and I'm barely functional and just want to jump out of my skin! I find that benzo's seem to work best.
If you find found that other meds worked better for you, I surely would appreciate you chiming in. I do realize meds work differently for everyone, however, it seems with Covid there is a common Rx and denominator that works best.
I tried Zoloft and Escitalopram already and at first after a few weeks felt it was working but then, BAM, back to square one. They also seemed to cause trembling in my hands, etc.
I hate asking this question, but I've been working with Doctors that know absolutely nada. Two MD's were so bad and tried to prescribe a bipolor Rx and I KNOW I'm not bipolar, trust me, and the other Doc tried to Rx and different drug and said, "try it, it's a good drug and you'll like it, they keep it on stock at all the hospitals." Turned me into a zombie and totally worse and unfunctional. It was awful!
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Oh, I’m so sorry.
(You probably know this, but beware o’ benzodiazepines. They are so addictive, and can be a bear for some to get off of. ) Have you tried telehealth? I just want to weep when I hear these stories of drs that don’t know what they are doing! I think some of them are writing RX’s because they WANT to help… but don’t know how to fix it. You probably aren’t, but some folk get angry at a dr unless they prescribe something… good luck, and update the chat, please. I’d like to know how you are.
For me Clonzapem was a disaster. After a month it caused my whole body to tremble, buzz, and weakness. I have been off, cold turkey, for over 4 months and still have tremors going on. I would never recommend that drug. If you want your hand tremors to act back up, I suspect that med will do it. Just my experieince. These doctors are lame when it comes to understanding these meds.
@arthur57 - I'm sure you're right and didn't connect the dots and that's what has been contributing to the tremble, buzz in my head, shakiness and weakness. Thank for your input!
I sent you a PM.
Used it for years until about a year ago - stopped cold-turkey - ended up using 10+ mg Melatonin to sleep nightly - and oddly, I no longer have any of the issues I took clonazepam for, in the first place. Maybe no job no wife no kids and chronic fatigue by long COVID has had some positive effect on me.
I have severe anxiety disorder and Lexapro was like a miracle for me. Big Time. Older med, but least side effects and does the trick. Everyone is different I guess, but for me, it has always helped me....with the depression and anxiety. 20 mg.
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I was on it for a bit. It didn't seem to do anything for me. Most of the Doctors I've been seeing are doing the best they can. They are aware they they are prescribing medication they use for patients they see with similar symptoms, minus Long Covid.
okay, so they too me off of that to increase my Adderall. I have a very low capacity (post covid) to focus, very low. I have a lot do high anxiety so and daily and nightly headaches.
Not much help, but you are not alone! I hope you are able to find some sport of relief for some of your symptoms.