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Help to wean off Paxil/Senior Antidepressants
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Mar 4 2:50pm | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
I am taking 25 mg of Paxtil and still very depressed . What should I do . My panic attacks have increased and I have insomnia for 5 mnths and take trazadone 50 mg for 5 mnths and Lexapro 1mg and venaflaxin 300 mg . Please help and advise
I am staying with my sister and want to have one good week even on these medications and recently started having brain fog . I have been a patient of depression for 25 years and bounced back in 3 mnths . I have good and bad days . I am doing physiology and alternate treatments like acupuncture. For 3 days only . Nothing is working I am on wits end . Please help . I don’t want to be a burden on my sister
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Hi ravnitk,
What struck me is the # of medications you are on, continued depression, increased panic attacks, insomnia & brain fog. You also have suffered with depression for 25 years (I more than hear you about that). And doing alternate treatments also. But would truly stood out for me was your statement "nothing is working I am on wits end". This sounds like to me truly poor psychiatric care you are on the receiving end of. Not knowing your background at all, age, etc. etc. is hard to give a personal opinion BUT if I were you the first thing I would do is change my psychiatrist. I am "assuming" you are also in therapy. Perhaps even a new therapist is in order.
I feel you need a new set of eyes to look at your mental health status because what you are doing now is clearly not working for you. Believe it or not, I get it that you are still depressed on 25 mg. of Paxil. I am on 10 mg. of this drug and while it has damped my anxiety down I actually felt an increase in depression since starting it 8 weeks ago. Currently working on this with my psychiatric nurse practitioner. Get a new treatment team! And something else I want to mention to you. IF you have tried so many antidepressants, etc. and nothing is helping you there is always ECT. Yes, ECT. It is NOT what it use to be. It is very safe and can be very effective. Just a thought. I hope you can get that one good week you wish to have. If your therapist is close by - see him/her several times during that good week you wish to have to help you find some mental well being. Focus on changing things up for yourself b/c obviously the plan you are on now is not working. All the best to you and don't give up!