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Why don’t anxiety meds work for me?

Posted by dorothy1914 @dorothy1914, Feb 13 5:13pm

In Sept. 2024 out of nowhere I developed extreme anxiety. Went to primary care doctor and was prescribed Effexor (which I had successfully taken previously). This time it didn’t provide any help. Dr. then prescribed Lexapro (which didn’t help) and then Celexa (which didn’t help). By this time, I lost 45 pounds by not being able to eat and constant diarrhea. Dr. then told me to find another practitioner as there was nothing more she could do for me. Since then I have seen 4 PNP and none of their prescribed meds have helped. What do I do?

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dorothy1914 | @dorothy1914 | 7 hours ago
In reply to @rick98 "I understand exact having no appetite. I live alone so I have to force myself to..." + (show)
@rick98

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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