Suffering anxiety .

[Osmond]

Hey I'm new to this site never tried anything like this befor,but I've had bad anxiety an depression about 4-5 months ago an I've got prescribed clonazepam .5 mg & pms-mertazepine 15 mg to ,I've recently had babys and the last few days I've been waking up like I'm back to my old self,dying with anxiety every morning,pasting the floors trying to catch my breath,dry mouth,you name it ,is it normal for it to just come back like that ? Or am I going crazy ?? Because that's how I felt befor I was medicated.

[Goldfish_]

Are you still on the same medication?

If this feeling persists for a week or two you should see your doctor again to discuss increasing the tablets.

[Osmond]

Yes I'm in the same medication but it isn't working , I've been talking to my doctor an he wants to take my off my clonazepman witch I don't think is a good idea if anything I should be moved from .5 to 1 mg , but he doesn't want me on benzodiazepines,but then why would he put me on them in the first place ? An they were the only thing that helped my anxiety , I've tried celexa they maid me 10x worse couldn't sleep or eat for 2 weeks straight I was like someone who belonged off walking dead !!

[Osmond]

My aunt gave me a 1mg colanzopam an it's calmed my anxiety down but I still have that anxious feeling & that empty feeling inside an I can't eat

[Agora1 in reply to Osmond]

Osmond, please listen to your doctor. Benzos are nothing to play with. Your doctor knows what's best for you with your health issues. An increase in your med with only work for so long until your brain needs another increase. Are you still on the antidepressant, Remeron?? I know you will find this hard to believe but when I got to the point that you are at with benzos, I was weaned off them. The anxious feelings disappeared as well as that empty feeling. It was the drug itself causing it to get worse. Please have a talk with your doctor about how he would now like to address this. Maybe no med but therapy may be the way. Wish you well.

[Osmond in reply to Agora1]

Thanks for the feed back , the anti-depressant I'm on is pms-mertazipine 15mg a little yellow pill,it's supposed to last 24 hours an releave anxiety but it dosnt I find only the benzodiazepines help for a bit then it's back to square one , I'm just afraid to come off the benzo's because I find that's what relieves my aniexty for a bit , but then again like you said it could be the best thing to do , he mentioned to me he'd like to try Zoloft , Effexor , or paxcel but I've tried celexa an it made me feel crazy , I couldn't eat or sleep for 2 weeks straight it was crazyness . But I just had 2 new born baby's an I wake up dying with anxiety an it's so sad because I wanna be there for my baby's but it feels like all I can do is run or paste the floors until my anxiety dies off & then I'm counting down the time to take my next benzo because I'm so anxious again ,it's crazy I just wish I can wake up an feel normal with no anxiety like I was a month ago when I first started my benzos and anti-depressants .. anxiety & depression is the devil

[Agora1 in reply to Osmond]

First of all Osmond, congratulations on your double bundle of joy. I agree with you in that this doesn't seem like the perfect time to be off medication. By the meds you referred to it's obvious that your doctor is trying to find a non addicting way to handle your anxiety. Unfortunately, nothing quite works like the fast acting benzos. Maybe he can find something in between, a combo. I feel your frustration in all of this because finding the right meds takes time and your babies need you now. I hope you can come to some agreement w/your doctor that will work for you. I hope you keep us update on your progress. My best to all of you. x

[Osmond in reply to Agora1]

You got that right ,I'm stuck between a tree & rock ! & thank you very much , I'm going to touch base with my doctor tomorrow an see what we can do hopefully I wake up tomorrow feeling ok an can go see him an get things straightened out , thank you very much !! I'll keep you posted on my situation & for everyone else which suffers anxiety/depression I wish you all the best it's the most horrible thing a human being could suffer

[Osmond]

I went to my doctor today he prescribed me 50mg tablets of Zoloft ,I think that's how you spell it , he said it's very mild an once in my system it should work an have minimal side effects like sleepyness / dizziness for the first 2-3 days that's if I do I already took 1 and it never affected me that bad just a bit tired ! , hopefully this will work for me now an I can be weaned off my benzo's 🙏🙏🙏