More of the same...

[perzephone]

Man oh man... the first night after taking a whole Paxil & an Elavil, which was Wednesday morning. Bad choice. Instead of getting better, it just got worse. By the time I got to work that night I felt like my arms & legs were going to fall off. My eyes hurt - everything was soooo bright. But I still don't know if it was lack of sleep or Ambien withdrawal or the new meds or what. My b.p. was really, really low, too. Thursday night I felt pretty crappy, too - even tho I had halved the Paxil.

I still couldn't sleep that well on Friday morning. Woke up around 1, tossed, turned. Fall half asleep & wake up again. Clock-watching. Called in for Friday night. Spent most of last night drooped over the couch. Couldn't really futz around w/the computer because my eyes still hurt. Today it's a little better. I still feel fuzzy & a little disjointed. I don't know which one's doing it - the Paxil or the Elavil, but one of them is dropping my b.p. to below-normal ranges.

I've been taking half-doses of the Paxil for the past 2 days - if I take another whole one next week, & it does to me what it did Weds. night, I'm going back to the doc & telling him, "No more! I'll just be depressed, damn it!"

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[gwyll.livejournal.com]

have you tried Lexapro?

Lexapro

[perzephone.livejournal.com]

Nope, Paxil is the first actual antidepressant I've ever tried... I stopped taking it over the weekend, tho. My eyes! I went out before sundown one day & could barely open them - and my husband told me my pupils were already little pinholes. All these little sounds & things were just irritating me, more than I'm normally irritated by things. And I'm all broken out, too. It's like being a teenager all over again. Blech! If all the SSRI's are like this, I think I'm going to stick w/being sad & anxious.

What is Lexapro?

Re: Lexapro

[gwyll.livejournal.com]

I took Lexapro for 2 years to treat depression and anxiety. It's much more gentle than most anti-depressants. I did have some issues with sleeping, but that was about it. They usually start you on 10mg, I went up to 20mg. I did quit cold turkey, and it was VERY hard...and very bad for about a month. I fight the urge to take anything when I go through my depression spells (such as right now) I generally don't like the kind of emotionless feeling I get from meds.