Wow it's been a long fuckin time since I've updated! I suck ass! LOL! I never have time to go on my comp anymore. J.D. started first grade and he's actually doing really good this year.... so far...
Umm... besides that life sucks. I tried to go off my paxil because I felt like I was on too much medication, and my doctor was like "why don't you try Lexapro?", so I tried it, and it made me absolutely insane! It was like a nonstop panic attack. So I went off that, and I was still having panic attacks every damn day, so I went back on my Paxil.
On the bright side I've been losing weight! I've lost 22lbs! Yeah! I was just feeling like such a fat ass! I've never been fat before in my life so I really didn't know what to do!
I hope all my SG friend are doing well. I missed you guys!
XOXO
Umm... besides that life sucks. I tried to go off my paxil because I felt like I was on too much medication, and my doctor was like "why don't you try Lexapro?", so I tried it, and it made me absolutely insane! It was like a nonstop panic attack. So I went off that, and I was still having panic attacks every damn day, so I went back on my Paxil.
On the bright side I've been losing weight! I've lost 22lbs! Yeah! I was just feeling like such a fat ass! I've never been fat before in my life so I really didn't know what to do!
I hope all my SG friend are doing well. I missed you guys!
XOXO
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I happened upon your page and thought I would send a note of encouragement. I do the anti-depressent thing myself, currently I'm on remeron, which takes the edge off but doesn't make a tremendous difference.
I've found that the most frustrating thing about these medicines is the trial and error. They may or may not help your particular brain, or if they do the side effects are too much or they stop working after you take them for a certain length of time ... then you start over. I've been on about 7 or eight different drugs or combinations. Never tried Lexapro.
Anyway, working with these drugs requires patience ... which is the last thing a person has when their in pain. It's not unusual for you to switch medicines or feel them getting less effective. It happens to all of us. Hang in there.
so what are ya doing for halloween? taking your son out probably...? it seems like there's nothing going on halloween night, everything's this weekend, so i don't know what i'm doing,,, i really want to go out, though.
i don't miss paxil. but then again, it was the only ssri that didn't give me "sexual side effects"... i'm used to my depression/anxiety lately & at least don't feel like dying, so i feel better off that kind of med for now. i'm ok being a semi-nutcase.
i lost a bunch of weight in a month (and i've never in my life tried to or been on a diet to try to lose weight) and my therapist at the time thought it was from stress/anxiety because there was no other reason for the sudden weight loss. weird. i was really fucked up at the time mentally, so it made sense to me. well, if you needed the weight loss, good for you.
[Edited on Oct 29, 2005 11:23PM]