Posted by John1022 on October 9, 2003, at 9:44:05
I am really struggling right now, so I need to post again to find an opinion. I had a depression come out of know where which also coincided with not being able to fall asleep and a ringing in my ears that won't stop.
Effexor worked once for me in the past when the same thing happened (except I didn't have the ringing in the ears that coincided with the onset)
I have tried Effexor again along with Elavil and they both are have given me many similar, terrible side effects. Mostly they are both affecting my ears by making the ringing louder, making my ears feel full of pressure, popping in my ear and giving me ear aches feeling as though they are infected. When I stop them, it goes away, but my problems remain with no sleep and anxiety.
The medications also seem to be having an extreme opposite affect of making the anxiety and depression 100x's worse, causing nightmares, my body is twitching and I am having bad thoughts. This also seises when I stop taking them.
I feel I am in a bad prediciment now, because I believe in these meds (Effexor helped majorly before) but now they are having terrible opposite effects on me making everything worse.
Is there a med that doesn't effect ears/ear pressure, but affects seretonin levels?
I am scared to death right now. I could deal with feelings of depression and anxiety and stay off the meds, but the thing is my sleep will just not trigger for the life of me and I am currently relying on Lorazapam to fall asleep.
Any opinions would be appreciated. Thanks
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