Posted by Vincent_QC on March 4, 2010, at 16:04:09
In reply to Re: Medication Phobia (pharmacophobia), posted by Justherself54 on March 4, 2010, at 12:53:45
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> As a Canadian, I find this offensive. I personally feel that comments such as these belong on the politics board.
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> Vincent, I have a terrible time with med sensitivity. Meds that once worked, don't anymore and have a whole different set of side effects the second or third go-round. My comfort zone with retrying old meds is at zero now and my pdoc understands this.
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> It sounds like your panic disorder is at a super high. The pdoc may have prescribed remeron as it can be a bit sedating. For me it was the opposite. I won't start a new medication unless I have something else on board (usually a benzo) to counteract any anxiety. For anyone who suffers from panic disorder, taking a med that can increase anxiety is a pretty terrifying thing.
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> If you feel your pdoc is not listening to you, get a referral to another one, and another one, until you find one that's going to work closely with you. The front line here is having a good GP, who makes good referrals.
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> There are alternative medicine doctors in Canada, probably much to Bleuberry's surprise..however, the one I saw years ago also thought he was qualified to administer a bunch of psych tests and determined I was schizophrenic! I took a bunch of mega doses of whatever supplements he prescribed and it didn't do squat.
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> I do so hope you can find some relief to get your panic symptoms under control and soon. Take care.
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>Hi ;-)
Hummm interresting to see that i'm not alone to feel horrible...For the PDoc you're right. I just call him today, tolding him that the Remeron was doing the inverse effect on me now. I also explain my fear about the Prozac as well as others meds that I try in the past...
He told me that for now, I have to try to take my meds, even if I feel worse and to go very slowly. He also say that he cannot help me more and that we have no other option...
So I feel like I will have to find another one PDoc cause that one don't seem to give a damw about what I feel inside and all the intense fears and symptoms that I have to live everyday of my life!!!
I explain to him the fact that maybe my adrenal gland are continually target and that can cause low cortisol level and ask for test... Also ask him if it was dangerous to have a higher level of adrenaline for a long period of time.. He don't answer and say that he don't do test like that on his patients...
I feel terrible alone now and I have no support. I think I will begin to go to a local meeting call "Phobie zéro", it's for peoples with phobias and a place where you meet peoples who live high anxiety... a place where you can feel understand by the others and maybe make new friends... friends who will understand me... At least, I need some good support and that PDoc do a terrible job...
He say that if I fail to start the Prozac or the Paxil before I see him again at the end of March, since I have some paxilo pills left over here, the next option will be to get off the Benzos meds and that I Will have to learn to live my life without any meds to help me to cope with anxiety ( panic + agoraphobia and social)...
Anyways, I feel like I receive invalid diagnostic for the rest of my life and feel like I will never live a normal life again...
I just want to cry...
I also react always in a different way to a med that I already try in the past.
Each time I react badly to one med, I'm of course not interrested about trying it again. Since I try all the AD's avaible in the Canada and only got some positive effects from the Paxil, I guess I will have to start it again, at a very low dose of 1mg... it will take months before I reach the 15 mg dose, the one who work for me...I don't want to be negative, but I know that I will have a hard time and will have to make some compromise, like staying home, because I will be not able to tolerate bright lights, loud sounds, crownds, public place or I will not be able to drive the car...
Also, i'm on 6 mg of Rivotril, who is not helping me to cope with the anxiety... I have no hope to find something to decrease the initial side-effects of the Paxil...
The Remeron was to help to cope with the insomnia... but the adrelanine feeling that I had from a small 15 mg dose was too much for me, yes I sleep more the night I took it, and yes, at daytime I had to return in my bed, but being sedated is not the good way for me to decrease my anxiety, in fact I Feel worse... the constant dizziness and fatigue just worse my anxiety overall... and the Adrenaline rush created by the Remeron is not for me...
Can I ask you some question???
How you succeed to start your med again or control your panic and your anxiety???
Also, did you have the same kind of symptoms that I have???
Thanks for your support!!!
Bye!
Vincent ;-)
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