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TaterNugget
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Switching Meds
Anxiety Support / by TaterNugget
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 November 8th, 2022
...See more Hi all, I’m just really struggling bad right now and I have anxiety so bad I can’t eat or barely leave my apartment. I just switched back to Paxil yesterday, which I had been on for 7 years and it was a miracle drug. I felt so good a few months ago I felt like I didn’t need it anymore so I switched to Lexapro. Over the past 2 weeks I’ve completely broken down with the stress of school and work and my mom had a health scare. We tried increasing the Lex to 20mg but the side effects were unbearable. My new Psychiatrist recommended I stop the Lexapro completely and go back to Paxil, 20mg for 1 week and then back up to 40. I’ve been in such a dark place this past week. I’ve lost way too much wait and I don’t want to lose any more. I feel like I’ll never feel better. What if Paxil doesn’t work this time? What if I lose so much weight I get hospitalized? What if I flunk out of school (I’m almost done with my bachelors), what if I die? So many worries. I can’t sleep or eat and I just sit alone and cry all day. The only thing that takes the edge off right now and gets me through the day is my emergency Xanax, but I don’t want to get addicted to it. I’m just so scared and hopeless right now and I need reassurance.
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