I’m starting week 6, first week at 50mg, then the rest at 100mg. It gives me major anxiety, and I’m taking it for depression, not anxiety, so I’m sure it’s a side effect. My Dr wants to give it until Friday, and if it doesn’t go away switch to something else. Does anyone have any suggestions. My main side effect is bad anxiety, and appetite is very low.
everyone's experience is different, as you know. But I'll tell you mine briefly, the first 12 weeks that I was on this medicine I had a various assortment of minor side effects, the most annoying and problematic for me was the heightened anxiety, I needed to take a .25 of Xanax 2 to 4 times a week, yes a week, the first eight weeks, and then it slowly tapered off. I am on my 4th month and I am feeling a hundred times better, I took it mainly 4 g a day, and phobia of driving. I'm not driving yet but I think it's become more of a learned behavior not to than anything else I need to just get out there and do it. I have gained weight which I'm a little upset about and I do feel like my hands are swollen sometimes and I get some palpitations here and there. But I will tell you that the side effects to subside and to hang in there
Thank you. It’s week 6, and the Dr is going to change to something else. My anxiety was ok before the 4th week. Now I seem to need a .25 Xanax every day. I thought I was ok for a couple days, then last night I woke up hot, and panicky, and paced around the room, then took the .25. This morning I feel like I could take another .25. I just don’t think I can tolerate the anxiety anymore. I started it for depression, now I have bad anxiety also. I’m glad it is helping you.