do you all get relapses since meds?
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do you all get relapses since meds?
| Sat, 12-17-2005 - 8:07pm |
Maybe this is an obvious question, but here goes anyway (looking for some reassurance).
I'm on effexor 75mg since October and in about 5 years ago was on paxil for about 2 years. The paxil totally took away my anxiety and panic attacks. However, I've noticed with the effexor that I have good days and bad days and/or I go through periods where I'm really cool and not thinking about the anxiety and then periods where I think about it much more frequently. Is this common for those of you on meds?? Am I right that the meds we're on don't always completely ELIMINATE these issues?
thanks for your input, I just wonder why these spells come and go???

I know that meds do not always eliminate all the symptoms.
Sheri Ann
Jennifer
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I had good luck with effexor for 3 years. I went off the med because I wanted to try dealing with my A/P without it & the dr. agreed I was ready. In my experience with meds for A/P
Hi, and thanks for the response!
I went off paxil because I felt "ready", I hadn't had any anxiety for over a year and I felt like I could do it. And I did, and everything was going well for about 4 years until now.
I went on effexor instead of paxil this time b/c with paxil I had some bad sexual side effects and my doc thought the effexor would be better with the sexual side effects, which it is.
thanks again
That's great that you went 4 years without meds!
Sheri Ann
I have been on Paxil for 3 years and it has generally worked well for me but I still have bad days and the occasional panic attack. What Jan said about coping skills being part of it is right on the money. Instead of changing my meds, I have always gone in for therapy when I started to feel like things were getting worse. This has always worked for me, helping to alleviate the symptoms.
As for the sexual side effects, yeah. There is that. I am single and have not been in a relationship for a year and a half, but I remember that it definitely dampened my mojo.