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| Wed, 11-08-2006 - 5:26pm |
Hi everyone,
First of all my computer is down so I have to use my son's...which is sparingly and when I do get on I have to come here when he isn't home because he does not know about my condition.
Anyway, I had been feeling absolutely fantastic since I began taking the Paxil and Xanax. The only thing I noticed is that at night I would begin to get a bit jittery. So when I went to the psychiatrist last Friday I told him about that and he decided to give me a second Xanax XR prescription. This was for 1/2 an mg and I was to take it at noon. I got it filled Friday and took it yesterday at 12:15. I leave work at 12:30 and I was just totally out of it. I thought I was dying or having a heart attack or something insane. When I got home and examined the two Xanax prescrips and the pills looked different so I called the pharmacist from the 2nd prescrip and they did not have any in stock so they had to call poison control to see if those were the right pills they gave me...turns out they were. I haven't taken the 1/2 during the day again and don't plan to and my psyche said not to as well. But, since yesterday I have felt like I have taken a major step backwards and I am in disarray. I feel all tense and not in control like I felt before. I go to my psychologist tomorrow so hopefully that will give me some reassurance. I just feel so lost and hopeless right now. I was doing so good and in that digestion of a pill I feel like I am back to square one.
Thanks for listening.
Take care,
Rob

Wow Rob,
That would be scary. I had a reaction to bcp once that really freaked me out. I wonder why the pills were different. Definitely talk to your psychologist, I would call your psychiatrist back too and let him know what happened.
Hugs,
Dee
Rob, when I was on the Xanax XR, it wore off after about 12-16 hours, the doc told me to take a xanax (NOT XR) at 9pm to carry me over to morning.
Sheri Ann
I know this was very upsetting to you, Rob. But, you must move ahead. Don't allow it to discombobulate you any more than it already has. I can commiserate with a scare like that & it will be a few days to get *righted.* Here's some magic dust to use if you need it. You are NOT back @ square one.
I keep thinking about that Monty Python movie & how the knight is nearly mortally wounded. He keeps shaking the seriousness of his condition off, by saying, *it's merely a flesh wound.* You WILL get past this. Good luck! (((hugs))) jan
Yeah it was weird because I have been taking the Xanax XR 1 mg since October and I never had a problem. It was only when I took the 1/2 mg Xanax XR at noon Tuesday that I freaked out. The 1 mg Xanax XR at night makes me drowsy but not freaked out and it helps me sleep. I did talk to the psychiatrist and he told me not to take the noon pill again.
I got so freaked out though that I had to call my wife and have her talk to me and even that almost didn't work. I was convinced that something was terribly wrong and I told her I was pulling into a store and having them call an ambulance for me. She told me just to keep driving.
What I honestly think happened is that I took the Xanax 1/2 mg and the 1 mg was obviously still in my system. I felt the drowsiness hit and I freaked myself into a bad panic attack. It just stinks because I was doing so freaking good. I felt confident and normal like I could face any one of my fears and not falter, now I feel like the old broken person in a way.
I know where you're coming from. I had a meds-induced meltdown last week and it was horrible. It's hard but you have to think of it as two steps forward, one step back. You're still moving forward.
Do you keep a journal? I started keeping a journal about a month ago and it really helps. When I read it I can see that I am making progress even though some days it feels like I'm spinning my wheels.
(((Rob))) You are NOT back at square one by any means!
Sheri Ann