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I still take 1800 mg of trileptal at night (for sleep and anxiety). Also, I take 200 mg of magnesium, florester probiotoc and 5000 of vitamin D. The 37.5 mg of Effexor seems to really be helping.

We’ve been helping my daughter’s friend, who is 18 years young and homeless. He asked me if he could hug me. I hugged him and I couldn’t feel anything. Good or bad. Hugs are still hard for me. My therapist was working with me on it before the pandemic. I asked if she was okay hugging...

@Flossy my daughter also tried mirtazapine at night, but it was specifically started to help her gain weight and sleep—but it made her sick. The Effexor was keeping her too trim. We put her on birth control and she gained 15 lbs and her weight stabilized. “Fun” how these drugs mess so much...

What steps did you take to get out of it last time?

3 days without sleep is really concerning. This will compound your symptoms. Have you tried melatonin? Gaba? Dramamine? Meditation? I would go to a doctor or therapist about this if you can. I hope that something will finally click for you soon and help you sleep. This is temporary...

I’ve had my own parade of meds. I’m a person that refuses to tolerate bad nausea, so some drugs were tried for 1-5 days. I went to a therapist first. She is big on lifestyle changes and functional meds, but she recommended the psychiatrist. I’m sorry that you are suffering. When our minds...

I own my own business and do contract work. My husband says it is because I can’t handle working for someone else. This is true—very much related to my ptsd stuff. Back when I was an employee I had some bad troubles with certain bosses. Looking back now, I had ptsd then, but I was in my...

I called the pharmacist yesterday. I asked if the weird thoughts at 75 would ever level out and go away. He said “no.” He said if the lower dose was helping me, I should be able to stay there. I switched back yesterday and am having a killer headache this morning. My system is able to...

@ruborcoraxxx I called the pdoc yesterday and the assistant took my message that I was going to go back to 37.5 because of weird side effects at 75. I actually was wanting a response or someone calling to tell me if I should stick it out on 75 or stay on 37.5 but no one called back. I’m used...

Well…today was the day that I tried to move my dose up to 75. I was doing well on 37.5. This new dose had some weird stuff. I had immediate diarrhea after taking it, but that wasn’t a big deal. Then at lunch time I started to fall asleep. Went for a drive and felt some derealization. Also...

I know there are therapists out there that work in the evening. Could your therapist recommend someone that does that? I imagine something can be worked out.

@Sideways how do you deal with the jaw clenching. I seem to be doing that now on this med. I wore my mouth guard all night due to this. In the day time I notice it and keep telling myself to relax over and over again and try to hold my jaw differently and relax my tight neck muscles as well.

Quite possibly. I have major pmdd (maybe even bordering on phychosis). I just had a really bad episode with it and happened to talk to my p-doc in the middle of it which prompted him to try me on this. I don’t know if it’s the meds or the stop of my period that has made me more calm. Only...

I really can relate to this.

I sleep with a stuffed animal, always have. I also may have almost sucked my thumb in a therapy session. I can’t bring myself to tell my T about the thumb that I tried at home once, like @Mee tried—didn’t work. Other embarrassing things for me: nipples showing through clothes, potential...

@Rudolf I hear that the recovery coming off of that med is really hard. Did they not give you another med to help you adjust in the process? Depending how long it has been, I wonder if you might need some medication help to deal with the withdrawal?

I would hope that this new therapist will listen when you say it is too much. Do lots of resourcing and learning on self care that you can do during and after the sessions. Pace yourself at the rate that you can handle and communicate it with your new T. Never give up! I think that when you...

My relationship with my therapist is evolving. Different parts of me tend to see her very differently. I see her as a professional that has a lot of experience and training. However, she uses a relational style of therapy so it doesn’t always seem doctor like and because of that I can get...

So excited for you!

I just looked up the legal definition of abandonment. It falls in line with what Friday was saying. It seems as though in the psychological community they have the concept of emotional abandonment as well. I’m now feeling even more confused about myself because I question if my abandonment...

I’ve been fighting some depression symptoms and an increase in anxiety this past year. It’s all kind of coming to a scary point, so my p-doc recommended trying effexor xr in addition to my 1800 mg of trileptal. I had already tried 3 ssri’s, Wellbutrin, and cymbalta. This one seems to actually...

We do a lot of abandonment work in therapy. For example, I’m fine about my relationship with my T…. living life. Solving ptsd crap. Then, she’ll tell me that she’s going to be gone for a week or two and it sets off an internal panic. This is followed by disrupted therapy as we work through...

I am fully aware of when I avoid doctor check-ups, it takes me a lot of courage to follow through on them. I avoid leaving the house quite a bit and not realize that it’s fear based—I’ll think I’m just being lazy. I’ll convince myself that we can go another day without milk. This can continue...

Wishing you well, @GwenDR

@Survivor3 this is more of a trauma ptsd thing for me than basic anxiety. It doesn’t matter that she’ll go to a different school and it’s 29 years ago. Colleges typically look the same in many ways which is like walking into a trigger factory while remaining positive and excited for her so...