Posted by Vincent_QC on June 12, 2013, at 18:47:51
In reply to Re: New PDoc RX Lamictal for severe anxiety... » Vincent_QC, posted by gadchik on June 12, 2013, at 17:51:17
> That is bad when tolerance develops on the benzos and they no longer control anxiety. I had to take clonazepam with remeron in order to tolerate zoloft. I had to start at 12.5mg and go very slowly. The remeron with the clonazepam really got my extreme anxiety under control. I ended up having a heart catheritization just because my anxiety got completely out of control. It sounds like you have been through a ton of difficult stuff. I sure hope this pdoc helps you alot. : )
Yeah that's bad when tolerance develop for sure... The clonazepam was a wonderful med for my anxiety when I first start it, now I have to take it to avoid withdrawal symptoms and even I think I have some withdrawal symptoms even if I take it...
Oh god, I hope you're heart is ok now? Did you had a heart disease before the anxiety? Or a predisposition to a cardiovascular disease running in your family?
You make me more anxious now, since my biggest anxiety and worries are heart related!!! I have all the symptoms of a heart disease most of the time, feel my heart pounding in my chest, chest pain, back pain , left arm numbness, jaw pain... 1 night on 2 I'm awake by big chest pain and difficulty to breath with tachycardia and sweating... Had some tests done for my heart, usual tests like holter monitor, blood pressure monitoring, chemical stress test with echocardiography, persantin mibi nuclear test... My cardio Doc said I have dysautonomia, and may have pots but can't test me for the postural orthostaric tachycardia syndrome... He find a small hole in the aorta of the heart but said that 15% have it when they born and its not dangerous since its a very small hole... My ejection fraction is at 47... Normal is 55 and more... He said it was linked to physical deconditionning state... Tachycardia was under control with low dose of propranolol until some months ago when it stop working, tried a lot of other beta blocker with no success, anyway my anxiety is 95% related to my heart symptoms... In other hand, I do have a sedentaryifesryle cause I am exercise intolerant, have no energy, exhausted just to take a shower or climbing stairs and take days to recover from a small walk for example...
I also do smoke, and funny enough that new PDoc said before I leave his office that I really need to quit since my nervous system work too much and he said that smoking probably worse a lot my anxiety and he is right, I mean generally the first cigarette I smoke in the morning trigger a panic attack... But addiction to that shit is so strong, especially when you are anxious... Have to quit next week...stop at the pharmacy to pick up my meds and the pharmacist RX nicotine lozenge so have my first box to stop smoking...
Humm remeron, in the past I was able to tolerate 45 mg of it, at some point it help me to decrease my benzo intake but now I can only take 3 mg before bedtime, if I take more I can feel the noradrenaline effect the day after and I have more panic attacks...
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