Anti-depressants and n*

[marieb73]

I ised to be on Celexa for depression and anxiety. It realy helped alleviate my panic attacks and added to my overall well-being.

Today my fiance gently reminded me that when I was on Celexa, I never was n* save for the one time I fought sv for 2 days.

He's right. I never worried about sv that much when I was on the anti-depressant, I didn't fixate op food, and didn't have as many phantom n* as I do now.

Has this been anyone else's experience? For those on anti-depressants, do you have fewer worries about v* and fewer cases of n*?

[jay_rough]

I'm on Luvox anti depressants, quite a few times I've felt really n* whilst changing my dosage amount (apparently, aruptly ceasing to consume the pills causes extreme sickness) but I've never v*.I constantly ween myself off them but my parents force me to take them, although they gave me lots of headaches, quite a lot of n* and sometimes severe fatigue, shaking, etc, mycounsellors and doctor reckon I should either halt using them or try another type (ie, prozac) but after sticking with the luvox for a bit, it causes n* in the evening only rather than the whole day, hopefully it's going to stop soon.

[tcsarah]

I take antidepressants (seroxat/paxil) and find that because they help with anxiety I have less nausea attacks as I used to suffer terribly with anxiety nausea. On the few occasions I feel nauseous now(non-anxiety related) I am able to cope with it better as I don't get into as much of a panic as I would without the meds, and we all know panicking only makes the sicklyfeelings worse.


I tend not to be pre-occupied with v* as much as I used to be too, so all round thumbs-up in that area for the meds )

[prospero]

Did you experience any side effects from the seroxat? I was prescribed these a few weeks ago, but I am really worried about taking them becasue I have heard they can have horrible side effects at least for a few weeks when you start taking them. I don't feel up to coping with these at the moment.

[smokycat]

I take Celexa. I used to be way worse without it. I didn't get any bad side effects from it, except some weight gain. I tdoesn't make me feel n* at all. If I ever think back about how I used to feel, I vow never to be without the Celexa again! I'm not a pill popper, don't think you should take meds unless you absolutely need them. That's how I feel in this case. Much better quality of life.


marieb73--Why did you quit taking the Celexa? If you felt better while you were on it, can you talk to your Dr. and try it again?

[mjewell]

I take antidepressants (seroxat/paxil) and find that because they help with anxiety I have less nausea attacks as I used to suffer terribly with anxiety nausea. On the few occasions I feel nauseous now(non-anxiety related) I am able to cope with it better as I don't get into as much of a panic as I would without the meds, and we all know panicking only makes the sicklyfeelings worse.


I tend not to be pre-occupied with v* as much as I used to be too, so all round thumbs-up in that area for the meds )

My experience has been the same as tcsarah. I have taken Lexapro for about 6 months now, no more nausea, and when I actually am nauseous, I don't get all panicky about it.

[samara's on tv]

Ever since I went on Zyprexa my N* attacks have been few and far between. I still thinking about V* quite a lot but it doesn't throw me into panic mode like it used to. I'm usually very calm about it now...I think about it but it's not a really big deal.


I remember once I was on this one med (I can't remember the name) And it made me SO SICK I couldn't do ANYTHING. I wanted to go off of it cause I was convinced it wasn't helping and my parents were sure that it WAS helping and since I was a minor I didn't have much choice when it came to medical desicions.


~Monica

[peachykeen]

Since January I've tried Celexa and Lexapro, and took both only very
briefly because of the severe side effects I had. But I'm very sensitive
to any meds, even OTC, so I wasn't surprised. I just hope I can find
SOMETHING to help me out without the nasty SE's.

[tcsarah]

Did you experience any side effects from the seroxat? I was prescribed these a few weeks ago, but I am really worried about taking them becasue I have heard they can have horrible side effects at least for a few weeks when you start taking them. I don't feel up to coping with these at the moment.

When I first started taking them I felt a little bit sickly for a few days as my body got used to them (I also experienced this with other antidepressants at first), but thefeeling was never so bad as to make me feel like I would v*. Out of all the antidepressants I have tried these work the best with the least amount of side-effects, although I do suffer from insomnia but then I've never been a good sleeper so the meds are just enhancing a problem already there. For me, seroxat has been a wonder drug - my life was so restricted because of emetophobia and agoraphobia I felt utterly miserable most of the time - now I am like a different person with a new lease of life [img]smileys/smilies_01.gif[/img]

[aguerra29]

I am in the same boat Marie. I was on Lexapro for a year and half and it was wonderful. I was not nauseas all the time and if I was I rarely panicked about it. I got off about 4-5 months ago b/c I have gained so much weight it was disgusting. I thought that I was doing so much better and didn't need the meds. Now I am finding myself up to my old ways. I get all panicky about getting sick and anxious about everything. Right now, I am more concerned with not being fat, then my anxiety. I am in therapy to deal with the emet. My therapist suggested I get back on some meds, but I don't want to. You don't understand how fat the pills made me. I guess there are trade-offs in everything. I can be anxiety-free, but fat. Or anxiety-filled and skinney.

[doxilover]

I'm on Cymbalta and Klonopin and I still worry about it. I'm not nauseous all the time but I constantly wash my hands or used Purell for fear of catching a sv. And if someone has been sick and I'm around them or someone in my family has been around them I get very worried. But who knows, maybe I would be worse without the meds....


Kim