Well, this is specific to some previous entries. I'm in the middle of a med switch.
I was diagnosed a while back with depression manifesting as anziety. I have issues with sleep disturbances directly related to how well I take care of myself (If I'm short on sleep I have 5 days to get caught up or I will begin waking up 45-60 minutes after going to sleep with major panic attacks). Things have been pretty well under control with 10mg of Paxil per day.
However, recently I realized that I've slowly developed more "classic" symptoms of depression over the past few years. Maybe it's that I've been on the same med for years, maybe some metabolism changes (I'm almost 42) - but raising the Paxil dosage just makes me sleepy.
So I'm in the middle of weaning off the Paxil prior to starting Lexapro. It's a pretty scary thing to do, because it brings back memories of how bad things were before i got properly treated. But I resolved to take that risk because I *want* to feel better.
And I'm writing about this in an open journal because I think too many people are embarrassed about needing medication. So I'm pretty open about my medical issues. Also writing this out helps me self-monitor, and this way if I suddenly have a weird reaction someone will notice and say "hey = you've been acting weird since Tuesday"...
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Date: 2008-07-31 04:39 pm (UTC)I was diagnosed a while back with depression manifesting as anziety. I have issues with sleep disturbances directly related to how well I take care of myself (If I'm short on sleep I have 5 days to get caught up or I will begin waking up 45-60 minutes after going to sleep with major panic attacks). Things have been pretty well under control with 10mg of Paxil per day.
However, recently I realized that I've slowly developed more "classic" symptoms of depression over the past few years. Maybe it's that I've been on the same med for years, maybe some metabolism changes (I'm almost 42) - but raising the Paxil dosage just makes me sleepy.
So I'm in the middle of weaning off the Paxil prior to starting Lexapro. It's a pretty scary thing to do, because it brings back memories of how bad things were before i got properly treated. But I resolved to take that risk because I *want* to feel better.
And I'm writing about this in an open journal because I think too many people are embarrassed about needing medication. So I'm pretty open about my medical issues. Also writing this out helps me self-monitor, and this way if I suddenly have a weird reaction someone will notice and say "hey = you've been acting weird since Tuesday"...