Posted by gilbert on June 5, 2001, at 15:09:35
Thanks tons for all the info and suggestions. I am going to go off the prozac only been on it for 6 days at 5mg. and I am on the ceiling really agitates me and I need to do more xanax then as if I were not taking it. I do so well on the xanax 5mg twice a day that I hate to screw with what works....my agoraphobia and panic are non existent since starting this drug 2 years ago. Is there something I could add to the xanax to dampen the OCD. I am going back to therapy in hopes I can treat the OCD without meds because my obsessions seem to relate more to mdiecal issues and medicine issues.....I spend a little too much time on the internet searching out drug options. I never seem to find solutions just more doubt which then increases my searching kind of little thinking loops. I have also obsessed with trying meds but am so hypersensitve to the meds it seems like any of the antidepressants I try give me panics....even the so called sedative ones like paxil and luvox tweeked me. I spend about 2 hours per day involved in this activity. My panic and agoraphobia are being held at bay. I am wondering since OCD is usually anxiety driven if I still have some anxiety I am not feeling physically and if possibly an increase in xanax would alleviate this. I have not tried that either.....and as you mentioned there is remeron but I have put 20 pounds on in 2 years...not good for my blood pressure and I don't want remeron to add more weight and more cholesterol which I read occurs in as much as 20% of remeron users therby increasing my BP and adding to my dilema my Internist wants my weight down so I don't have to increase my dose of Zestril. P.S. I was on beta blockers for the tachycardia and my pulse went to under 40 beats per minute the doc did not like it.....me either. I run for exercise and I run around 25 miles per week my normal resting pulse is around 50 because of all the road work I put in. The xanax keeps my heart nice and relaxed and helps keep the BP down too so I am getting pretty good coverage from the xanax. Like I have said before maybe this is a good as it gets which is cool too. There sure are alot of great people who come to this site.
Gil
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