Posted by Racer on October 4, 2006, at 22:41:25
In reply to Re: Depression-Anxiety-Panic-I can't leave my hous » Phillipa, posted by Siouxgie on October 4, 2006, at 21:08:02
> >
>
> I have never heard of anyone that couldn't leave their house at will.Well, then let me tell you about me...
Wait! I guess Phillipa just did. I am agoraphobic. That means that sometimes I can't leave the house at all; other times I can go out, but only to "safe" places. It literally means "fear of the marketplace," and a lot of people get it about stores. It's not that uncommon.
Meanwhile, it's possible that the Lexapro and Seroquel are making things worse. Sometimes things that work at one dose don't work so well at higher doses. (And Lexapro can be "sedating" for some people. For me, at 10mg, I couldn't be bothered to talk. At all...) It's very possible that a different drug would help more at this point. It's also possible that adding something like Wellbutrin to a lower dose of Lexapro would work better for you. It's also possible that your doctor knows much better than I do, of course...
And I gotta agree with FCA -- he's one smart fellow, by the way -- the first issue is the illicit drugs. Aside from everything else, since you don't know what's actually in them, you don't know if they'll cross react with your licit drugs to create problems. At the risk of sounding naive, "just say no."
I hope that helps. Good luck.
And welcome to Babble!
poster:Racer
thread:691873
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20061003/msgs/691966.html