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Join Date: Jul 2014
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Posts: 160
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Hi Mark,
great to hear you're sleeping better...it makes everything a little better.
on the anxiety/tremors, i had NONE of that until i started Lexapro 3 weeks ago. i'm also on a very low dose of amatryptaline and am starting to wean myself off of it.
i don't remember the tremors starting until maybe day 3--possibly in anticipation of another horrible headache that day 2 brought on. and pretty much every day since i've had them, except yesterday. they've gotten shorter and shorter but initially was pretty scary.
so it was either the addition of the SSRI to my life or my shrink TELLING me i have an anxiety problem, or the anticipation of side effects. but the fact that it comes on the second i'm conscious and without any preceding thoughts makes me think the symptom is driven by the drugs.
my shrink swears seratonin syndrome isn't a risk b/c the doses i'm on are so small, but i am a DELICATE flower when it comes to drugs--tiny doses affect me bigtime.
i don't have the answer but strong suspect mine are linked to the drugs. hoping as i adjust to lexapro (an alternative to xanax, helps w/ depression too, HAS improved my appetite and sleep, but not helped anxiety yet) and get off amatryptaline this will go away
good luck. glad to hear you're out there advocating for yourself and problem solving.
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April 11, 2014 Flipped in class 2 white water while kayaking, hit my forehead (was wearing a helmet). Lots of symptoms to begin with. Those remaining are fatigue, brain freezes/overstimulation, headaches, sensitivity to light and sound. Insomnia is getting better but still an issue, and appetite is ba-ack! Depression and anxiety are largely under control thanks to Lexapro, exercise, and a very distant light at the end of the tunnel.
Drugs: Lexapro, occasional 2-5mgs ambien. Off amatryptaline. Taking about 453 supplements.
Just started vision therapy, waiting on some blue-tinted prism glasses.
"You will encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it." Maya Angelou
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