my depression is so complicated, who knows what causes what?
my pdoc decided to try me on paxil after i explained that i needed something to address my anxiety that couples with my depression. since i have had tummy issues in the past with other meds, he started me on a low low does. 12.5mg every other day for a week and (starting today), 12.5mg every day.
i do notice some tummy troubles, but also in the last week i've started to feel... worse? it seems like it's too soon and too low of a dose to affect me in that way. in the last couple of days i've felt suicidal (though not currently a danger to myself).
i was also wondering if it was the klonopin. i take 0.5mg of klonopin at night for RLS. my pdoc said i could take 0.25mg-0.5mg during the day to help with the anxiety. so i've been taking 0.25mg. for whatever reason, i don't seem to build a tolerance (i know weird, but i've taken 0.5mg for over a year and it still works just fine and for day time 0.5mg is way too much. In fact, when I was first given it years ago, he gave it to me as 1mg and that was waaaayyy too much for my system, i dropped myself to .5mg at night and have stayed there ever since).
still tho - i've never had klonopin make me depressed but maybe it's stacking somehow? i take it at night and then the morning? or maybe without the anxiety my depression is more present?
i just didn't know if it was possible to have paxil trigger sui feelings so early on?
anyone have experience with that?
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