[Lumen Sophia]

I just passed through probably the worst depression of my life about one month ago. I was started on zoloft, 50 mg and was doing great. HOWEVER, I recently was put on adderall, 20 mg tablet and I'm wondering if that has totally aggravated my already terrible tendency toward anxiety?!

Going outside, to the store, just thinking about calling people to pay my bills, having to deal with LIFE brings me such an irrational fear that I feel paralyzed. All I want to do is lie down with my boyfriend and keep hugging him. It's almost as if I need a "womb".

I can't stand this and wish I could just feel normal - whatever that means. I look around me and see people living their lives and I feel so jealous. If they only knew how hard doing simple things are for me.

Help. I'm screaming inside.

[LucyG]

Could your meds be causing your increased anxiety? ABSOLUTELY!! Google '[med], side-effects, anxiety' and see what you come up with as I would be willing to bet money anxiety is a side-effect of both of your meds.

I had been on klonopin and several other BP meds , went off all of them, but needed to go back on klonopin for a sleep disorder. Within 3 days, I was sobbing my eyes out for hours on end to the point I was almost suicidal when I realized that this was probably a side-effect so I googled it, and sure enough, it was! I went off it and my mood returned to normal.

If you ever experience something new or unusual, the first place to look is the last med you went on--that was my old Pdoc's rule of thumb with side-effects.