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Nov 06, 2004 at 08:11 PM
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My T suddenly told me on Thursday that he wants me to start taking an antidepressant. I will have to go to my primary care Dr or a psychiatrist for the script. I am afraid to take one because I am just barely in control of panic with Xanax. I told him I would be seeing my Pdoc in 3 weeks but he told me to call on Friday and get started - 3 weeks is too long to wait. He thought I had been on them all along and was surprised to find that I am not taking anything but Xanax. I guess I just never mentioned before that I had never been given a script for an antidepressant.
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Nov 06, 2004 at 08:33 PM
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(((mars)))) actually, this could be a good thing! Often the antidepressants also help some more with the panic (too.) New stuff is often anxiety-ridden, but I agree, 3 weeks is too long a time. The meds don't just quick change you overnight, you build them up in your system. (They DO begin to work immediately, but we don't usually sense any change for weeks.) So, especially with the holidays coming, you might really want to begin soon.
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Nov 06, 2004 at 08:54 PM
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Thank you! I am very worried about it because of all the side effects. I have been depressed for so many years and now with my mother dying in May, my father-in-law dying in March and my best friend's husband dying of cancer now I guess he is worried about how I will handle Thanksgiving and Christmas. I don't know myself how I will handle it all. My mother was schizophrenic and not diagnosed or treated until I was 12 and I have had depression and anxiety (totally untreated until this year) all of my life that I can remember. Just very frightened of everything right now, I guess.
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