I guess this is mainly a quest to try and find more information that might help me with my issues. I have been clinically diagnosed about 2 years ago and was put on cymbalta. It seemed to help me in someways, but it kicked in RLS and so I was also put on requip which did help. After almost ruining my marriage I decided to try out St Johns wort. It seemed to have a good effect for awhile then one day I started a panic attack that seemed to last for weeks, and when the attack started a noise began eminating from inside my head. Like the sound of air leaking from a tire. Sometimes it seems so loud that it hurts. I spent about a year dealing with the st johns wort and now have given up on that and I am on lexapro after having serious suicidal thoughts. I am still having lots of issues with no motivation. I just sit around thinking about my health and how horrible I feel. My doctor wants me to go back on the cymbalta. I am not sure what to do at this point.
Pat
Hello...
So out of all the meds...which one would you say helped you the most?
Like I said I started all this with cymbalta; I(t did a lot of good for me emotionally. But physically I was a wreck(RLS).
Then I tried the St Johns Wort and for a while it seemed to help then I would have horrible anxiety attacks that would last weeks at a time.
I started taking SAM-e only to discover that it had adverse affects for me. In fact it amplified my anxieties. So then I started on the lexapro, half a pill at night and in the morning. It calmed my anxieties, but didnt seem to be helping with the depression. So I added a bunch of vitamins
Right now I am taking a whole bunch of vitamins:
vitamin C = 3 x 500mg
vitamin b = super B 1/2 twice per day
omega3 = 3 X day
primrose oil = 3 X day
cal/mag/zinc = 3 X day
It all seems to be helping. I can say that this month(Nov)is the first month that I have felt normality.