Anxiety back again.

[treeman]

Hello all.    I haven't been on here for quite sometime. I guess I was feeling fine for that time. But now for the last 3 weeks I feel so crappy' no energy, negative thinking, muscle twitching, hard to breathe at times and a general lousy feeling. I am still on medication Clonezapam and clomipramine. I have tried to taking double my regular dosage but it seems to have no effect. The dosage I am taking is 100mg Clomipramine  1mg Clonezepam . I have question is it possible foe medication to stop working as I have been on this combination for 19 years now. Thank you all in advance who can respond to my question.

[lonewolf07]

I like your name  = )

Your dr or pharmacist could tell you better but personally I think the longer we are on a mood-altering drug it can become less effective.  I experienced that with Prozac years ago.  Also, when the shrink tells me to increase the dose of alprazolam or clonazipam that I take, I think the meds are becoming less effective.

Since I have anxiety and her sister, depression doing anything can be difficult but with meds - if the shrink has no problem with NOT increasing the dose I have to think of alternative ways to deal with the anxiety.  Having large dogs demanding attention and to take me for a walk helps but it's not for everyone.

Hope you manage to get through this.

[JSGeare]

Sure, ANYthing is possible. I wonder what your doctor says about it. And I would also have a look at anything ELSE that has changed since you felt differently 3 weeks ago. Perhaps your therapits may be able to help you with that. But, whatever the reasons or causes, you definetly have come back to the right place. We'll do our best to "get rid of you" as soon as possible -so you're feeling good again.