Consequences of the Anxiety Prescription Mix

[anxiousannie971]

So I have a question related to the mix of antidepressants=
For the last 18 months the doc added 50 mg's of topiramate and Abilify to a very old mix of sertraline 200mg and 2 mg of Lorazepham daily..
I had stopped functioning well and quit taking the new additional two scripts two weeks ago now it's like I have bugs in the LEFT side of my face and it's making me worried and sore-Is there a bad mix of the four together? How long until this tingling wears off? And please don't send me back to ask her, she presumes I am not as educated as she is Thanks








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[Paxiled]

You can't medicate grief away -- it has to play itself out or it lingers and becomes chronic.  But perhaps there were other long term issues going on.  At any rate, good luck.

[anxiousannie971]

u r right I just hate starting over with new people, I'll be honest and go from there

[anxiousannie971]

Someone I stayed home and care for, for over a decade died in my arms, a year and a half ago, that's when they started adding things because I was in a grief ridden mess trying to work and raise my kids...somehow I fell into that trap of just coming home and going to bed I noticed my daughter was gaining weight too, so I quit the newer pills knowing that before the newer pills I was more motivated and bang back came all my energy but after the two weeks so did the pain in my face and vertigo so I listened to you refilled the meds took half the scrip slept all weekend and while the face pain has a deep ache it's subsiding but I am not moving much physically it hurts in all my joints-which could be from over doing it but the abilify says there's stiffness with it, in any case I'm going back to see her I just wondered if the mix overtime had caustic affects-Thanks for your time:)

[gofio]

Find another source of help if you have no rapport with your current one. No rapport = no help! Good Luck.

[Paxiled]

You shouldn't quit these meds abruptly, as they leave a withdrawal behind.  They need to be tapered off of slowly.  Don't know what's happening.  Abilify is only approved as a last ditch antidepressant when all else has failed, and I'm not sure if it has anti-anxiety properties.  It sounds like the sertraline had stopped working -- if that's true, adding to it won't make it work.  Usually when a drug poops out, you taper off that drug and try another.  I'm not there, so I don't know what's gone on, but this is something you probably have to ask her about -- if it pooped out, why did she just add more drugs to it.  You also have to see her to taper off the two newer drugs properly to avoid the withdrawal you're feeling, most likely, though it might go away eventually.  Good luck.