WHY???

[natalie713]

Is this the anxiety or my meds , last few weeks I feel emontioal less like I have no emotions I have thought I dont love m son and bf and I know Thats not true, and I feel distent , Its bad enought I feel weird all day like a high sketchy not like my self feeling why know do I feel like this :(

[nursegirl6572]

I forget, how long have you been on the meds?  What exactly have you been diagnosed with?  I too would be curious as to why the doc started you out on two meds rather than trying one and going from there.  That's why I asked what all you have been diagnosed with.  Certain disorders may be more of an indication for a medication regimen like that.  Seroquel can be very helpful for some people, depending on the diagnosis, as Seroquel is an atypical antipsychotic.  I agree that it is overprescribed, and isn't always appropriate.

As we've explained, these meds take time, I personally feel a person should give each medication the maximum time (6 weeks) before reassessing its effectiveness, plus, a lot of times, a dosage increase may do the trick, so you again have to give it time after you bump up your dose.

So, if you've been on the meds for 6 weeks or more, it's time to talk to the doctor about the game plan.  Depending on what your diagnosis is, you may want to ask about coming off the Seroquel and trying to increase the antidepressant.  For most anxiety disorders, that would be sensible.  Ask your doc what his rationale is in Rx'ing this regimen.

Good luck, and keep us updated!!

[natalie713]

I was diagnosed with ocd anxiety , and he gave me seroquel for night time because I couldnt sleep at all I was waking up every hour with panic attaks, I stil wake up everyhour but not with [panic attacks, and he said Ihaveto be on these 2 meds forever because how right know I feel weird all day ,but Ive asked lots of questions on this site and ppl have said feelign weird and high feeling and not feeling like your self Is anxiety symptom.

[natalie713]

Ive been on them since , december 31

[natalie713]

He had tryed me on 3 different med before this but the side effects where all to bad , so he put me on these 2 .

[Paxiled]

Nobody can predict whether someone has to be on a med forever -- they don't cure anything, they just cover up symptoms.  Only successful therapy or other ways that change the way we think cure the problem.  Piling on meds can be helpful for people who have lives that just don't work anymore, but only when the first med works but just not quite well enough.  It's called augmentation, but you don't augment a med that doesn't work at all, and you have to try the first med for awhile to see if it works.  You might want to consider that you don't have the best doc here.

[natalie713]

lol Ya I told him I did not want to be on meds forever n he says you have to and to much illness in your family because my 2 sisters ones on paxil for anxiety and the others been on effexors for 5 years for depression and my mom on a bunch of things for her bipolar and she has some pain dises , so he thinks just becuse I started getting anxiety a few months ago that I wil have It forever... He said seroquel at night for sleep and citalopram in the am forever . wich i do not want to do.