I am a 33 y/o male and am dealing with several physical symtoms I believe are related to stress. I suffer from the obvious issues of low-energy, body pains, a sudden onset of allergies, constant diarrhea, anxiety, etc. I have been on every medication including Prozac, Wellbutrin, Lexapro, Cymbalta, etc. None were very effective and most usually had horrific side-effects.

After suffering through the awful withdrawls associated with Effexor, and trying all these different meds over the span of 10 years, I decided enough was enough. Instead I chose to fight this battle without meds. My mind is healing, but my body is still suffering. I have learned how to compensate with the majority of my issues, but I believe my body is producing a chemical that is causing me problems. Some have said it is Cortisol, but I’m not sure. The reason I believe this is because I am dealing with a seemingly constant rectal itching and seemingly endless outbreaks of almost athlete’s foot-type itching on my right hand, in the creases between my thighs and pubic area and on my feet. The itching is severe and unbearable. It may even be a type of recurring yeast-like infection. I also have miniscule white flecks in my stool.

These symptoms began almost immediately following an extremely stressful event that occured in my life approximately 13yrs ago that has led to long, drawn-out battle with depression and have continued, unabated since then. I have been to counseling and have discussed some of these issues with my doctor, but have not had any success. My question is, is there a possibility that my body is producing a chemical that is causing these symptoms and is there anything I can do to stop them?

Tags: athlete, constant diarrhea, creases, cymbalta, effexor, energy body, flecks, foot type, lexapro, low energy, meds, occured, physical symtoms, prozac, stressful event, sudden onset, thighs, wellbutrin, withdrawls, yeast

please help me! my meds were changed from 300mg Wellbutrin to 150mg and 60mg Cymbalta. This is the first day i’ve started with cymbalta. Now i am freaking out and i don’t know what else to do. My mom ended up giving me two klonopin the help calm me down because it might be an anxiety attack (runs in the family). It’s been about 15 min since i took the second one, and i’m still strung up.
I can’t concentrate when there are a lot of people talking, i’m shaky/twich, i have this feeling of extreme excitement without the happy part (i guess you could say panic…but it doesn’t seem like that). i have a headache and my neck, back, and shoulders are tense. i feel so drugged up right now its hard to even type this. i have several minutes when it feels like an out of body experience…(i’m there and i can see everyone but it feels like i’m standing ten feet behind my eyes…if that makes sense. kinda like i’m gonna pass out but there is no ringing ears or sweating like usual.) i keep laughing uncontrolably about nothing! this is so freaking annoying!

Is it withdrawal symptoms from lowering Wellbutrin, is it starting Cymbalta straight off at 60mg, is it an anxiety attack, or could it possibly be a manic/hypomania episode? (There is some bipolar in my family) My mom’s calling my psychiatrist tomorrow, but what do i do right now.?
0.o“`~~~whoa, now i feel loopy
any suggestions on what i can do until tomorrow? Thank you all in advance

Tags: anxiety attack, bipolar, body experience, cymbalta, extreme excitement, headache, klonopin, meds, mom, psychiatrist, ringing ears, shoulders, ten feet, uncontrolably, wellbutrin, withdrawal symptoms

Currently Taking Prozac, and have very little desire. Tried adding Wellbutrin and could not tolerate it. I’m a male.
I know Wellbutrin is a popular add-on, but I really felt un-nerved and could not tolerate the feeling for more than a few days. This was on only the 150 xl dose

Tags: desire, few days, prozac, wellbutrin, xl

I started having panic attacks and multiple physical symptoms 3 years ago… they went away with time, zoloft and now Wellbutrin.
Im diagnosed with anxiety disorder with some depression these days.

I was cleaning stuff here and found pills that i tried to take 3 years ago before i started having the symptoms. These pills are from another country, and they are for weight gain and appetite stimulant. Im on the thin side.
This is what they have in the ingredients:
Cyproheptadine 2mg
Tricalcium phosphate 250mg
Cyanocobalamin 250mg

Just for curiosity i started looking in Wikipedia for these drugs so i can find something similar here in the states.
And then i saw that Cyproheptadine plays with Serotonin and SSRI stuff. now i wonder if i started having problems because of this… because i recall to have taken this medicine a couple of weeks before i started having the attacks.

The thing is that i just used this medicine for 3 days or so.. and stoped taking it because it was too drowsy

Tags: 3 years, Anxiety Disorder, appetite stimulant, curiosity, cyanocobalamin, cyproheptadine, depression, drugs, medicine, Panic Attacks, pills, serotonin, thin side, tricalcium phosphate, weight gain, wellbutrin, wikipedia, zoloft

I’m suspecting I might have be showing some OCD symptoms. I don’t rearrange things or wash my hands repeatedly or anything like that. Recently I learned that some people with OCD don’t act out those rituals. I have extremely UNWANTED morbid thoughts and worries to the extreme. It keeps me from feeling like a normal person….and that’s an understatement.

I also have dealt with anxiety and I just don’t feel like a normal person. On the outside looking into my life, people would think I have it all…but I don’t. My inner self is hurting.

What med combination would help me with severe anxiety, OCD, without sexual side effects? I’ve heard if you add Wellbutrin in the mix, it negates the sexual side effects of the other medications. Is this true?

What has worked for you. I’ve tried quite a few, and I mean quite a few different drugs. I’m thinking of trying Klonipin. Anyone have an experience with that? What is the strongest OCD medicine out there? Not any ole antidepressant will do. TY

Tags: antidepressant, drugs, medications, medicine, morbid thoughts, ocd symptoms, rituals, severe anxiety, sexual side effects, ty, understatement, wellbutrin, worries

I have recently begun treatment with a new psychiatrist for depression and anxiety. I’ve been on wellbutrin for years but quit when i got pregnant. i ended up having a miscarriage and was feeling alright until around 5-6 months later. My old psychiatrist retired ( who i hadn’t seen in years) so i’ve started with a new one. We resumed the wellbutrin and short term treatment with xanax since i had used it previously with my other doctor for a few months. What i didn’t realize was the start dose he put me on was very low. .25-.5 mg three times a day. This hadn"t been effective when i last used it so i ended up taking one extra pill daily. ( at night for sleep problems). well i ran out obviosly early and tried to call in the refill thinking there wouldn’t be a problem only asking for half the prescription because i had a upcoming check up with her. The pharmacist refused and it was over the week-end. I had a full blown panic attack. this scares me. I called the doctor on call and felt like an idiot but explained exactly what i’d been taking. I will call monday but I’m concerned that the reaction I had means I addicted even though it’s only been 2 weeks on the meds. Any advice? I am scared and am still experiencing a hard time breathing. Please, what would you do?

Tags: anxiety, depression, doctor on call, hard time, meds, panic attack, pharmacist, psychiatrist, sleep, sleep problems, three times, time breathing, wellbutrin, xanax