I was beginning to get accustomed to hot flashes occurring in my life on a sporadic basis. I had been in the beginning stages of menopause known as perimenopause for a couple of years before my symptoms became unmanageable. I could actually go for several weeks and not have hot flashes. My moods were generally ...
Ever since I can remember, I have been struggling with depression and anxiety. I have seen therapists and taken different types of medication to treat my symptoms. Presently I am not doing anything at all to treat my depression, I am just trying to manage it as best as I can. I believe that depression ...
Do you take Ativan (lorazepam) for anxiety? Watch out; this anti-anxiety drug might increase your appetite. How do I know? Lorazepam (brand name Ativan) restored my mother’s appetite after depression and anxiety severely suppressed it. How my mother came to take Ativan is an interesting story. She rapidly developed clinical depression, but also present were ...
Since being diagnosed in my early twenties with Bipolar Disorder, ADHD,and also with severe Migraine headaches. I have run a course of different medications to try and treat all of my myriad different symptoms that came along with the diagnosis. Uncontrollable anger at times being the most worriesome one for most of my family and ...
For the past eight months, I have taken Effexor XR on a daily basis. I was initially a bit hesitant to start taking this medication. Fortunately I have an excellent doctor who was willing to talk with me about the benefits and possible side effects. In the past, I have had poor luck with most ...
I’ve spent almost ten years trying to figure out why my birth daughter, 9 ½, has a food aversion and a feeding tube since the age of two, having been in about ten programs to help her, all to no avail. After doing relentless research, talking to numerous doctors who told me it was nothing ...
Effexor is a popular medication for depression. It’s a type of drug known as a selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SSNRI). It affects the rate at which serotonin and norepinephrine are absorbed in the brain. I’ve struggled with major depression for most of my life. I’ve tried more than 30 different prescription drugs to ...
Day Zero (Sunday) 01-08-06 I am so incredibly depressed tonight that I can’t do anything except sit and cry. I’ve been depressed before, and even suicidally depressed (after taking Wellbutrin for 12 days, but that’s a different story), so I know how low I can go. This is about as low as it gets, with ...
One way to look at the chemical serotonin is as a traffic cop. This chemical is manufactured in the human brain and helps direct signals from one area of that organ to another. WebMD notes that around 90 percent of the serotonin stockpiled in the human body resides in the digestive tract and in blood ...