Help aropax i am strung out

I have been on aropax now for nearly 2 weeks wednesday.I started at 10 mg and upped to 20 mg.last night i could not sleep, got the insomnia back.I am waking in the morning trembling and crying my eyes out ,sick, muscle tense in arms (between elbow and shoulder and sometimes in shoulder blades) , faint and tired.
What should i do any suggesstions.Have rung doctor have to go tomorrow instead wednesday but i am not sure if i should take another 20 mg tonight? This is totally freaking me right out.

Are you able to make one more 'phone call to your doctors surgery? I ask that, because some people are 'phone phobic - believe me, I know.

Please, phone your surgery, and ask to speak with the Practice Nurse. Explain your symptoms and fears, and tell her you need guidance or reassurance about tonights meds.

Its a really scary time when life feels like this - you don't feel much in control of anything, probably. So please, make that phone call? And take care.

hey ya,

Yes i rung and spoke to the practise nurse who is the one that rings me every 2 days to make sure i am okay.She put my appointment forward.In the mean time i still have the .5 mg benzo that i have to keep taking as per doc request( became tolerant to them thats why the aropax) but doc has asked me to take 2 a day instead of one for now, but i took 3 yesterday, as not coping.Nurse aware of this.I am fine on the phone, i am very umm straight to thepoint which is good i suppose.

Hi gypzy
You should be able to google the aropax website to see what side affects you should worry about and the ones that should go away in time.

Congrats,
you sound as though you are doing the right things (which doesn't make the day any less scary, I know).

I mentioned the 'phone phobia, because it can take me a week to make a call sometimes. And the longer I drag it out, the worse it gets, then when in desperation I do use the telephone, I've invariably found (till now anyway) that I'm still alive afterwards, the world hasn't ended, and I just feel 'stupid'. That doesn't make any subsequent calls easier to make.

Oh - I also find that Shortbread helps. I regularly self-medicate with Shortbread.

Hi Gypzy..

Good for you for keeping contact with your doctor and seeking reassurance.. best wishes for your appointment and I do hope you're feeling better very quickly..

Hi Pat..

I know exactly what you're meaning about the phone.. I put phone calls off until I can finally talk myself into making them.. then find it's all over in a minute or so and it wasn't too bad after all.

I've been working toward getting a project done for 4 & 1/2 years.. finally made an appointment last week to see the person I needed to see .. and saw him at 3pm.. the meeting went well and I was out the door again by 8 minutes past 3.. I'd had this thing stopping me for all this time, feeling like it was way too big, - and the meeting took only 8 MINUTES!!! I'm still astonished.

Hiya, Books,

Welcome, and thanks for your kind words here and on other Threads - this is really scary stuff for me. Hey, and Well Done, You!

Itsn't horrible the way we sometimes twist ourselves up over doing things? I'd say you have good reason to be feeling proud of yourself now. Take care,
Pat.

Hmmm a telephone is my best friend.Actually i have found when i am feeling scared etc if i can ring a friend and even if i burst into tears on the phone, i feel atab better.
I am hoping i don't have another sleep like last nights one tonight.
I was not well earlier ,trembles came on, so i grabbed a book on relaxation and started reading again and came right.
I am okay at the moment, i am just scared more than anything of these effects, i have beautiful horses to look after and i cry because i cant get to them as feeling so sick and clammed up,and have someone else caring for them right now .

I envy your ability to use the phone as and when you need to.

Are you able to just 'visit with' your horses - maybe go out with the person who is helping you out, and just pick a hoof or two? At the very least, you would get to cuddle them and so what if you cry? Its a valid way to express feeling.

Could you give your horses a hug from me too? I miss being able to do that and horses remind me so much of the most important person in my life. Thanks.

When i have or feel a good day at present, where i am not clamming up, i do get to the horses on relying on a lift (miss my independance) .yes i cuddle my special girl and i cry against her and its like shes knows.Shes been playing up for the person feeding her, being norty, but she never does it for me...she must miss mum everyday i think which is my heart breaker right now.
For sure i will give her and my other 2 special guys a huge cuddle for you when i see them again, hopefully soon.

hi there gypzy
i to am on paroxitine (50mg) you say about the muscle tension i cannot relax either and because of that it takes me a long time to get to sleep. and it too is usually my neck and shoulders. its only when i take sleeping pills i can actually feel every muscle in my body relax--i never thought of it as a side effect before but the more i think about it i think it may be. i also get really bad night sweats awell-to the point where i wake up drenched in pjs and the sheets!! , i am goingto change my meds again (but will have to see a specialist next) havnt gotten round to it as my dr bill is already a whooping $500 and i dont want to add anymore to it!

Hi Wizza,
Unfortunately i am not on any sleeping pills Last night o my lord, it took me about 1 hour to get to sleep, was as restless as.Then when i finally got to sleep i woke up again...hey by any chance did you ever get like some gum soreness in your mouth when you 1st went on it?
I get sweats but not near as bad as yours.The relaxing thing, well i have decided that i will learn 2 techniques of yoga and see if that helps me out.

yes i get gum soreness still & i have been on paroxitine for about a year now, i had at 1 stage cut my meds down to 40mg and found the side effects had reduced enormously, unfortunatly so had my mood so had no choice but to up them again. its a never ending battle. i see in your post further up you said about being tired - thats the norm when first going on them and it can take at least six weeks before it settles. my dr told me its sort of like your body and mind is making up for all the lost sleep. and i too am looking into yoga and meditation in order to relax so fingers crossed for the both of us

Hey Wizza,
Yeah i have not been on them overly long, the side effects are reducing sort of, nothing like i was last week.Tried the legs over head yoga technique and it does seem to make a difference, although i was norty as in the process i hurt my nerve which i am doing physio for " Slaps myself around the head" lol
My moods are still sometimes feeling like they are going to snap and odd jitterness n tremors.But nurse told me today am away better than last week, i am not scratching to see a doctor every day