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Your kids are sooo cute! They are so big too! Look at Ava...wow, I think the last pics I saw were her BABY pics - she's so cute! She really is a good combo of you and your husband I think!
I think I'm going to call and start an AD now...I had a bunch of panic again last night......bla!
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Thanks! I am glad you think she looks like both of us because most people say she looks just like Noah and that they both look like hubby! I just tell people I only cooked them for 9 months and that they must not have absorbed any of my genes!!
I hope you find an AD to help you. I never needed one until I had my kids and I don't attribute them as being the reason. I think it is more the anxiety about keeping them safe, worrying about every little ache or pain and just plain loving them so much it can make you crazy!!! 
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Oh my gosh I totally agree - on both things.
A. My kids are both exact clones of my husband. He, by the way, is blond with blue eyes, which you would think would be recessive genes, but NOOOOO! I had to throw up for 18 months to pop out kids that look like they had NOTHING to do with me!
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B. Kids definately attribute to anxiety. You just worry about every little thing and just want them to be happy and healthy and it can get very overwhelming! I also have anxiety about anything happening to ME now that I have little kids that are so dependant on me! There's so many emotions that you never had before.
By the way - I think I will start the effexor tommorrow, I just picked it up. But, did you never drink while taking it?? Not that I go out and drink all the time, but sometimes I go out with the girls and have a few! It says, 'DO NOT DRINK ALCOHOL WHILE TAKING THIS MEDICINE'. 
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Back in 2003, I think, the doctor prescribed Celexa and it gave me horrible headache. So he switched to Effexor XR, it helps but gave me constipation. He told me to take stool softener with Effexor, it didn't help much. Another side effect I had with Effexor were dry mouth (GOD!), no sex drive (for few years) and little drowsy. Felt weird for two weeks, then its fine.
Last year I came down with IBS-A, I decided to quit take Effexor and BP med (caused diahrea and gassy). It didn't bother me to wean off. Later, I got tired of more soft stool than constipation and decided to take Effexor again. Boy it make me so tired all the time. No wonder it's from Effexor that got me so tired for many years. So I quit taking it.
Soon I will ask the doctor about taking other kind mild depression med. My head (ear drums) were making so much noise, worst than tinintus.
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Hi, Michele, Cara, and Angela! Do you remember me? (I remember all of you when you were pregnant!) I haven't been on this board in several years, but I used to post regularly. I posted on the Eating for IBS board earlier, but didn't get any responses so I'm posting here too.
I am going through menopause and was having terrible hot flashes and insomnia at night. Then the anxiety (and lil depression) started. About 10 days ago, the doctor started me on Pristiq, a new AD that is similar to Effexor. I am also on hormone replacement therapy (Premarin, a combination of estrogen/progestrone), and my IBS A has been so much better. But I'm still having trouble sleeping at night. I feel antsy....like I've had too much coffee. I take the Pristiq in the morning. So I'm having to take either a Klonopin or Ambien pill at night. The doctor wants me to continue taking the Pristiq and see if my sleep improves.
Has anyone else had experience with Pristiq, and if so, when did you take it, at night or in the morning? Did it cause insomnia with you?
I'd love to hear from anyone who is currently on this.
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Hey!! I remember you. Do you still have beagles?  I still have my beagle, and a puggle too.
I have not heard of that AD, so I can't give you any advice unfortunately I know that sometimes the only thing that helps me sleep is xanax, but doctors don't give it out too much b/c it's addicting.
Anyways, good to hear from you!!
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Hi Cara,
I know about the feeling of anxiety at nighttime as well and the sleeplessness that goes with it. Went to the doc a couple of months ago and she put me on a low dose of Zoloft (and Klonopin at nighttime 'til the zoloft kicks in). Did okay for the first couple of weeks, but then after she bumped the Zoloft dose up I was soooo I nauseaus, could not eat, and felt totally out of it. Plus, it threw my IBS into full force.
So I went off and decided against any ADs, 'cuz pretty much the same thing happened with Lexapro a few months back. So I take the Klonopin at night as needed (which for me could be every night, but I'm kind of scared of this stuff too). On the nights that you don't take Xanax (which I believe is similar to Klonopin), do you get any sleep??? How long have you been taking Xanax??
Something you might try for your daytime anxiety is Librax. I tried it a while back for anxiety, but it basically did nothing for me. However, I do believe many people have had good results with it and it doesn't wipe you out....just calms you down and it not at all like a benzo. You can get them generic so they are really cheap.
Best wishes.
Sharon
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HI Bl! Sure I rememer ya! I am sorry I don't have any info on what you are taking. I know that taking different meds can be really nervewracking dealing with the side effects. Good luck with all that and stop by more often! I miss all the "oldies".
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Hello!
#337525 - 10/29/08 06:01 AM
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I wish I could help you, but I take Zoloft. I can hear what you're saying about sex drive, but I honestly think my sex drive would be suffering regardless. I work 30 hours a week, have a 2 year old and 4 month old, and my husband comes home after 7 every night. I have no energy!
I'm actually in the process of weaning off, I don't think I need it anymore. (I had PPD after my daughter was born, and so I went back on after my son was born as a precaution.)
I hope you find some answers!
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OH girl...I hear ya. The 2 little ones are so exhausting, and my hubby works late too. He also works 3 out of 4 Saturdays, and sometimes Sundays. It's really hard at times! And the sex drive totally suffers!
Congrats on your baby boy!! I want to see pics!!
You're pretty far north in Chicago, right? I'm down near Joliet now.
Anyways, good to hear from you, and I hope you can wean off the Zoloft ok! If I remember right, I had no problems weaning off of that over a couple weeks.
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