lucyj244

Hi All,

Well, I never thought I had anxiety/depression until i visited my doctor about a persistent tick (eye blinking) i had the tick for about 2 years, but recently in the last 6 months it got to the point where i could not function properly, it was unbearable, i got headaches and sore eyes from blinking so much and it was embarrassing. My doctor told me that i have anxiety and mild signs of depression. He prescribed my Pristiq 50mg and recommended psychology, the first week of my medication was horrible... i was nauseas, complete loss of appetite, very depressed, anxious, irritable, upset, withdrawn, spaced out. After two weeks on the medication my blinking had improved by about 90% which felt amazing! I have know been on the medication for about 7 weeks, the past 7 weeks has been a rollercoaster... some days i feel really positive about the medication, other days I feel very depressed and down (which i never felt before being on the meds) it just seams to me that the only positive thing is that my blinking has stopped, apart from that the medication has made me feel a lot worse. I just dont know what to do, recenlty i tried going off the medication cold turkey to see if i the blinking had stopped, i last a day and a half and just gave in and took it because i started feeling nauses, head achy and very vaigue. It feels like the side affects are out-weighing the good, but i cannot go back to having that persistant tick know that i know it is curable. Should i be feeling like this? or should i try something else? I am worried about the withdrawals off egtting off Pristiq if i was to try something else, please give me some advise. Thankyou