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Joshy
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Posted by Joshy, 09:47 28 November 2007

Anyone ever taken lofepramine? I have been taking it now for nearly 3 weeks (despite my dislike of taking medications) and recently began having panic attacks which I have not had for many years, and never as severe as these have been. The past few days I have been living in a constant state of anxiety and I think the medication could be the cause. I do know that the past few days have been hell!

I am off to see the doctor this afternoon to see what he thinks, hoping he will be able to do something for me :-)

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Posted by Me, 13:32 28 November 2007

Sorry, not heard of that one.

Thinking of you at the docs though

Me x
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Posted by paulst, 16:03 28 November 2007

HI josh, good luck with your doctor,dont worry if you need to change medication, quite a lot of people dont get it right first time.
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Posted by Suzie, 17:02 28 November 2007

Hi Josh

Keep communicating with your GP and hopefully you will get it right. Lots of us don't get it right the first time.
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Posted by Joshy, 18:47 28 November 2007

Hi,

Well my doc was off today so I saw the doc I used to be registered with - who is fantastic. He has switched me to sertraline so I will give that a whirl and see how that works out - third time lucky I hope (prior to lofepramine I tried citalopram but had a reaction to them so they only lasted a day!)

Anyway, fingers crossed, plus toes...
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Posted by Suzie, 18:57 28 November 2007

Good luck Josh. Just make sure you go straight back should they not suit you. I used sertraline for six years but unfortunately then developed an allergy to them and had to come off them. Keep in touch and let us know how things are going.
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Posted by paulst, 19:50 28 November 2007

Good luck josh, I really hope they work for you.

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