Is it okay to take ginko biloba w/anxiety meds (i.e. zoloft, lexapro, etc.)?
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ginko biloba is herbal and not approved by the fda so there probably isnt any evidence to back up any answer you get. if youre unsure just dont take it. better safe than sorry.
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Registered Nurse here; Yes it is safe, providing the two medications named above where prescribed for the person taking them.  Also if one if not allergic to Ciprofloxacin or Wellbutrin XL, the combination of the two are completely safe taken together.  Thanks for the opportunity to answer your question.  One is an antibiotic, the other Wellbutrin as I'm sure you know is an antidepressant.  The combo doesn't share any of the same chemical chain.
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Well I wouldn't suggest you to take meds on your own, maybe seeing a doctor wouldn't be that bad. In the mean time maybe you should more deal with what makes your anxiety high (social situations) and find out real causes of it...besides trembling. \nI will give u this site that might help you, there are people with same problems as yours:\nwww.socialanxietysupport.com
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Ask a doctor or pharmacist. \n\nAs a general rule, people on anti-depressant medications should drink little or no alcohol.  This is a dangerous combination for many reasons.
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I have taken both and find that wellbutrin xl does nothing for anxiety however for fatigue does wonders, so much that  i can not sleep at night.  Lexapro will be excellent for anxiety, lexapro is a ssri, which is just seretonin which addresses ocd and anxiety, Wellbutrin addresses dopamine and norepinephrine which addresses fatigue and lethargy.  I am a bit confused as to your question.\n\none of the reasons the dr. would be prescribing wellbutrin is to offset the side effects of ssri lexapro and to offset the weight gain and the sexual side effects.
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i'm taking it now. i was on two others before this but they did not help me. Lexapro is the easiest on my stomach but i have trouble sleeping with it so i'm taking something else to help me sleep until it kicks in fully. talk to your doctor about it. the web is fine to read but i like talking to real people about it to see how it can affect you.
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You should ask your doc. Mixing herbs and ssri's can be very dangerous. I would be careful of the advice you receive here.
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With any anxiety the important thing to remember is that medications will only aleviate the symptoms, but the cause will still be there. Regardless of whether you decide to use medications or not, you must also consider a means of psychotherapy. \n\na) With panic attacks and social phobia I suggest therapies that are deep and personal (such as cognitive therapy, psychoanalysis or humanistic psychotherapies). As a psychologist I prefer to use a mixture of all these therapies depending on what the client needs at a time. You need to discover the cause of your anxiety. That doesn't simply mean "what caused it and what experiences you had in your childhood etc" as many people think, although that is sometimes helpful. You have to realise the thought patterns that are causing the problem for you RIGHT NOW. And the underlying experiences, memories, wishes, concerns that cause those thought patterns. It won't be an overnight solution but trust me, you can make it happen. I have done it myself and have helped many others do it.\n\nb)What is the severity of your anxiety? If your anxiety is so severe that it causes you to completely lose grip of your feelings and behavior then I suggest you consider using medications, only as a temporary means of assisting you in the process of psychotherapy, not as a permanent solution on its own. Also with severe anxieties having the support and care of a therapiest you trust is very important. If you are with a therapist that you do not feel that strong personal bond with, try other therapists. You may need to change a few therapists until you find the right one for you. Whatever you do, do not give up because you have had a few unsuccessful experiences with different therapists.\n\nOne last thing that I strongly recommend is natural therapies. Again not as a solution on their own, but as a part of the therapeutic process. In particular try homeopathy and chiropractic. Your body and mind are so closely linked that curing one without the other is meaningless.
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Anxiety is a common side effect of wellbutrin although it may wear off if you give it some time. The wellbutrin/effexor combo may ultimately work for you or something emphasizing wellbutrin less and SS/NRI's more (for instance, i'm not an expert in SSRIs or in distinguishing why docs will prescribe one over the other, but lexapro is a pure SSRI that has high efficacy in low doses). There are meds that treat anxiety like klonopin and, more generally, beta blockers, but those can have depression as a side effect because they are extremely calming.\n\nUnless you are super depressed and need much higher doses, it sounds like you and your doc need to find a balance between effective doses of the good meds and their side effects. This may mean experimenting with combination therapies.  Older classes of medications tend to have more side effects.\n\nAlso, if the agitation is severe, have you and your doctor considered the restlessness as a possible sign of hypomanic/manic reaction to the medication? Antidepressants are activating sometimes to a fault. Mood stabilizers like lamictal, trileptal, and lithium usually don't have agitation like that as a side effect, but diagnostically their appropriateness is a decision to be made by your doctor.
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I was on Zoloft for afew years. I remeber clearly at the beginning feeling nauseated. Its nothing to worry about, just your body adapting to the sertraline passing through your stomach lining. Good to take it with food. I personally reccomend having some peppermints or peppermint tea around. Its a natural calmative for the digestive system.\n\nJust remember, medication is just a bandaid unless you have an actual imbalance. Make sure you get good work with a psychiatrist/therapist. Best of luck, hope your feeling better soon =)
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I know of no OTC meds for anxiety. Xanax IS an anti-anxiety med however! If it isn't working, ask your doctor to change you to ativan or vallium.For me Vallium works wonders.Most doctors are hesitant to prescribe them for longer than a few months however due to the risk of addiction to them. Hope this helped. :)
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I still drank on prozac, zoloft, paxil, and wellbutrin (different times) Women smoke on birth control pills. same thing. are you willing to take the risk? Alcohol isn't good for you anyway, probably best not to drink at all.
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Probably a good choice, but please don't take the Xanax.  So many primary care docs think Xanax is the answer for everything.  There are many much better choices (Lexapro being one on my list.  Not at the top, but certainly on the list.)  I hospitalize at least one patient weekly for detox from Xanax.  It is FDA approved for use up to two weeks.  Yes, it will make you feel great for two weeks, but seriously, if I gave you something that made you feel great, then yanked it away, would you thank me for it??  It's not nice to put people on Xanax.  It is dangerous in long term use and most people take it for years, not weeks.  Do yourself a favor and flush it down the toilet.  If you absolutely must take it, limit youself to the smallest dose possible (they can be cut down to 0.25mg easily) and no more than two or three daily.  There are much safer alternatives and in my opinion, Xanax is absolutely inappropriate for any patient.  I was the medical director for the Katrina response for Northwest Louisiana and since the hurricane I have personally treated many hundreds of people with anxiety disorders.  I have not written a single script for Xanax.
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This question is tough because everyone reacts to different drugs in different ways. For anxiety, I actually take the anti-depressant Zoloft. It's been the only one that hasn't made me too jittery or too numb. I can still feel emotions, but I'm better at handling stress...the anxiety just kind of goes away and life comes out feeling alright. I would talk to your doctor and you might have to try a few different ones before you find the one that works the best for you.
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YOU Bet it does! Been there, Done that!\n\nMax dose for Zoloft is 200mg daily. If that don't work, try another antidepressant.\n\nKeep trying until you get the RIGHT RX for YOU. \n\nIf you have Bi-Polar/Manic Depression, YOU need to have a Mood Stabiliser added; Lithium, Depakote, Tegritol, Neurontin.\n\nCHECK out the Benefits AND Side Effects for all meds. \n\nThen make your choice.\n\nGood Luck!
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Not necessarily.  It depends on why he's on them.  If he's just depressed, then no big deal.  You should worry if he has something like Bi-Polar disorder or Schizophrenia.  Find out what he's taking them for, then do a little research.  He's probably fine, though.  Good Luck!
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Yes. Go to your doctor and ask about Welbutren or Lexapro. They help! I take them both because I suffer from sivere Depression.