Posted by noa on October 4, 2003, at 11:03:03
In reply to Anybody down?, posted by shar on October 1, 2003, at 0:14:22
Shar, are you going back on the wellbutrin? Seems like you should.
I've been pretty good, though I suppose you could say I still have dysthymia in a milder form than before. But the major depression is under control. I still take a cocktail of:
30 Adderall XR
225 Effexor XR
500 Serzone
Cytomel and Synthroid
Chromium
Fish oil
Folic acid
lorazepam to counteract effexor sleep problems.I don't love this cocktail, but it's my holding pattern until something really new, different, and promising comes along. I wish I could take wellbutrin. When I tried it (together with Paxil, years ago) I got tinnitus. I did ask my pdoc about whether it was worth trying it all by itself, he said he was concerned because I tend to get anxiety, fidgeting, sleep problems from meds and he things Wellbutrin would be too activating for me. Hmm...I'm not totally convinced by I don't feel I can take the risk at this point of going off my other meds, trying wellbutrin, finding out it isn't the right thing for me and then going back on the effexor and serzone and discovering I don't respond as before. I had a similar experience with Prozac--it worked for me at a low dose, I went off of it and then a few years later, went back on it and wasn't as responsive to it.
My problem lately is that I've not gotten enough sleep, nor have I been exercising. I've been working a lot. And it's autumn, so I have to start getting into the routine of using my light box or else I'll slip into SAD symtpoms again.
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