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Re: Feeling drugged, anxious, and a little depressed

Posted by Alice on February 12, 2000, at 2:41:41

In reply to Feeling drugged, anxious, and a little depressed, posted by Noa on February 11, 2000, at 18:48:32

> I had been feeling increasingly better until last week. Have been at current dose of lithium for about 6 weeks. Suddenly I feel sleepy all the time, like a drugged feeling, hard to keep eyes open, etc. But, the anxious, jittery feeling is still there--my left leg is always shaking.
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> And I am starting to feel somewhat depressed, not in the usual way, but overwhelmed because I cannot motivate myself or muster up any energy.
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> Is it my meds? Can this suddenly happen?
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> Despite fatigue, my sleep isn't the greatest. First of all, lots of interruptions to pee, from the lithium. But also, that jittery feeling makes me not want to go back to sleep.
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> Have been using cafeine to try to counteract the tiredness, but it seems to make me even sleepier. I think I will stop cafeine again.
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> About two weeks ago, I went to give blood at a work-based blood drive. My temp was 99.7 the first time, but the tech wanted to take it again, and the second time it was 99.4, which was acceptable (99.5 is the limit). Thing is, I usually run a low temp, altho maybe not with all these meds, esp. the thyroids. Could my sleepiness be related to that, even tho it was Jan. 24, which is almost two weeks ago? Could it be related to giving blood, which never bothered me before?
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> Help. I feel lousy, and I don't know why.
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> Fyi- my meds (in order of appearance in my life):
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> effexor xr, 375
> cytomel, .0125
> synthroid, .025
> methylphenidate sr, 20 twice a day
> serzone, 225 at night
> lithium carbonate, 600 am and 600 pm

Hi Noa, this might be a little off the subject, but I didn't know you could give blood while on antidepressants! My mother always told me I couldn't. So it's ok? Also, I was on Lithium back when I was 13. It started off helping me, but when the dose was increased, I started having excruciating stomach pains (and even horrible diarrhea--yuck!) Then I just started getting really depressed again, so they took me off of it. I recently started taking Topomax, which really seems to help without stomach aches. Do you know, or does anyone who is reading this know, if that Topomax is the same type of drug as Lithium, or if it is prescribed for the same reasons?


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