Posted by Greg on October 2, 2000, at 7:54:44
In reply to Newcomer to the Boards (long introduction), posted by Shirley on October 1, 2000, at 18:35:40
Hi Shirley,
Welcome to Babble! Glad you're here. It's a great place with great people and I'm sure that you'll get lots of support.
A little about me. I'm Bipolar II, Manic Depressive and have Acute Anxiety. I take Tegretol, Paxil (not working), Xanax and Anbien for Insomnia. Having trouble finding the right med combo but the search continues...... There is a long list of "tried and failed" meds but I won't bore you with them. Please let me know if you have any questions.
I'm glad you're here and I hope to hear from you often!
Greg
P.S. BTW, spelling doesn't count. ;^)
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am a newcomer to these boards although I have been to the Tips Section many times. Before I begin, Cam W,
> in looking at the posts, I found out about your daughter. I am so sorry.
>
> An introduction - Been on psych meds since 1995. Currently, I am taking zoloft, ritalin, and remeron which is for nightime sleep. Had a severe depression in 1995, which gradually inmproved but those dreaded thoughts that I'm sure alot of you have experienced only disappeared when I was finally put on Zoloft and Adderall. Have depression and ADD.
>
> The Zoloft and Adderall worked pretty well for about a year and a half. But it seemed like the adderall was becoming less effective. My p-doc didn't want to prescribe ritalin because I was on it and prozac when I had those severe problems in 1995. As a result, he upped the adderall by a tiny bit.
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> Big mistake (I don't blame him) as I guess due to my body chemistry, I started getting agiation problems. Finally my p-doc was persuaded to try ritalin which worked great for a month and then the same problems.
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> Tried Wellbutrin but gave up on it after a few days. Went back to ritalin and had been doing pretty well except for montly agiation problems for a few days after my period started. This last month, when the problems were not as severe after my period, I thought I was home free. Wrong. Which leads to the Zoloft weight gain fun that I see alot of you are familiar with.
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> As long everything was working reasonbly well, I was willing to put up with the weight gain although I was not happy about it. But since I'm obviously going to be changing the ritalin, I'm willing to look at the possibility of changin zoloft.
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> John L, your information has been very helpful and I ended up ordering Dr. Jansen's book. I have never believed in staying with a drug that was bad news but I didn't know why I believed that until I read your posts. Thanks.
>
> Besides the weight gain, another concern I have about Zoloft is the apathy. I had sort of accepted it but after reading everybody's posts and also remembering my experiences when I was off of it due to foot pain (I started feeling again but not depressed), I realize that I have been putting up with this side effect and no longer wish to. But since it is the best antidepressant at stopping suicide, I am wondering if I need something that is chemically similar to it. If so, what drugs would they be?
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> But as you say, John L., one thing at a time and right now, I have to take care of the ritalin problem before dealing with the Zoloft. Since I still have some adderall left over, I'm going to try that tomorrow to see what will happen? But that affranill that you take sure sounds interesting and is that a possibility?
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> I have tried dexedrine which didn't work and made my PMS alot worse. Cylert worked but only at doses that prevented me from going to sleep. Maybe Concerta is a possibility?
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> Sorry for all the questions but I'm just fed up with everything and want to take a more proactive approach to my situation. I see my p-doc tomorrow but am not going to say anything about the Jensen approach until I read the book. Something tells me he won't be open minded and I could be looking for someone else. But again, one step at a time.
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> Shirley
>
> PS-In addition to having ADD and depression, I also have LD so please forgive any grammatical errors or misspellings.
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