Posted by Shirley2 on April 8, 2001, at 8:45:39
In reply to Re: HAS ANYONE ... » Shirley2, posted by sweetmarie on April 8, 2001, at 7:34:11
Anna,
Right now, I am having a very hard time with meds so I'm probably in the supersensitive mode and probably worried about what people on this board will think when I shouldn't be concerned. It really has nothing to do with your post.
The side effects you asked about:
1. Foot pain from Zoloft that required my taking something for relief. Not the garden variety pain. Finally convinced the psychiatrist it was related although it was hard at first because he had never heard of it.
2. After a clear out of Zoloft, tried Celexa. Even 5 mg. made me so agiatated that I thought I was literally going to die. I was at work and how I got through that day, I'll never know. Went back to Zoloft and the pain threated to come back but didn't. I said that it wasn't welcome in my home:))
3. Got pretty stabalized (I guess) but after a few months, continued to have agiatation once a month, usually three days after my period had started. My psychiatrist had no idea and I finally found a possible answer in Valerie Raskin's book, in which she said hormone levels can affect the med level. She described my problem as rare since it happened after my period started. She suggested raising the dose two weeks prior to menstruation and going back to regular level afterwards.
4. After Zoloft and Adderall continued to cause agiation on other days besides after PMS, I switched to Prozac and Adderall because I was gaining weight rapidly on Zoloft with no end in sight. Would have put up with the weight gain but the other side effects made it not worth it.
5. Prozac and Adderall seemed to have promise and two weeks ago, I had the best week I've had in 5 years. After my period started, I didn't even get the monthly agiatation I usually get. But now, chain reactions of agiation and irritability have been continuously set off. Don't know whether changing the Prozac levels does that or if something else is needed.
Again, I'm willing to deal with the weight gain I'm getting even though I don't like it but something just isn't right. I intend to ask my psychiatrist for a longer appointment because I want him to take a fresh look at everything. I may ask a referral for a second opinion because I am tired of this crap.
I probably told you more than you wanted to know but I'm just in a bad place right now. Anyway, thank god for this board, it keeps me going.
Shirley
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