Posted by Mr. Scott on April 19, 2001, at 20:13:54
I am in the depths of despair, consumed by my own hell. I took a Beck Depression Inventory today that indicated I am Severely depressed. I scored a 31 out of 40 and was answering fairly conservative.
I don't know what to do at this point and my doctor is the kind of bastard who would only be irritated if I paged him.
I respond enough to ssri's so that I don't want to kill myself. The response is far from perfect but enough to keep me wanting to live. The problem is that over the years of taking Zoloft I have developed what my doctor thinks and I agree are Extrpyramidal Symptoms or symptoms of Parkinson's. My muscles are so tight that they are in constsnt pain and always flexed. This is caused by the Zoloft because as i reduce the dosage I feel less pain and tensing of the muscles. Essentially, the problem would likely go away once I stopped the drug. But switch to what?? The doc comes up with these outside of the box schemes like Surmontil or Trileptal or Dilantin?!?!? All I want to do is try another SSRI and then if I still have the muscle pain, switch to Remeron or Serzone. I used Prozac for a while years ago and although it eventually pooped out like they all do, I don't remember any muscle problems. I did however develop a serious drug addiction during this time, but can Prozac be to blame for that? The doc hates Prozac and says it causes too many neuroligal side effects but that is my complaint about Zoloft!!
To make a disjointed rambling bunch of nonsense short, I dropped the dose of Zoloft because my muscles are killing me.. I have since become Terribly Depressed. I am afraid to call my ass of a doctor who will angrily recommend something complex and theoretical at best, rather than a simple move. And he would never consider making a call to the pharmacy, so I have to wait for his 'skilled hand to craft a magical script' and shell out another $170 bucks. Which I do several times a month anyways!!
Sorry for being a whiner.. Your inputs are greatly appreciated.
poster:Mr. Scott
thread:60513
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