Posted by MB on July 11, 2001, at 22:48:07
In reply to Re: Any fellow TIANEPTINE users out there ?, posted by mocdoc on July 11, 2001, at 15:51:16
> Dear All,
> Started tianeptine 12.5 mg pills on July 6. Took one pill on each of the 6th and 7th, 2 on each of 8th, 9th and 10th, (I believe in "start low-go slow") and today, July 11 I'll be starting to take the full dose of 12.5 mg three times a day. I had the strange experience of feeling better on the first 2 days -placebo effect??
> My diagnosis is rapidly cycling Bipolar, OCD, and I also have extreme sensitivity to light and color, and occasional taste and smell hallucinations (temporal lobe problem??)
> My doctor agreed that I should try it becuse SRIs-specific or nonspecific- make me worse.
> I'll keep you posted.
> mocdocWhat you have sounds a little bit like me...SSRIs, while they "cure" the depression (at least for the first few days I'm on them) cause other problems, and I guess you might say they make me worse in terms of those other problems (racing thoughts, color flashes out of the corner of my eye, irritibility & rage attacks). I'm curious to hear if you've had any weird reactions to caffeine. It's starting to trigger symptoms like the one's I described above (it didn't before) but I can't quit--I'm addicted, and I crash into suicidality if I don't drink it. I'm a wimp: I've actually thought about checking myself in somewhere to get off of it. it's a nightmare. **have you had any similar experiences with caffeine?** I ask because your symptoms sound like mine.
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