Posted by MM on August 15, 2001, at 9:08:33
In reply to Re: Questions (Serzone, NE and ADD), posted by PaulB on August 14, 2001, at 17:05:56
Thanks for your help with my previous question.
I just want to know WHY Serzone is different if it's basically another SSRI (the other SSRI's didn't help me)? If you explained why, I'm sorry I didn't quite understand. Are there meds in other categories that are similar, but not necessarily serotonergic? The good thing about it was that I felt calmer, but there were bad things about it too.
I feel kind of like I have to find my own "right" meds because my pdoc's strategy is not making sense to me (strong anti-manic/mood stabilizer (Depakote) + small amount of zoloft for predominant depression with no real hypomania. I think it could be making me depressed and therefore still/more anxious) and I'm the one who knows how *I* feel, but I don't really know what meds I'm looking for.
I'm interested in Neurontin (he said no last time), Adderal (sp?), possibly Serzone again in low doses, and would consider Lamictal after trying Neurontin. I don't know a whole lot about meds though. I want to deal with my anxiety/depression etc., but I don't want to be a lazy blob who's too tired/fatigued/nauseous to do much, can't think straight and is self unaware/numb.
I'm either BPII (at the milder/depressed end of the spectrum) or Borderline (at least I think I resemble it) depending on how you look at it. Are there any specific meds recommended for BPD (besides neurontin)?It's *possible* that I'm coming down from hypomania, and that's why I feel bad, so now I'm just normal, but *my* normalcy is what we sought a psychiatrist etc. for in the first place (SSRI's are thought to have induced BP in me after they were given to me for depression and anxiety. I guess that means I was susceptible to BP though), so now what do I do? I'm back to square one. I really feel like a lost cause and I'm desperate. I'm just BARELY an adult. My life should be *SO* different right now.
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