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Re: SickNTired of Meds » Sleepy

Posted by JohnX2 on November 8, 2001, at 21:37:47

In reply to SickNTired of Meds, posted by Sleepy on November 8, 2001, at 11:54:54


Hey, I remember something about my 2 months
on Serzone: read-ending the person in front of
me. That was my last memory. Only med I can't
tell my doc what doses I was taking because I
don't remember a darned thing besides the
car accident and 1 other person that followed
me to Blockbuster to accuse me of drunk driving!!!

Ever give Lamictal a run? Only med I've taken
without noticeable side effects after initial
titration. Cured me of all Major Depression, but
not dysthymia, after 1.5 years of trying every
other med in the book and dealing with all those
crummy side effects, etc.

I'm sick and tired of meds too. But they do
improve the quality of my life, so be it.

good luck
-john

> I'm just writing to see if there is anyone out there who's been diagnosed bipolar and has successfully gone off all meds--? I was misdiagnosed at one point and put on Prozac for a time, which led to bouts of extreme mania, then put on Serzone, which gave my life entire blank voids (memory blackouts I still haven't filled in). Now I'm on Depakote, which suppresses the mania okay and does absolutely nada for depression. So my dr. put me on Effexor, which he seemed to think would do the trick, but after a brief and horrible time I took MYSELF off that drug. I had awful memory lapses (during one incident I had both my children in the car with me and forgot how to get to my daughter's music lesson--I'd been driving her there for months and suddenly I couldn't recall how to get there! I drove around frantically searching before realizing I was scaring my kids to death) and decided it was NOT for me. I've gained 20+ lbs. on the Depakote and that in itself makes me miserable. I start with a new therapist today and I'm going to start making noise about getting off the Depakote and staying off of everything. I know this probably sounds outlandish to some of you out there, but isn't there some way to get beyond all this without medication??? I keep hearing, when I complain about the weight gain, "Isn't that a small price to pay...???" Well, it isn't a small price to pay. I've never weighed this much (nonpregnant) in my entire adult life and it's making me so, so unhappy. *sigh* Friends and family seem to think it's their job to make sure I'm taking my meds and it's just really getting to me. Sorry to be such a downer. Thanks for any advice/suggestions, etc.


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