Posted by Mitch on January 9, 2002, at 23:26:47
In reply to I don't know about you..., posted by Mr. Scott on January 9, 2002, at 21:15:35
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> I don't know about you...
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> but I've been taking psychiatric drugs of one kind or another for many years (11). And when I was more naive maybe the word I'm looking for is, they seemed to work much better. How is it that now after all these years I can barely tolerate anything anymore, and my depressed state is almost preferable to a medicated state which would require Klonopin, SSRI/Effexor, a Stimulant and a Fiber supplement?
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> I'm sick of this run around with all these different pills. I don't understand how Prozac worked for a while and then just stopped and made me tiread as hell.
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> I don't understand how I tolerated Zoloft for 2 years and then started to suddenly gain weight like a balloon and cause severe muscle pain forcing me off the drug (I lost the weight And frighteningly high cholesterol as too).
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> How is it that Once Xanax and Sinequan were a perfect combo, and then after 3 years I developed BAD constipation and had to come off the drugs.
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> I'm not a damn scientologist or a this or a that. I'm just looking for answers as to why these things don't seem to work for me anymore.
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> Maybe there just is no drug for a bad attitude.
Just be wary of antidepressants. There are so many now that there is bound to be at least *one* that would trigger *hypomania* in any susceptible adult. Everything you mentioned involved an AD either by itself or combined with something else. Just use a "subtractive" rule when it comes to AD's. If you are having problems-see if the problem could be reduced or eliminated by either reducing the dose of an AD, switching it to another AD, or eliminating the AD entirely.After you do one of those three things, reassess how you feel. If you exhaust all of these options then consider *adding* something (only then).
Mitch
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