Posted by BarbaraCat on April 18, 2002, at 11:23:47
In reply to Re: Adding Buspar to help with Topa Anxiety?, posted by Jet on April 18, 2002, at 9:28:46
Well, shoot, maybe that explains why I'm not losing any weight on the Topomax! What a bind. The Top gives me anxiety which I try to quell with the klonopin which causes weight gain. Jeez. The only thing that has a chance of working for me is getting mentally healthy enough so that I can sustain a regular exercise program. I also have fibromyalgia so any kind of 'working out' makes me feel just awful for the next few days. But I'm slowly working up to walking more, yoga, finding ways to get more in shape and it has a good effect on my mental and vice versa. I'm hoping for the day when physical/mental fitness will also relieve my anxiety to the point where I won't need the Klonopin (figure I'll always need the antidepressants, however).
> When I asked my pdoc about adding Klonopin, he said fine, if you want to gain back all the weight that you just lost on the Topamax. See my dilema? I do not want to put the weight back on and feel like I am living my life again. I just need something to calm me down on those "bad" days, which are not every day. I do not want to have to take something every day that dulls me either. Oh what a mess I am times with this brain of mine. It gets very tiresome.
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> Thanks for the help.
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