Posted by Mr Cushing on December 2, 2002, at 19:38:06
In reply to Re: Is there ever a normal after BP - fluffy, posted by pork chop on December 2, 2002, at 18:24:45
Yep, I read about those skin rashes too, which is what's got me a little bit worried. I'm also really sensitive to medication, especially the side effects (which I tend to get from everything) so I'm not really looking forward to a whole new set of side effects to go through. Yet, I'm not really comfortable with becoming the Human Blimp neither... I mean, no matter how stable my mood is, how are you supposed to be happy when you look in the mirror and see a blimp staring back at you? The scary part is that I've only been on Depakote 5 weeks, 2 at 125mg, 3 at 375mg (I increased from 125 to 375 in a three day period with zero side effects).As for your Lexapro problem, all I can say is that I was only on Effexor for 3 months at 75mg per day and it was a freaking nightmare to get off of that stuff. And now that I'm off, I seem to be rapid cycling. I wasn't rapid cycling on Effexor, but I wasn't too stable neither. Now that I'm off, I'm depressed again and rapid cycling. Go figure... It only took me about 10 days off of Effexor before the withdrawal started to pass me by, but for about 5 days there, I couldn't get out of bed.
I'm concerned with the weight issue simply because I was already "slightly" overweight to begin with, and now I'm 10 pounds heavier in a little over a month. I also just went for like my first MD check up in like 10 years and he said that my cholestrol was through the roof and that I needed to try and lose weight. I need to make an appt with him really soon and let him know that now i'm 10lbs heavier even though I've been exercising every day and being very careful about what I eat. Hell, I'm practically starving myself.
The only bad part about the SSRIs is that, well, with me anyways, once you get off of them, they'll probably want to put you on a small dose of another one. I'm starting back on celexa tonight...
God... I just want to be NORMAL... lol... but I'm not even sure where that is anymore, or if I ever was to begin with
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