Posted by LAURA777 on February 3, 2003, at 19:47:26
In reply to Laura have you considered?? , posted by missinglynxx on February 3, 2003, at 15:06:27
> an Older Tricyclic drug......or perhaps a mini dose of Effexor? It doesnt sound like you are doing great on WELLBUTRIN. or are you? good luck
Hey mike , the meds i used so far are .. first prozac 20 mg and then i was upped to 40 mgs , no i do not have time to get into it now but i had what you call pyhco motor agitation and the prozac helped calm me , i was NOT compulsive ..but impulsive and hyper sort of and paradoxically i would get very tired also and in the midst of all this i had no motivation interest , pleasure is muted for me , so when i am asked what i like to do what is fun for me it is hard for me to reply , we tend to repeat behaviors that are pleasurable , like eating , biking , trail hiking , swimming , gardening , running , walking for some , church , there are tons of group activities ect ect ect .. the only thing i can say that comes around that gives me remote relief like sleep is to read books ... and now even this is begining to fade in and out .. like when i was younger before this started , i loved to swim , hang around the streams explore , go sliegh riding , and pleasure always outwieghed the exertion .. i think this is key .. now my pleasure is very muted blunted ...
i tried effexor for 3 months before being put on wellbutrin , and let me tell you that effexor made me anxious keyed up .. Is being anxious and having anxiety the same thing??? what i mean by anxious is keyed up revved and still i was adhedonic , but please let me state i was never manic .. prozac stopped this in me ,the keyed upness that is but did not take away the adhedonia .. so i was put back on prozac 20 mg and wellbutrin was added , and this was not working so i was told to up my prozac once again to 40 mgs .. but what you must understand is that at 40mg i was made even more muted and dull flat flat . I truly do not know how to describe this ..so my conclusion is prozac is incomplete by itself ... and by itself it makes things worse. but i do appreciate the fact that i am not keyyed up revved up . i lived like that a good portion of my life and NO i am ADHD or ADD
because i am able to sleep often 9 hours a nite and then a 3 hour nap to boot provided i am not on wellbutrin that is !!! So with no meds at all some would call me hyper anxious , not able to wait blowing thru life like the wind impulsive when i was awake but with a heavy need for lots of sleep and very bored always very bored .. prozac changed this whole senerio .. but i am still adhedonic !!!! i hope this explains and does not sound so far out and off the wall but it is the truth .. Opiates when i am on them give me energy , but yet i am calm .. i have no need for a nap and can do several tasks in one day .. laundry , shopping , cleaning , cooking and i am also more tolerant with my kids . it is easier to spend time with them and most importantly i WANT to spend time with them it is not a chore . i know this horrible coming from a mom huh .. but i can not deny what i feel . i feel very BLAH and it is hard to do anything in this state .. the calmness that the prozac gives me is good , but this BLAHNESS is horrible and this is what i originally sought out meds for !!! i hope i did a good job explaining ..
As for the tricyclics are they not dangerous !!! side effects and such .. and if they do work can i stay on them indefinitely .. because i know that i will need to .. by the way depression runs in my family with a sprinkling of bipolor and also alcoholism , which i believe is masked depression , well enough said , i was just told by a dr. , that i should try the lithium and moa inhibitors route first before the buprenorphine ,,Does he think i am manic depressive then ???? i do not know guys ,????? thanks laura
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