Posted by McPac on June 18, 2003, at 19:38:22
In reply to Re: Barb, Re: Which meds for mania and depression ? » McPac, posted by Barbara Cat on June 18, 2003, at 18:15:20
Barb, I justed posted this a little earlier...it tells my dilemma:
Posted by McPac on June 18, 2003, at 18:25:21In reply to Mcpacster- how are you bro?! (nm) » McPac, posted by ace on June 18, 2003, at 0:26:27
Major dilemma for me dudes.......
Zoloft WORKS for my ocd BUT I get terrible anger FROM ZOLOFT (ssri's in general, it seems).....(I don't know for sure if I'm bipolar...but the Zoloft DOES definitely cause me terrible anger/irritability problems...I take lithium to counter the Zoloft anger effect....I would LOVE to find an anti-dep. that worked well for BOTH depression AND OCD......now, Zoloft DOES work well for both my depression and OCD BUT I get that terrible anger/irritability problem....right now I'm probably going to increase the Zoloft (feeling 'down' and obsessive somewhat) and therefore I am FORCED to increase the lithium as well (to counter the Zoloft-induced anger/irrit)...if I could just find a good anti-dep. that also worked for ocd (the ssri's give me the bad reaction that I mentioned, I don't want an anti-psychotic, the old tca's were okay for depression but not much for ocd.....I have NO choice but to increase my Zoloft and then increase the lithium to counter the Zoloft side effects! It's a terrible 'catch-22'/can't win situation....Ace, I could try the Nardil....but I'm always out and about, eating out, eating at friend's houses, at work, get-togethers, etc., and when I took Nardil I was always afraid of eating something wrong...I wouldn't eat much...I never like to even tell anybody about my problems at all...if I were on Nardil I would constantly have to watch what I ate and everywhere I went I'd be having to explain to everybody why I couldn't eat 'this or that' when they offered me something....it would be easier if I were always home but I'm always eating with somebody, somewhere and having to worry over everything I put in my mouth would drive me nuts....but I do remember Nardil very fondly though, worked well for my depression and I think it worked well for my ocd too(wasn't on it too long though, can't remember the ocd part as well)......anyway, that's my dilemma......take care!!!!
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