Posted by Penny on July 1, 2003, at 8:11:14
In reply to Re: Do your meds 'stop working'?, posted by maryhelen on July 1, 2003, at 7:59:35
> The only medication I could speak to in your cocktail is Lamitcal. I augmented Lamitcal with Parnate about 3 months ago. I had the best response to a med that I have had in 25 years.
> I felt great for about 2 weeks and then it seemed to stop working. I am still not as depressed as I was and remain very functional as opposed to lying in bed all day. It was just such a tease.
> My pd doc upped the dose and I will see what happens.
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> A lot of others here have also had the same experience with Lamitcal. Perhaps you could talk to your doctor about removing some of the meds. I have never taken more that 2 at a time and I don't understand how anyone can really know what one works and what one doesn't. Many take Lamitcal as their only med.
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> I do know for me that the very worst med that I ever took was Wellbutrin.
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> I don't have the answer to the complicated workings of all of the meds and combos and I really do not think doctors do either. Just trial and error and hoping for the best.
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> maryhelen
Yeah, I have been on so many meds: Paxil, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor, Trazodone, Seroquel, Buspar, Adderall (not to mention sleep meds) and the ones I take now (I think that's all, but could be wrong...). Of those, Paxil was my ABSOLUTE worst!!! It was HORRIBLE for me. I think the Wellbutrin has been pretty good, though in a higher dose it did, in the past, cause agitation.I actually found out about Lamictal on this board a while ago and asked my doc about it, and he agreed to try it. As I said, my cocktail was working quite well for a while, but after fiddling with the meds just recently (dropping the Geodon, adding Adderall), it threw everything off kilter. I know I'm not starting from square one again, but I'm in a bad place, though not as bad as it has been. I've had people say (especially my family and friends) that they think I should get off of everything and start over from scratch. But I remember what it was like when I wasn't on anything and I can't bear the thought of going back to that place. I do believe they'd have to put me in the hospital.
I trust my doc and his med choices, and there's still a lot of room for more trials, and, of course, there's new stuff out all the time. It just gets tiring...
:-(
Penny
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