Posted by john1022 on January 12, 2004, at 15:57:35
In reply to Re: Medication sensitivities- what is causing this?, posted by brussell on January 12, 2004, at 15:51:25
I took the Effexor, felt really bad and stopped after a week. Felt a little better when I stopped taking anything for the next week. Then took Elavil and things went really bad. I also had a really bad reaction of my depression and anxiety getting worse on St. John's Wort. I was taking these by themselves at seperate times.
I am currently not taking Elavil and havn't for a few months. I am only taking lithium orotate, taurine and zinc supplements. I did have some luck of feeling better with 5htp but it didn't solve my sleep problem.
It is almost impossible for me to fall asleep without a benzo, and I don't want to be on them too long. Ambien and Sonata gave me ear pains, sensitivity to sound and made the ringing worse. The sleep problem was always the biggest problem in the past and would come out of know where, but would be fixed in a few week with Effexor in the past.
Thanks for the input
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