Posted by john1022 on January 22, 2004, at 14:03:51
In reply to Re: Medication/vitamin sensitivities: any ideas?, posted by john1022 on January 22, 2004, at 13:47:07
I will also add that I went from feeling semi-depressed and semi-anxiety on nothing at first to extremely depressed with extreme anxiety and other problems while on Elavil and Effexor (at different times, but I did have GREAT success with Effexor twice years ago). I was left feeling like this for months after taking then stopping Elavil.
I started lithium orotate and felt a little better. Then she added the amino acid Taurine (which I was extremely low in) and the Taurine actually helped more than the lithium orotate to get me back to the original point where I started of only semi-depressed with not much anxiety, but mainly sleeping problems.
And for this I am actually very greatful for, because without the Taurine/zinc supplements, I strongly believe I would still feel as horrible as the Elavil left me feeling (and that was even months after stopping it). So I do have some faith in alternative medicine, because without it I would still be in pretty bad shape whereas I am not as bad as I could have been. But I definitely agree I shouldn't have tried anything in the first place without being under the care of a doctor knowledgeable about these meds
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