Posted by Sebastian on February 15, 2004, at 11:32:33
In reply to Re: CELEXA augmentation ideas, posted by Golf4 on February 15, 2004, at 8:57:39
Well I take zyprexa for PTSD. I've been taking it for most of the time I have been sick, which is 5 or more years on the zyprexa. Got sick back in 95'. The wellbutrin is to give me energy and it eases weight gain, which I have no problem with, on the zyprexa. I realy like the zyprexa, it makes me feel good, I've tried Abilify and risperdal with zero effect. I debated taking a different kinds of anxiety meds like klonopin or buspar, but my doctor wanted me on an anti-psychotic and I never asked about buspar because I didn't think it would be strong enough. My doctor claims that celexa, abilify all treat anxiety But when I didn't take zyprexa and took one or both of the others I had big problems with anxiety. I started wellbutrin SR befor the XL came out, then I just didn't switch, besides the SR version is cheeper and I can control better how much I take and when I take it: 1-2-3 of the 100 mg SR when I need it. Its an energy boost in the day. I don't switch entierly to wellbutrin because: doc says they both do different things, ones norepeneprin and the other a SSRI. Side effects starting zyprexa: weight gain, tiredness. Solved them by: going on a diet, drinking lots of caffine or taking wellbutrin. Before taking zyprexa anxiety was being treated in the hospital with what ever they were giving me, I didn't ask much because it would change every day, + they gave me a lot of ECT's which just made me forget everything anyways. Other than that I would stay in the house afraid to go outside. So I was just dealing with anxiety. Life changed with the zyprexa, I don't know why it worked so good. I realy don't know if there is a main diagnosis for me: some of my blood relatives are bipolar, I've had many different dx's; I asked my doctor one day he goes "I've given you 11 dx but I can't remember them all. So I just guess what I think my dx is. I started getting sick one year after the accident where I was watching my freinds blow up on an oil tank, I got clinicaly sick when I started using drugs again that year later. So my best guess which my doctor can never make up his mind on, my self dx is that I am: PTSD, anxiety, depression (from alcohol mainly), drug induced psychosis (from pot mainly), posibly bi-polar.
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