Posted by Lindsay Rae on March 21, 2004, at 13:20:38
In reply to Re: Is any of this research on SSRIs really legit?, posted by Sad Panda on March 21, 2004, at 12:43:57
One of our patients, who has been treated with antipsychotic meds, was rushed to the hospital over the weekend after swallowing a dozen or so razor blades. Once clinician, when asked about her opinion, stated that they now believe the problem is of a hormonal nature. I started taking Celexa for post-partum and anxiety (OB's attempt to get me off the miniscule of Xanax I took for sleeping), but when my Medicaid ran out I could no longer afford it. I got Zoloft free because of samples, so I just switched. I gained forty pounds, but I attributed it to my cereal and sherbet diet. I never made the connection about weight gain with ADs. When I ran out of Zoloft because I didn't get the Connection to Care form in on time, my therapist gave me Lexapro samples to "hold me over," and I found that I felt much better after a short amount of time. But I also started a new job recently, visited the dad of my recently deceased husband (age 26), and most likely have PTSD.
A friend of mine, who was trying to wean off of Effexor, gave me a book called "Prozac Backlash," which was kind of a cynnical perspective on the over-prescription of ADs. I don't know how MAOI's work, but it seems to me that you can't take anything with them; wherever there's a warning label, MAOI is on it. Do not take this or that if you are taking an MAOI, etc. I don't know which catgory Effexor is in, but I'd be scared to death to try any more ADs, especially Effexor or Depakote, just from hearing horror stories. A light dose of opiate/benzo would be just fine for me, thank you very much.
L Rae
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