Posted by jerrympls on June 8, 2004, at 19:29:40
....you're depressed and have no energy? First of all here's my current cocktail:
Effexor XR 375
Valium 10mg/4x daily
Concerta 56mg am/18mg late afternoon
Seroquel 200mg (for insomnia and nighttime anxiety)
Ambien 20mg (in case I wake up and can't get back to sleep)
Synthroid 0.0125mcgI can get through work ok - but when I come home - cleaning my apt. is the last thing I want to do. It's gotten to the point where I don't take out the garbage for weeks, dishes sit in the sink, unopened mail is piled in boxes, clothes are everywhere, etc.
I know that in the past when I've had my apt. in order and clean I've felt better when coming home from work. I think my lack of motivation to keep things in OK shape is due to the Seroquel muting my dopamine and the Un-effective Effexor making me lethargic. I usually don't take the Valium as prescribed - I take it more at night because I get VERY anxious at night before bedtime - so I don't think the Valium is causing unnecessary effects. And even though I'm on a stimulant - it runs out by 6 or 7pm and then I just eat and watch TV.
I've told all this to my pdoc - but it's one ear out the other. And I really think this is a MEDICATION issue - because when I was on Nortryptaline, Dexedrine and Xanax I always kept my apt. clean even though I was severely depressed!
Am I alone here? I don't hoard or have OCD but it's getting to the point where I dread coming home after work because it's such a mess.
Any thoughts? experiences? comments? solutions??
Thanks!
Jerry
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