Posted by coplo on December 3, 2004, at 16:58:22
I have a problem that seems to have been precipitated into a bunch of other problems.
I'll try to be concise but it will be hard.
I initially was diagnosed with OCD 5 years ago and went trough the following drugs for it:
Luvox - worked but some sex side effects
Paxil - Worked best of all, but horrible sex side
Prozac - no imporvement
Zoloft - no improvement- possible mania ensuedAbout two years ago, a different doc suggested that I might gave GAD/SAD and that OCD is just the tip of the iceberg, so we started looking into OCD meds that helped with anxiety as well:
He combined Luvox/Paxil with Neurontin (no help), then went to Remeron (which made me sleep 24 hours a day), then Effexor, which was great except it did not help with anxiety/OCD much , it just made me realize that I might have been depressed!!!?
The strange thing about this whle ordeal is that I keep changing meds and still not getting anywhere and a new problem has developed that I never had in the past- I am consistently fatigued and sleep around 15 hours per night/nothing seems to help, not even coffee.
After stopping all meds, the excessive sleepiness does not go away, which has made me think , I need a med to counteract chronic fatigue!?!!!
A couple of things about my type of OCD (if that is really what it is). All I know is that I definitely need Luvox or Paxil. Trough all the med changes, I have always been on one or another as a safety net. If I don't take an SSRI, I tend to start acting nuts: i realize I'm acting weird towards my friends and family, but I just seem to not be able to draw the line between what is too much. For example, I start acting childish and trow tantrums or start jokingly letting my self be dragged by my roomates leg as he tries to desperately get away as I am laughing histeriacally on the floor grabbing his leg...(is that even OCD?). It seems like my thoughts also start running a million miles an hour when I don't take my SSRI. When I get back on them the world, just kinda slows to a normal speed I never even knew existed (is that OCD?).
So to sum it up, I would appreciate any comments about what my real diagnosis might be, since I'm not so sure it's typical OCD.
I also would like advice on what combo of meds I could take to deal with my current problems: I need soemthing that will keep me calm like the SSRI's, help my anxiety like the benzodiazepines and make me not need to sleep so damn much because I'm not getting anything acomplished in my life anymore (I am even getting depressed cuz I can't get anything done and loosing motivation to do anything with my life due to the failure of the meds to keep me on track)...any help/comments?
thanks
jc
poster:coplo
thread:424078
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