Posted by barbaracat on January 23, 2005, at 1:25:59
In reply to Re: Meds for misery?, posted by mmcconathy on January 22, 2005, at 21:11:21
Dear Matt,
It's my opinion that the majority of people on serotonin uptake inhibitor drugs need a mood stabilizer med as well. This is especially true if there's a possibility of bipolar disorder or a tendency to destabilize in that direction (your symptoms of irritability and anxiety make me suspect this). If this is so for you, it's fortunate you're on Klonopin because without a mood stabilizer, the SNRI and Adderall are a potent antianxiety rocket fuel.I speak from experience. After screwing around with one SSRI, SNRI after another for years and years, I finally hit the wall, had a meldown, cracked up. I responded so well to lithium that it made me realize those bleak awful despairing depressions weren't Major Depression at all but something else entirely. I still don't know if I'm a card-carrying bipolar for sure but whatever it is, the SSRI family of meds were making it worse.
If you want to see if you get some response to a mild anticonvulsant, give the amino acid L-Taurine 1,000mg twice a day a try. It acts on the neuron's electrical potential and has gotten good press for bipolar and depression. It may not be enough but better than nothing to offset the SNRI. Also, if you're not taking fish oil, run don't walk and get some. Carlson's liquid is the best and you need at least 1 tablespoon a day.
I know how hard it is to navigate your way through all this when that black horrible cloud defeats you, but have faith. If I can recover after 30 years of utter misery, anyone can. But don't stop with meds, Matt. The meds enabled me to start exercising good and hard to work out that jangled anxiety. I whine and resist and need a cattle prod every single day, but it's made all the difference. I hope you feel better soon.
> Adderall 40mg
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> Cymbalta 30mg
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> Klonopin .5mg 3x daily, 1mg for sleep
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> Not really getting me anywhere.
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> I just feel this popped up feeling of helplessness, no medicaiton, no matter the potency, hell i was on 60mg! of adderall, it turned horrible!
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> I feel even god cannot help me sometimes.
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> I have i belive dissociative lurks, i just feel disconnected, very alienated, something is wrong with my, im screwed up, thats why im like this, ugffff i dont know how to describe it.
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> Well just thanks for reading the post
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> Matt
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