Posted by Dinah on December 11, 2005, at 9:46:00
Also a fair amount of forgetting what I was saying midway through a sentence. Admittedly the latter two come naturally to me, but lately they've started to become a problem. And of course the first is always a problem.
I'm only sort of complaining, because I'm not sure I can do without the meds for migraine and anxiety right now.
But I am curious. Those are the exact same things that happened to me on an SSRI (Luvox) and went away when I stopped Luvox. And they seem to be such very specific problems that I'm curious as to how another drug could cause the exact same symptoms without being an SSRI.
Right now I'm on
Glucophage 500 mg (supposed to be 1000 mg but I always forget my morning dose) for diabetes
Omacor (too recently for it to have caused the problem) for triglycerides
Klonopin 1 mg (been on that forever, at nighttime) for anxiety
Provigil 100 mg for what my neurologist is positive is narcolepsy although I (and the sleep test) disagree
Risperdal .25 mg - between zero and six pills per day, usually 2-4 for anxiety
Lamictal 25 mg for migraines and mood stabilization
Any guesses as to culprits (I'm thinking either Risperdal or Lamictal) and more importantly why would anything I'm taking now have the exact same side effects as an SSRI?
poster:Dinah
thread:588001
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