Posted by jerrympls on March 21, 2006, at 23:09:12
In reply to Lamictal, Creativity, Anxiety, weight gain, posted by discopainter on March 21, 2006, at 21:37:44
> Hi, I am newly diagnosed and very, very anxious. I thought maybe I could get some advice here. about how to move forward with medications...
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> My history: I have been treated for moderate unipolar depression for years with little impact. Then just recently a pdoc put me on 20mg of Prozac and I became somewhat euphoric (things looked really pretty and I was too amped/anxious to focus. Then they put me on a birth control pill and I got a million times worse and spun down into a suicidal "mixed state"; I kept seeing images of myself dead, etc. I guess according to this they are now saying I have been misdiagnosed for years and I'm really on the bipolar spectrum (cyclothemia or bp2)... and I'm confused 'cause it just seems like a crazy drug induced thing...
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> Anyway I went off all ad's and things began to normalize but then I started to get really physically depressed again (lots of pain in throat and chest). So I started taking 5mg prozac which worked for a bit (for the last 3 weeks) but now it's causing intense anxiety again. I am trying to knock out anxiety with clonazepam and propanolol but it's not working that well.
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> So, the doc suggested Lamictal, a mood stabilizer. My questions are
> 1. I am a songwriter in the middle of recording an album due in 2 months. Does Lamictal flatten you out much? I'm terrified of "blowing" this music opportunity but I'm not doing very well now as it is.
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> 2. Does Lamictal dampen creativity?I'm a celllist and composer and I'm always worried about these meds dmapening my creativity as well! I was on it a couple years ago and from what I remember it DID NOT hurt my creative juices.
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> 3. Does it help with anxiety?Yes.
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> 4. Does it cause weight gain?Depends - but I think mostly not.
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> I would be grateful for anyone's experiences on these drugs, especially "creatives". Thanks for reading... I still can't believe I'm being diagnosed with an "illness" (I just thought I was passionate and creative)... DP
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>Jerry :-)
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