Posted by temoigneur on June 11, 2007, at 14:20:21
In reply to What meds have you tried? » temoigneur, posted by AdamCanada on June 11, 2007, at 5:05:57
Here's everything I can remember, with response...
SSRI
Prozac - initially worked brilliantly for 4 months enough to get almost straight A's, (9 credits) in college, then I crashed over a few days and became quite anxious, obsessive, completely dysfunctional.
caused insomnia, took immovane, which worked very well for four months... but I did start to gain tolerance or something changed..
Luvox - was able to switch back and forth between prozac and luvox. for a month and a half then fell into heavy neurosis, probably partly placebo.Paxil, Zoloft - did nothing/little
Tetrabenazine - helped with OCD symptoms... good mood but mind was foggy
Celexa - calmed me a bit
Effexor - anxious
Remeron - extremely drowsy, significant weight gain
wellbutrin - like a cup of coffee - alert, but irritable on high dose
Tricyclics
Clomipramine + prozac - improved mood and OCD - made my mind very foggy quite lethargicimipramine + prozac/others - lethargy, little else
Benzodiazepines
Clonazepam - like alcohol, intially felt mild euphoria anxiety and inhibitions gone.... but caused heavy serious memory impairment, and was always tired...
Lorazepam/xanax/ didn't make me as sociable as clonazepam, but it did calm me down
Misc.
Tramadol, (U.S.) - helped a little with OCD, made me drowsy
MAOI's
Nardil - relieved anxiety a little, not really significant.Moclebimide - nothing
Stimulants
Ritalin - euphoric lazer like concentration, (hypomanic) for a few days, then OCD became horrible, and deteriorated in psychosis
Dexedrine - similar
Modafinil - Felt alive and awake, and then became really anxious and delusional
Strattera - didn't stick with it for long
Other Mood stabilizers
Lamotrigine - tired
topamax - foggy headed
Valproate - great mood, lots of weight gain... in la la land,, but couldn't piece together a coherent thought - it's a nice place to visit haha
Atypicals
zyprexa - good mood, weight gain... foggy headed, really impaired cognition
Risperidol - clouded thinking, not as good for mood, weight gain
seroquel - OCD worse, became almost psychotic
Haldol - zombie
pherphenazine - clamed me down, clouded
Abilify - soft effect allows me to take stimulants and AD's and they work well
Augmenting agents
Lithium - drowsy
pindolol - little effect
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