Posted by polarbear206 on January 14, 2009, at 15:11:41
In reply to Seriously can't work out what's going on with me, posted by mav27 on January 13, 2009, at 6:46:49
> For the past 8 years i've been on the quest to treat my depression (atypical in my opinion) and social phobia. My main problem has been a lack of mental energy or motivation to get out of bed and do things.
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> AS i've mentioned before i've been on all the ad's and AP's and stimulants arn't an option.
> SSRI's turn me into a zombie, or at least used to, as of mid last year they no longer give me any side effects. TCA's anc MAOI's didn't work.
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> Now lack on energy you think noradrenaline... but anything down that route, especially reboxetine just relaxes me rather than energising along with the worst sexual dysfunction.
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> So after all this time i decided to give some different things a go.. starting with valroate.. well here we go suddenly i feel like getting out of bed and doing things so imm on 1000mg of it and didn't have any side effects. I've then added 3mg of xanax daily to combat the social anxiety (switching from clonazepam) and still no problems.
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> This just left one problem... the depression and the fact i'm obsessed with finding a way to kill myself. So back to the anti-depressants now that i seem to have sorted ot the issue with my brain not wanting me to do anything but lay in bed even though the stuff im taking is more known for sedation that energy but thats my wierd brain for ya. Thing is i can't find any AD's to take... they are working to treat the depression but they are now all leaving my body so tired that its my body that doesn't want me getting out of bed.
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> My mind is so awake... but my limbs feel heavy, my eyelids heavy... after being out of bed it doesn't take long until my muscles feel sore which they are right now in my arms from this typing. These AD's never caused it in the past, right now im on prozac 40mg.. lexapro was my previous attempt... both are causing the same thing. I found a way to fix it by accident... don't go to bed. I was awake for 48hours and my body felt great.. my mind was telling me to get some sleep but my body was so good i used up the oppertunity to get out and do some stuff i needed done. One i got some sleep again though (12 hours) i woke up with a lit up brain and a tired body again.
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> What on earth is going on here... i've tried skipping doses of each med im on, lowering them, raising them ect and i can't find a culprit. It's like something is making sure only my brain or my body feels good but not both at once. So now instead of being in bed 20 hours a day becaue my brain wants to do nothing its that im in bed 20 hours a day because my body doesn't want to do anything.
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> I've had blood tests for kindey function, liver function, blood glucose and thyroid which were fine.
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> I've noticed A bottle of redbull make me feel nearly good enough for a small while.. sugar free redbull.. but caffine tablets don't. Id rather stay off redbull though as caffiene makes me agitated.
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> on a side note im also on atorvastatin 10mg for chalesterol and ason 2 days ago metoprolol for BP and 133bpm heart rate. (symptoms i had before any of the other mentioned medication
I've been down the same exact road as you. You most likely have an underlying bipolar spectrum disorder. I didn't find relief until a mood stabilzer was added. I now take effexor and lamictal. Atypical depression in very common with this illness. Go to psycheducation.org or pubmed and do a search on bipolar and atypical depression
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