Posted by morgan miller on November 22, 2010, at 21:08:37
In reply to So scared to stop my adderall and start vivactil!, posted by Cydnie on November 22, 2010, at 17:42:35
First of all, your husband is not being supportive, he needs a lesson in patience and love. I'm guessing he has some of his own issues so this makes it even harder for him to deal with yours. Saying you suck is simply juvenile, how old is this dude?
Secondly, I am sure you can find a more open minded psychiatrist that takes your insurance, you just have to keep looking. In the meantime, stick with your old one. It looks like vivactil may be a good replacement for adderall. It has a VERY long half life, hopefully this means one time daily dosing and no daily come down or withdrawal. I'm confused, is your old p doc prescribing the Vivactil? I say just take it and stop Adderall.
Do you have a good therapist? If not, I would try to find one ASAP.
To me it sounds like you need to just treat the derpession first and foremost, screw the ADD. You may not even really have ADD, it could very well be a symptom of your anxiety and depression. So treat the anxiety and depression with an effective antidepressant, maybe take fish oil, start eating well if you are not already, and definitely find time to exercise for 20 minutes 4 to 5 days a week. If you husband is really good to you, he will make it possible for you to find time to exercise.
It just sounds like your in a bad place and a very confusing bad place at that. Hopefully you can get some good advice and guidance from whomever with regard to medication treatment.
Can you list all of the antidepressant you've tried and briefly rate their effectiveness and describe side effects and why you stopped? This may help us help you find some potential AD's. You could even find yourself going back to one you've already tried. I know I keep saying this but I think it is important, if you get 70 percent relief with minimal side effects, this would be considered a huge success. With this, you should be strong enough to do what is necessary to both get more relief and improve the chances of keeping major depression at bay for a long time. I really think proper exercise, proper diet, some supplements, positive relationships, and therapy are those things that are necessary for long term success and extra relief from symptoms.
Sorry your are going through such a tough time. Hang in there.
Morgan
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