Posted by porkpiehat on March 7, 2011, at 10:29:12
Hey all:
I am stuck in a rut both with my medication and my doctor, so I'm hoping to get some suggestions here...
6 months ago I increased my celexa from 20 to 25 mgs. I was having significant problems with concentration and social anxiety. It worked well, but I found as a side effect I became very indulgent.
I could not make myself do anything that wasn't immediately gratifying. I was constantly late for work because I couldn't get out of bed. I wasn't tired, there just wasn't any urgency to get up. After work I would most likely meet friends at the bar even though I had stuff to do at home. The same goes for indulgent foods.
Even dropping back to 22.5 mgs (about two weeks ago) helped this. There's less drive to drink overindulge and more drive to complete the mundane things we all need to do.
But of course my concentration is slipping, I'm fearful and flatfooted around people, forgetful, etc.
It seems to me that there would be some other way of looking at this instead of always having to make this choice.
I am very sensitive to meds (a result of early trauma says pdoc) and the slightest changes make huge differences for me. I also take 5mgs of buspar at night and 100 mgs lamictal bid.
Can someone help me (and my doctor) think outside of the box?
Cheers and thanks
poster:porkpiehat
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