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Feel like crap on meds...

Posted by sheilac on July 24, 2012, at 8:43:07

My Pdoc which I don't see for another month has me on 300mg Trileptal and 300mg Lithium. She would like me to pick one and go up to 600mg. Since Trileptal makes me depressed, I have been trying 600mg of Lithium the past week. I have diarrhea and am sweating. Lithium seems to be making me feel pretty normal, but can't take these side effects. Maybe drop to 450mg?

She also has pretty much let me take as much Klonopin as I need. (1mg - 4mg)

She also had me on 75mg Wellbutrin for depression, but that made me anxious and irritable. So I stopped taking it.

Saw regular MD yesterday and she really feels I am ADHD and need Adderall. She said if I have anxiety from it I may need a higher dose - which I refused, so she said zoloft would help with the Adderall induced anxiety. She said anxiety was a clear indication that I needed a higher dose of Adderall - that a higher dose would calm me down.

In the past SSRIs have given me anxiety. So I'm not sure how zoloft is supposed to help my Adderall anxiety!


So today I took the Adderall and zoloft, 1mg Klonopin and no morning Lithium. I feel like a jittery mess. I don't feel like I am getting the good benefits from Adderall.

I think I need to dump the zoloft as SSRIs make me crazy. Maybe go down to 450mg of Lithium (maybe I won't have the sweats and diarrhea) 2mg of Klonopin a day, Adderall during the day and that's it.

I hate that my regular MD and PDoc disagree.

My Pdoc doesn't have a problem with me taking Adderall, she even said it might help with the depression.

I'm a light weight. What should I do?

Morning:
150mg Lithium
1mg Klonopin
5mg Adderall XR breakfast
5mg Adderall XR Lunch

Dinner:
300mg Lithium
1mg Klonopin

Most mood stabilizers makes me depressed. Wellbutrin makes me manic, SSRIs make me bounce off the walls. Tiny dose adderall can be ok if used with a mood stabilizer.

I wish I could tolerate more Lithum, or I wish there were an easier tolerated mood stabilizer.

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