Posted by Larry Hoover on April 11, 2007, at 7:27:55
In reply to Re: Cal/Mag/Vit D questions » Larry Hoover, posted by johnnyj on April 6, 2007, at 16:40:27
> Sorry to hear of your illness Larry but I am glad to hear you are bouncing back and you are seeing someone. I really like the U hospitals as they are quite inquisitive and over testing is a very good thing.
Best physical I've ever had. It was interesting to be privy to all the hypotheses/debates. They were a little surprised that I spoke medical geek, but it also saved a lot of time.
> Me, well it has been a shaky year or two for me. I weaned off of tranzene, which was making me very depressed well over a year ago and also stopped the pamelor too. That left me on remeron and lithium. I weaned off the remeron which was painfull.
That was one of my worst withdrawals. I hear ya. Particularly after going off tranxene, I suspect your insomnia was bad?
> Continued to take the lithium (unipolar) and didn't realize the problems it gave me. Finally weaned off and felt calmer but sleep would not regulate.
'To sleep. Perchance to dream.', said Shakespeare. More like, 'perchance to sleep', eh?
Of all the variables in my health puzzle, restorative sleep is the most essential element. I still struggle with it, virtually every night.
> I started getting earworms (repeated music) and saw a new doc who dx me with ocd/gad/anxiety. I have to tell you he was right.
I've got to say it's been a while since I had an earworm. I feel for you.
> However, he turned out to be quite mean and threw me out of his office saying I was "wasting his time". I was trying the health route with exercise/food/etc., and he didn't like that.
I guess you weren't accepting medication from him? If that's all he offers, then I can understand his reaction.
> Slep would jsut not improve. 4 to 6 hours was not enough and without rest the mind just gets stuck and that was not good for the ocd.
It's really hard to know what to do.
> I gutted in out for 8 months but a cold/flu left me unable to go on. I tried luvox and became agitated so tried some klonopin and started having panic attacks again and it sent me to the ER. Ambien made me more anxious too. Very odd reactions. Switched to paxil/xanax and became worse. Saw a new pdoc who is wonderful and she is cute too, haha. We tried low dose seroquel and at 50-mg the akathisia was terrible. Living hell that was and now I understand why people end it, I really wanted to die. So, back to remeron and I am evening out.
You can combine mirtazapine with lots of different meds, too. It's quite possible that you're just medication sensitive, so consider low dose augments. Pediatric prozac liquid, e.g. You could add just a couple mg/day, and titrate to any level. I used it to help drag me out of the profound depression that followed opiate withdrawal. And, prozac withdrawal is no big deal, because of the lengthy half life. It self-tapers.
> BUT, I am looking again at alternative things to improve. I am taking it one day at a time and keeping an open mind. So, you could say I am bouncing back too. I will send up some prayers for you Larry. You derserve to feel better. Peace
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> regards
> johnjThanks, jj. And, back atcha.
> PS you mentioned vit D deficiency in another thread and I suspect that too. No dairy and sun is not good. Thank you.
You're welcome.
Lar
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