Posted by lucie lu on November 25, 2008, at 17:47:25
In reply to Nasty week (suicide ideation TRIGGER), posted by Partlycloudy on November 25, 2008, at 15:46:28
PC,
Sorry you are having such a rough time. It sounds helpful that you've identified your downward mood spiral as possibly chemical. I've found a few meds that definitely exacerbate my depressive symptoms, somtimes very strongly and quickly. I discovered I'm sensitive to diazepams, e.g. valium and lorazepam. They are fine in small doses but if I take them regularly, within the week I am depressed with suicidal ideation. The other thing that did something similar recently was neurontin (gabapentin), which I was trying out for my fibromyalgia symptoms. Again, within about a week or two, I started going downhill at a really alarming rate. Fortunately, by now I'm aware enough to look for reactions like that. Within 24 hrs of stopping it, it was reversed and I was pretty much back to normal (or what passes for it). Lots of things can cause these exacerbations, depression plus suicidal ideation, and the good news is that if you can figure it out and discontinue it, you can bounce back really quickly. Scary!
Hope you feel better soon,
Lucie
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