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Posted by rjk on May 24, 2002, at 12:03:31
I used to be able to take A/D's without a problem until I combined Effexor and Remeron. My brain is now so sensitive to medication that I dare not take any more for fear of making it worse.
Posted by Ron Hill on May 24, 2002, at 12:14:47
In reply to ANYONE BECOME SENSITIVE TO MEDS?, posted by rjk on May 24, 2002, at 12:03:31
> I used to be able to take A/D's without a problem until I combined Effexor and Remeron. My brain is now so sensitive to medication that I dare not take any more for fear of making it worse.
------------------------------rjk,
Early on in my treatment I was prescribed high doses (up to 80 mg/day) of Paxil. Now I am very med sensitive.
-- Ron
Posted by katekite on May 24, 2002, at 14:02:14
In reply to Re: ANYONE BECOME SENSITIVE TO MEDS? » rjk, posted by Ron Hill on May 24, 2002, at 12:14:47
I am. Have become very sensitive to anything with any sedating power (though doesn't send me to sleep, just kind of incapacitates my brain). It's possible I may have a medical problem as I've got some other symptoms, so we're working on checking that out.
I was always very sensitive to most meds, even long ago. Not to this degree, but small doses of meds went a long way.
kate
Posted by Zo on May 24, 2002, at 17:54:28
In reply to Re: ANYONE BECOME SENSITIVE TO MEDS?, posted by katekite on May 24, 2002, at 14:02:14
The wrong meds can sensitize you. .. .and, more commonly, one is prescribed enormously higher doses than one can tolerate. I've been fortunate to see a pdoc who treats many sensitive people with tiny doses that work well--why can't some people just be at that end of the spectrum? One dose does *not* fit all.
I don't think this necessarily indicates a separate medical problem at all. Just inept medicine, an area of medicine that it still in its infancy.
Zo
Posted by rainbowlight on May 24, 2002, at 23:53:23
In reply to ANYONE BECOME SENSITIVE TO MEDS?, posted by rjk on May 24, 2002, at 12:03:31
It might not be the meds, sometimes our bodies change in time and can no longer tolerate meds we could once handle. This happened to me with Lithium. It used to work great for me, now if I try to take it I get extreme nausea.
Posted by omega man on June 2, 2002, at 0:01:25
In reply to ANYONE BECOME SENSITIVE TO MEDS?, posted by rjk on May 24, 2002, at 12:03:31
same here...hyper sensitive ...friends who have taken too many drugs say the same thing..perhaps its the law of diminishing returns...like when you build your body and you get great results quick..then you get to certain strength and it takes twice as much effort for the same growth ...and when you get older you can't even maintain what you have ....
You heard the song "the drugs don't help anymore..they just make you worse" ?
perhaps youre healthier than you think.....
Posted by danibell25 on June 2, 2002, at 22:58:18
In reply to Re: ANYONE BECOME SENSITIVE TO MEDS?, posted by rainbowlight on May 24, 2002, at 23:53:23
I'm not sure if this is what everyone means by "sensitive" or not. I took a form of Prozac and had a bad reaction to it. I took Lithium and got nothing. I took Depatkote and got nothing. 10 mg of zyprexa made me into a complete zombie. My psychiatrist kept saying "most bipolars have to have at least 15 or it doesn't work". I felt like he was saying I wasn't really bipolar if I didn't take the amount other bipolars took. I took Lithium again and have rages and minor hallucinations. I was then on Geodon and had major problems with it also. I'm on Tegretol now and nothing has changed. I'm frustrated because I'm either very sensitive to meds or I have no response at all. Makes me wonder if anything will EVER work.
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