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Posted by babs on February 11, 2003, at 14:44:51
Sorry- this is a long one!I need a med change and am thinking about seeking a second opinion from a psychopharmacologist. I have unipolar depression, ADD, GAD and obsessive thoughts (how's that for a recipe?). I'm on 60 mg of Celexa, i.5 mg of risperdal and 15mg adderall. Here's the problem- the Celexa is to activating and it makes my ADD much worse. It was mild before but ever since I went on the celexa I needed a stim to treat it. I also had an incomplete reaction to the Celexa- was still irritable, anxious and obsessive. So we added neurontin which helped with anxiety and irritability but did nothing for the obsessions. Then I switched to risperdal, worked great on the obsessions but I gained 60 pounds! Tried to switch to geodon- way too activating. I was vomiting from the anxiety and it made my obsessions even worse. Have has similar reactions to Propzac and Lexapro. So now I'm back to square one and don't know where to look next. My doctor suggested seroquel because it has a better side effect profile in terms of weight gain. I'm wondering about adding topamax to counteract weight gain. I'm also wondering about Anafranil as I had a good response to imipramine (I was on it for 11 years and it worked on everything but the obsessions. I need some advice.
Posted by babs on February 11, 2003, at 14:52:32
In reply to Need OCD drug- SSRi's too activating-med sensitive, posted by babs on February 11, 2003, at 14:44:51
Posted by babs on February 11, 2003, at 15:08:23
In reply to what about effexor for ocd? (nm), posted by babs on February 11, 2003, at 14:52:32
Posted by fairnymph on February 11, 2003, at 20:16:51
In reply to what about effexor for ocd? (nm), posted by babs on February 11, 2003, at 14:52:32
Effexor is MORE activing than Celexa, due to the norepinephrine effects.
Have you thought of something like serzone?
Posted by Ed O`Flaherty on February 12, 2003, at 3:02:56
In reply to Need OCD drug- SSRi's too activating-med sensitive, posted by babs on February 11, 2003, at 14:44:51
Consider adding omega-3 fish oil as a lot of our psychiatric problems are due to a deficiency of this in our diet.See my site at www.omega3.20megsfree.com for details
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