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Posted by B2chica on September 8, 2008, at 8:43:13
ok, did it poop out already?
first day i didn't notice anything, days two-five were really good after that i started to go back down slowly last few days have been cr@p. last two days have had suicidal thoughts again. (though i did have emotional trigger to kind of set depression off but that was thursday) and i'm still down).what happened?
and i know the pristiq website says basically one dosage, and my doc mentioned that too. but my T thought that you could go up to a higher dosage on it?
i take it first thing in the morning 7am and i take ritalin at 8am i feel pretty decent until about 11am then i have lul till next ritalin then just feel ok till about 3 then i drop like a rock. all depression comes in. worthlessness, don't give a crud about life, anything.
all weekend i was curled up in a ball. last night i took a xanax but poored the whole bottle into my hand and took a looooog look, staring...wanting to, you know. i cant deal with this.did pristiq poop out already?
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another questionyears ago the first med i was put on was Effexor. at that time i was only on effexor and i rapid cycled about every other day way depressed to way hypomanic maybe even manic.
do you think if i tried it again i would get the same effects? or with all the meds i've been on all the years could they have changed my brain make up that it might work this time.
i'm thinking that effexor would be stronger than pristiq and might work better?
b2c.
Posted by Phillipa on September 8, 2008, at 12:08:56
In reply to pristiq poopout..week two?, posted by B2chica on September 8, 2008, at 8:43:13
B2chica are you bipolar and not on a mood stabalizer? Maybe that's what you need? And our chemistry changes constantly. Only one dose available of pristig? Didn't know that. I feel you need to call your pdoc let him know what your're going through. Love Phillipa
Posted by B2chica on September 8, 2008, at 12:41:11
In reply to Re: pristiq poopout..week two? » B2chica, posted by Phillipa on September 8, 2008, at 12:08:56
aledgedly bipolar, yes i'm on a mood stabilizer and already put a call into pdoc...once again he's not available until tomorrow.
thnx> B2chica are you bipolar and not on a mood stabalizer? Maybe that's what you need? And our chemistry changes constantly. Only one dose available of pristig? Didn't know that. I feel you need to call your pdoc let him know what your're going through. Love Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on September 8, 2008, at 19:42:15
In reply to Re: pristiq poopout..week two? » Phillipa, posted by B2chica on September 8, 2008, at 12:41:11
I hope he has returned your call by now. So sorry for your problem. Phillipa
Posted by Justherself54 on September 8, 2008, at 19:59:30
In reply to Re: pristiq poopout..week two? » B2chica, posted by Phillipa on September 8, 2008, at 19:42:15
Could it be that your ritalin is pooping out on you? It has before with me..I'm sorry I can't answer your question about pristiq, as I'm not familiar with it. I often get a slight hypomania when I start a new AD..but usually only for a couple of days...for some reason it seems to go hand in hand with bipolar..so starting effexor may well start a hypomania.. I hope someone can answer your question about prestiq soon. Hang in there!
Posted by B2chica on September 9, 2008, at 7:58:01
In reply to pristiq poopout..week two?, posted by B2chica on September 8, 2008, at 8:43:13
i can't believe it, but pdoc did return call.
he and i decided to give it a trygoing up to 100 of pristiq since it was already in my system.
but he was telling me about all the research and how it was showing that almost no one showed any better signs of recovery at 100mg and that's why they don't really dose it that way.i'm taking a double dose in the morning. 100mg at 7am. so we'll see if that helps.
if anyone has any links to these 'studies' i'd love it.
thanks
b2c.
Posted by dcruik518 on September 9, 2008, at 18:55:41
In reply to Re: pristiq 100mg, posted by B2chica on September 9, 2008, at 7:58:01
you really haven't given the drug long enough to work. I've been on it for several months now and at first it didn't seem to much of anything. Now if I miss a day, I really notice it. 100mg might work if you are a very large person or for some reason don't absorb the drug very well,. I don't know.. I tried raising it for a few days and got very shaky hands. But that might go away after a while. My response at 50 mg is good but not great.
Posted by B2chica on September 10, 2008, at 8:02:46
In reply to Re: pristiq 100mg, posted by dcruik518 on September 9, 2008, at 18:55:41
> you really haven't given the drug long enough to work. I've been on it for several months now and at first it didn't seem to much of anything. Now if I miss a day, I really notice it. 100mg might work if you are a very large person or for some reason don't absorb the drug very well,. I don't know.. I tried raising it for a few days and got very shaky hands. But that might go away after a while. My response at 50 mg is good but not great.
unfortunately i know. my T said that most of the people she knew on it didn't really "level off" till about 6 weeks, and still never felt as great as they did the first few days.
but my symptoms were getting severe and we had to do something in the mean time.
so when i called my pdoc and asked him what we should do (i told him i didn't want to give up on the drug yet) he told me to up the dosage.like you my response was good, not great. but then i started going down hill again.
and i didn't want to wait until i was ready for the hospital before i called.i just sometimes feel like i'm going to go through life feeling....eh.
or like i always want curl up and hide from the world, which is where i'm at now.
how i just want to curl up in someone's arms and stay in that warmth and protection forever.
...d@mn
Posted by Phillipa on September 10, 2008, at 19:37:30
In reply to Re: pristiq 100mg, posted by B2chica on September 10, 2008, at 8:02:46
Sweetie I feel for you truly I do. Love Phillipa
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