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Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 12:16:37
I took my Nuvigel this morning and still nothing. I don't understand this. I have tried all the alternatives, and there's something that's not working or absorbing correctly. This is very frustrating because all the meds I have been on its like my body has built a tolerance or a resistance to them.
I know that this question doesnt have a direct awnser because we have no idea what is going on in the body with the chemicals. All I know is that all the meds I took, there's something not working. I hate to ask this question because there is probaly not an awnser for it only educated guesses. I am so frustrated with taking meds and they have no effect, i've tried the alternatives and then only to find out that they are resistant with my body.
Posted by herpills on January 17, 2012, at 13:08:11
In reply to Why are my meds not absorbing or not working, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 12:16:37
How long do you trial the med before coming to this conclusion? What does your doctor say?
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 15:42:04
In reply to Re: Why are my meds not absorbing or not working » rjlockhart04-08, posted by herpills on January 17, 2012, at 13:08:11
This has been happening for about a year now. It started when I started to notice the Prozac lost its effect and no longer provided the antidepressant effect that It did in the past. I started taking Lyrica about a year ago and it had no effect. Went up on my Zyprexa hopeful it would work. It had no effect. There just like Placebo's and I've told people about this here on babble and they don't listen to me or understand, they don't know whats causing it and neither do I.
There's got to be an explaination for this. I do notice I have to drink ALOT of coffee to even feel the caffeine entering my system. I have to drink ALOT of alcohol for it to do anything. It's like my body has this resistance to medication or any substance I put in body no matter how powerful it is. It's like its not getting absorbed or its not passing the blood brain barrier. It's very frustrating because I can't amphetamines for right now. And all the alternatives that I have tried have failed. Strattra, Wellbutrin, and now Nuvigel. I do take caffeine talbets 200mg and it doesnt have stimulant effect like It had. I just makes me nervous and very edge and tired.
I am very frustated and angry at my body for rejecting these meds, there the only way that I can get around amphetamine addiction and then since there not amphetamines my body rejects them. Ugh, god. You know I just wished sometimes I could get bit my snake and let that vemon attack and see If my body has a tolerance, make it black mamba too. Anything to get me away from this misery so be it. But seriously I have considered suicide and I just can't do it, once your gone... Your gone, and there's no coming back. I at least want to make something out of life even through these times of dry, barren suffering. People have done it and I'm sure I can too.
But I havent told my doctor yet. It's not even something to look foward to because she won't know what to do....no one will.
Posted by poser938 on January 17, 2012, at 16:46:06
In reply to Re: Why are my meds not absorbing or not working, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 15:42:04
i had something like this before with adderall. i took it for about 6 weeks and then one day it just completely stopped working. i tried raising my dose and it still had zero effect. so, i stopped taking it and then was put back on it about a year later and it still did nothing. i also noticed i could barely feel the effects of alcohol or caffeine. but to make a long story short, a med called cyproheptadine fixed these problems for me. it's not even a psychiatric med, but it is a serotonin antagonist and it has a great effect on my emotions.
Posted by SLS on January 17, 2012, at 17:35:34
In reply to Why are my meds not absorbing or not working, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 12:16:37
What do you need a drug to do for you?
Absorption is probably not an issue.
- Scott
Posted by phidippus on January 17, 2012, at 18:02:34
In reply to Why are my meds not absorbing or not working, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 12:16:37
What exactly are you trying to medicate?
Eric
Posted by Phillipa on January 17, 2012, at 18:08:10
In reply to Re: Why are my meds not absorbing or not working » rjlockhart04-08, posted by phidippus on January 17, 2012, at 18:02:34
Matt two questions please answer. Phillipa
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 19:20:04
In reply to Re: Why are my meds not absorbing or not working » rjlockhart04-08, posted by SLS on January 17, 2012, at 17:35:34
I need something that is going to at least help me fuction and not have to deal with depressive "doomed" thoughts. I have depression and yes some of it related to addiction but there also is another point that im trying to make that this does not have anything to do with substance abuse. I wake up. I do things below average, it takes me time to think about problem and how to solve it. It takes incredibly long. I used to be very sharp and quick witted and The cause this was caused by doomed thought process and resulted into this mess I'm in right now.
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 19:25:03
In reply to Re: Why are my meds not absorbing or not working » rjlockhart04-08, posted by phidippus on January 17, 2012, at 18:02:34
right now?? depression and attention issues. I do have anxiety that I need to deal with but its not as heavy as the depression and attention defict issues. I'm going to have to deal with the main problems first before I deal with the so called "sub-problems" [ which have originated from the main problems in result of error. That's what causes the anxiety is the fear that I can't handle certain things because I have low problem solving skills. And yes I need to talk to someone about this which needs to be a therpist. Alot of the hopes and dreams I had are gone now.
Posted by SLS on January 18, 2012, at 7:38:33
In reply to Re: scott, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 19:20:04
> I need something that is going to at least help me fuction and not have to deal with depressive "doomed" thoughts. I have depression and yes some of it related to addiction but there also is another point that im trying to make that this does not have anything to do with substance abuse. I wake up. I do things below average, it takes me time to think about problem and how to solve it. It takes incredibly long. I used to be very sharp and quick witted and The cause this was caused by doomed thought process and resulted into this mess I'm in right now.
I understand. Depression has many faces. Perhaps depression is occurring comorbidly (at the same time) with ADHD. Have you tried Strattera? It might work in conjunction with Effexor to treat both conditions.
- Scott
Posted by phidippus on January 18, 2012, at 15:49:39
In reply to Re: Why are my meds not absorbing or not working, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 19:25:03
Depression can cause its own attention problems. If you have ADHD, they are goingto be compounded.
Eric
Posted by phidippus on January 18, 2012, at 15:50:49
In reply to Re: scott, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 19:20:04
You beat yourself up a lot.
Eric
Posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 19, 2012, at 2:15:28
In reply to Re: Why are my meds not absorbing or not working » rjlockhart04-08, posted by phidippus on January 18, 2012, at 15:49:39
Alot of people have critized me in the past for my failures. In adaptation I try to find the problem before others do so they won't critize me or I can avoid rebuke from authorative indivduels, well like I really care but I do care about how my image looks. I read alot of about addiction so I can know how to talk about it and have wisdom in the subject when I'm talking to others. The key is to dodge people's statements and replace it with more infomation that it doesnt apply to me, or agree with them but the key is to outsmart someone that insults you. Still I have to deal with obessive thoughts about many things of things that will change me from feeling so horrible. I have to deal with all this addict b*llsh*t and I have to admit I am one, even thought I seriously disagree with the circumstances.
Posted by Dinah on January 19, 2012, at 10:19:34
In reply to Why are my meds not absorbing or not working, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 12:16:37
Are you expecting to *feel* something? To feel energy and alertness?
I take Provigil and it works quite well for me. But I don't feel anything when I take it. I just don't feel sleepy. I'd never know I was on it unless I wasn't on it.
Posted by SLS on January 20, 2012, at 15:22:09
In reply to Re: scott, posted by rjlockhart04-08 on January 17, 2012, at 19:20:04
You know, for some people, depressive disorders rob them of IQ points. I can see how a drop of 20 points is possible.
Your functional IQ might recover when the depression remits.
I wouldn't define yourself by a mere test score. You seem smart to me. Your writing demonstrates intelligence.
- Scott
Posted by Phillipa on January 21, 2012, at 18:44:42
In reply to Re: scott » rjlockhart04-08, posted by SLS on January 20, 2012, at 15:22:09
Matt I agree with Scott. This happened when some doc said you had Aspergers a few years ago. Before that you never questioned your intelligence. Phillipa
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