Posted by john anderton on November 5, 2006, at 19:44:27
Guys:
Im about to put my fist threw a wall!!! I have been on a med wheel of SSRI's for the past ten years. Tried them all except prozac and luvox. They seemed to be somewhat effective but I would have continuous breakthrough
depression/anxiety/agitation about every 2-4 months while on them. Once I got well again I would go from 6-12 months of feeling well before slipping back into depression. This past spring I went onto Effexor monotherapy. It blasted me out of my depression. I honestly thought I had found a miracle cure! Then after two months I am back into a very agitated and depressed state. So I quit the Effexor cold turkey, which made me suicidally depressed and manic. After further investigating this with my pdoc, I was diagnosed with Bipolar. I am not sure if this is correct as my switching seems to only occur when I am on AD's. My depressions do come back when I go off of AD's but not with the associated mixed states. Now I am on 200 mg's of Lamictal. I have been on it for three months and have been at the full dose for almost a month. It has helped somewhat, but certainly not amazing. I have attemtped to add zyprexa and seroquel. Both zombified me. Now I have just added Abilify 2mg's. It makes me feel kinda dead inside, nausea, ahches, kind of fluish etc. Also, when I take my lamictal a little bit after the Abilify, I go into a an extreme agitated state. Not a whole lot of fun!!! Right now I am looking for suggestions about what I can do or bring up with my doc!! Please help!
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thread:700737
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