Posted by oona on June 16, 2002, at 10:43:34
In reply to Re: JohnX2 or anyone else- Finding a happy medium! » JennyJen, posted by JohnX2 on June 16, 2002, at 7:57:12
JohnX2,
I was reading your message to JennyJen and had a question about my own meds and you seem to be quite knowledgable.
I had been on Zoloft for 7 years and actually did quite well on it but wanted to change to try to get the libido going again. Unfortunately, the Welbutrim was not for me and could not last through the trial, my blood pressure went sky high. Started on Celexa (10 to 20 now 30) with the Risperdal (.25 then .50).... While going up on the doses, I started getting sleepy and my depression did not lift much, actually, I believe it is worse now than in the past 7 years. The irritablilty is also bad and I have been on the defensive a lot lately.
Also, it has been really hot here and I do not think that I have been drinking enough water as I am getting dizzy spells that may be caused from dehydration.
The last thing is that I just am getting over a bout of bronchitis and am still congested, so some of this may be because of illness. One other symptom is that I feel a fluttery feeling in my heart like it is skipping or racing.
My questions are: should I stay with this and work with the pdocs or try and go back to the zoloft that I did so well on and forget about the libido thing. I am bipolar II.
ps: probably will see my med doc this week just to make sure that I do not have pnuemonia (sp) or worse. I obsess about my health so much that when I am really sick, I do not check out because I feel like I am crying wolf or it is just in my head.
thanks for any words,
oona
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