Posted by h on August 3, 2004, at 17:15:56
I started Lexapro in early June and I was the happiest camper going. 10 mg a day. No more Sunday blues or Monday morning misery, no more dysthymia, much, much less anxiety.
However I'm beginning to think that the reason I was doing so well was because I am (was) also on 800 mg of cimetidine a day as a cancer preventative. (I've had breast cancer 3x)
However a standard blood check up at my oncologists' showed that my kidneys are in danger from the combined Lexapro and cimetidine
SIDENOTE: She (my oncologist) sent me to a wonderful alternative care doctor who put me on the cimetidine and other meds to help prevent a recurrence. My primary care doc, was the one who put me on Lexapro. Three different docs here. So she's kind of the ring master and doing a darn good job too.ANyway, my oncologist looked up the effects of the cimetidine with the lexapro and said it's too much for your kidneys. Essentially I had to pick one to go off of.
I picked to go off the cimetidine. This is depressing enough. I don't mean to feel sorry for myself but it's like I have to pick cancer prevention or depression prevention and I can't have both.
But here's the worst part. (And where I could use some science help) Was the 800 mgs (a much higher dose than normal) of cimetidine actually pumping up the effects of the Lexapro, the way the Lexapro was pumping up the effects of the Cimetidine? If so, I'm in for a bad time. Aren't I? I'm trying not to anticipate how I'll feel but I was so happy and now I'm not.
I can''t take Paxil, Zoloft or Effexor, they all make me sick. Wellbutrin does nothing for me. SAMe did nothing and was expensive.
Has anybody else been in a situation like mine? Any thoughts? Any ideas? All appreciated.
h
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