Posted by SLS on August 9, 2018, at 12:29:13
In reply to Re: Bad reaction to Trintellix - Again. » SLS, posted by ed_uk2010 on August 6, 2018, at 15:00:59
> Hi Scott,
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> Was brave of you to try vortioxetine again, I must say. It's good that you know for sure how it affects you now.
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> >I am leaning in the direction of waiting awhile and trying Effexor again starting at 37.5 mg/day, as you suggested.
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> I think it seems very logical, but the wait may be difficult. Is there anything which helps your depression when taken 'as needed'?I use lorazepam sparingly to deal with the anxiety that emerges in the morning. I usually need only one dose of 1 mg to do the job. This anxiety is not normal for me. I don't know what I would take if the depression itself becomes more severe and is accompanied by suicidal ideation. Maybe Abilify or Zypexa. I really hate to reintroduce something that causes weight gain and might cause some withdrawal effects upon discontinuation. I imagine there is still some Trintellix in my system that could possibly be preventing a relapse into my baseline state. 66 hour half-life. I discontinued it 6 days ago. However, the other drugs I'm taking might prevent a descent into a more severe depression. I am hopeful.
My high-school graduating class had its 40th reunion a few days ago. I didn't go. It would have been intellectually and emotionally destructive. This has been difficult for me to deal with existentially. I am having to reframe the way I see my life historically and change the way I live in the moment. I must alter my hopes, plans, and expectations for the future in order to live better in the present. Oh, well.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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