Posted by bulldog2 on February 11, 2008, at 18:46:16
In reply to Neurotransmitters in need: new meds?, posted by elanor roosevelt on February 2, 2008, at 22:33:11
> I think this is the place to post for those of us who have long-term issues with meds not working.
>
> Yesterday I spoke on the phone with a pdoc recommended by a friend. She was very pleasant and did a good job of getting the basic overview in a timely manner.
>
> She made some suggestions and then told me that she didn't think she had much more to offer and suggested i stay with my existing pdoc.
>
> i am presently taking adderall, trivastal, tryptophan, b complex, b12, folic acid, calcium & magnesium.
> i take xanax rarely and ambien nightly.
> i'm having chronic problems with a swollen tongue and ulcerations in my mouth. less since i stopped ssri's but still there are problems
> i am functioning, pleasant enough if i remember to take the adderall. impatient often.
> iam at the edge of despair and i am beginning to distrust people that i have always believed in
>
> the trivastal at first let in some sensation and a glimpse of pleasure and sense of future but that is waning.
>
> I have ordered ixel. We will see when that comes.
>
> the doctor suggested 2 medications: abilify and/or cymbalta
>
> i have been very successful at retrieving an upbeat me with:
> Lexapro and Celexa
>
> I have been helped somewhat by:
> wellbutrin
> effexor
> buspar
>
> I have not done well on:
> prozac
> paxil
> zoloft
> remeron
> cymbalta (very short trial)
> tianeptine
>
> lousy and nasty things have happened to me on:
> luvox
> serzone
> parnate
> vivactal
> nortiptylin
> topomax
> neurontin
> depokate
>
> now that i write this list i realize how much time i have wasted
> and my mouth hurts
>
>Your prescriptions meds mainly act on dopamine.Sounds like you need a little serotonin to balance things out.Cymbalta will give you more than ixel but ixel will give you some.
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