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Posted by miss beth on September 28, 2003, at 9:48:34
i am on 350mg on lamictal, 300mg wellbutrin and 150mg of geodon. lately i am experiencing depression that i thought i had gotten rid of. i am irratable, and depressed. when i get pms all i can do is roll up in a ball and wait for it to go away. it is very painful. my doctor recently added nortriptyline 10 mg. it helped the first time but like always the depression came back. i am hesitant to be on more than three drugs. i am scared to death to start switching meds as last time i became suicidal. in the meantime i have to be a mother and work through all of it. i feel stuck. i am also taking SAMEE sometimes but it doesn't seem to do the trick. i have had really bad experiences in life in the past two years that sent me into a breakdown. i was in the hospital for 6 weeks because of an abusive husband. sometimes i wonder if i just need to go through all the pain and heal the trauma and maybe medication won't work. i feel like there is no end.
Posted by Sebastian on September 28, 2003, at 11:33:27
In reply to drug cocktail, posted by miss beth on September 28, 2003, at 9:48:34
Consider a medication increase? Maybe the one that worked before, or maybe it just needs more time to start working again?
Posted by HenryO on September 28, 2003, at 22:42:11
In reply to drug cocktail, posted by miss beth on September 28, 2003, at 9:48:34
If it were me I'd only change one part of the med equation at a time, in order to know what is doing what. That said in my very un-medical opinion I'd move away from Wellbutrin and toward more Lamictal. Wellbutrin will make most people anxious or irritable at high enough doses. And Lamictal has been the best thing I've ever been on. Some poeple here found Lamictal to have a high poop-out rate, not me.
Most of all, never give up. You will find something that works, eventually. It is no fun gutting it out until then but there is a med out there, at a certain dose, with your name on it.
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