Psycho-Babble Medication | about biological treatments | Framed
This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | List of forums | Search | FAQ

Noa -re:My Meds

Posted by ChrisK on February 28, 2000, at 6:29:03

Noa,

I saw your note to me above but decided to move it down here so that it didn't get lost in that thread.

Anyway my cocktail goes as follows

Morning: 150mg Wellbutrin SR, 20 mg Adderall
Noon: 10mg Adderall
Night: 100 mg Nortriptyline, 50 mg Naltrexone, 7.5 mg Zyprexa.


It's taken quite awhile to get to this point but now it seems it's been worth it. I'mm currently 36 and my mother says that she noticed the first signs of my depression when I was in Elementary School. May father suffered from this too and did well most of his life taking Elavil and Valium.

When I got out of college I went to pdocs sporadically and never really got the depression under control. I am also alcoholic and was drinking during most of this time.

I've never been able to stay at one job for any period of time so I've moved 5 or 6 times over the years. Each job change meant a new location and new insurance. Often I would not seek a shrink until it was too late and I was bottoming out. Since I also have a seasonal aspect it meant that I would get fed up with everything in Oct. or Nov. and need a change.

I can't really say that I gave most of these pdocs a fair chance to help me. Twice I was hospitalized by one doc in NC. That was my first experience with a hospital and I didn't really understand what I was supposed to get out of it. After losing my last job in NC I moved home to upstate NY. Since then I haven't been able to work at anything professional. ( I am an engineer with a B.S.)

Three years ago I almost died from Alcoholic Hepatitis. I was in the hospital for two weeks and laid up in bed for another four weeks. During that time I was taken of the Imiprimine and Xanax I had been taking at the time. After a few months I was allowed back on Paxil but not a Benzo to go with it.

It was about one year later that I couldn't do anything. I was emotionally cripled by the Depression and tried to OD on alcohol and every prescription I had left over from previous med attempts. I did this twice in a 3 month period and ended up in ICU both times and then to the Psych Hospital for a stay.

During my last stay there I was assigned to my current pdoc and have been with him ever since. It's been a long time struggle including a trip to a 28 day rehab for the alcohol problems. I went through the usual Paxil, Effexor, Remeron tries before switching back to Nortriptyline.

I was doing better but still obsessed on suicide so we tried Zyprexa. That helped a great deal. I then asked him for Naltrexone to cut down on the alcohol cravings and it had the extra benefit of having some good ad qualities. After a couple of months of being safe but apathetic I asked him for something that may be stimulating to get me out of the boredom. I suggested Adderall which was fine with him but then I asked if Wellbutrin would help augment the Nortrip too. That's how I ended up where I am today.

Sorry this is so long but I've been through a lot of meds and doctors. I Hope this might help someone who may see themselves in my story.

Chris

P.S I also use a light box in the mornings to get me through the SAD assosciated with Winter.


Share
Tweet  

Thread

 

Post a new follow-up

Your message only Include above post


Notify the administrators

They will then review this post with the posting guidelines in mind.

To contact them about something other than this post, please use this form instead.

 

Start a new thread

 
Google
dr-bob.org www
Search options and examples
[amazon] for
in

This thread | Show all | Post follow-up | Start new thread | FAQ
Psycho-Babble Medication | Framed

poster:ChrisK thread:24545
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20000220/msgs/24545.html