Posted by shellie on November 11, 2000, at 19:44:44
In reply to Re: Serzone and Aching Muscles-Dr.Scott (SLS) » shellie, posted by SLS on November 9, 2000, at 20:49:52
Hi Scott,
Concerning increasing naradil and taking lamictal:
I want to try nardil with 100mg serzone and add pindolol. My pdoc on Friday said no to the addition because she thought I hadn't been on serzone with nardil long enough. But I've been on the combination for a month now, up to 250mg for two days, now starting again with 100mg.I can't go any higher than 45mg of nardil and really can't even stay that high or I have severe sleep difficulties and whiteouts. Whiteouts meaning that when I go from a inside to out when I have been on 45mg for a while, everything turns white and I can't see at all. It's really scary--last time it happened I was on the sidewalk and couldn't see the street and I had to ask some construction workers to help me cross. I'm sure they thought I was drunk. Then after just about 30 seconds, everything is normal again. That happens after I am on 45mg for several months.
If pindolol doesn't help then I will consider going back on lamictal. The problem is that I am already about 25lbs overweight, but I lose fairly easily when I do the treadmill and watch (not obsessively) what I eat. When I was on lacmictal I was working out a lot and eating well, and still gained a few lbs. Within ten days after I got off, I lost 9 lbs. Also, it made my breasts really hurt all the time. But if I can keep it to just an extra ten lbs, it is probably my best solution. Last year I was dating for the first time in a long time and I felt really self-conscious about the extra weight. But it's coming down to not a lot of choices left for me.
> If you did have a problem with Risperdal, can you describe in exact details what you experienced?
>I only took risperdal for one day and my arms and legs felt like they each weighed 100 lbs. I think the reaction was related to EPS and my pdoc took me right off it. All other antipsychotics make me totally disoriented. I never tried zyprexa because of weight gain, but both ampisulpride and serequel made me disoriented and I wouldn't have been able to work (I tried them on days that I knew I didn't have to work.)
On the bright side of life, I am able to work in the arts, create beautiful black & white portraits and get paid for it. Running the business by myself is sometimes really hard because there is no one to fall back on. But I am never depressed when I am shooting. It's like this amazing thing to me, no matter how depressed I feel that day, when I am taking portraits, the depression completely receeds for that time period. So even in the worse times, there is some relief.
It seems like you are feeling very comfortable with your new pdoc. True? I don't always understand the exact nature of your depression. Would you describe it as a flatness to everything and a lack of joy? Do you feel pain physically in relation to the depression? Please don't answer if these are uncomfortable questions.
I'll let you know if I add pindolol and how that goes. Please keep in touch with how you are doing. Goodnight for now. Shellie
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