Posted by shelliR on July 20, 2001, at 22:42:39
In reply to Re: I'll hold your hand if you'll hold mine » shelliR, posted by Lorraine on July 20, 2001, at 10:31:02
> Shelli: How are you doing with your meds? Are they finally treating you right?
Hi Lorraine,
Right now I am still taking just oxycontin and then klonopin before I go to bed or as a prn. I actually have not had much depression. I more on an anxiety cycle now. I am premenstrual also, so I took klonopin before I went out to dinner with a friend, and had a glass of wine with dinner. So everything is feeling pretty good right at this moment. I am going to add estradiol (proscribed by my pdoc) when I get around to filling the presciption, either tomorrow or Sunday. Then when I see my gyn in August, she will add progesterone, definitely natural progesterone.
The big question will come when my waiting period is over and I have to decide whether to go back on nardil, try parnate, or just keep going with the oxycontin. I'm leaning toward nardil because I don't really want to try something new (and deal with new side effects), and I'm worried with the oxy alone, if I become habituated to it, my pdoc will not be willing to raise it and I'll be in trouble. So far though, I am still getting the full effect, but it's only been six weeks.
I read your post about your reaction to valium. That sounds really strange. Were you able to figure anything out about it. You were doing okay on the valium until today, right? By the way, I find valium much more potent and helpful for use as a prn than klonopin. If I'm really anxious, I can take 3 mg of klonopin and feel nothing. 5-10mg of valium always kicks in for me, but it does make me more tired than klonopin.
Hope you are feeling better now, Shelli
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