Posted by JonW on March 18, 2002, at 20:47:20
Hello All,
My current psydoc is one of the best doctors I've worked with but we've yet to find solid ground so she had me set up an appointment with Michael Liebowitz in New York. I've prepared a list of symptoms and med reactions for Dr. Liebowitz, and I thought I would post it here as I am open to any input or advice from anyone. I was thinking I should try Nardil. In any case, has anyone else here been at the end of their rope (no pun intended...) and been helped by Dr. Liebowitz? I've posted my symptoms and meds below.
Thanks,
JonSYMPTOMS
Have great difficulty getting up in the morning / Feel worst in the morning.
Mood lability / instability.
Irritability.
Severe social phobia / “afraid to go to my mailbox” / rejection sensitivity.
Near panic attacks in certain social situations. / Anxiety in most social situations.
Startle easily -- phone rings, etc.
Like to drive very fast.
Like to take risks.
Like to drink a lot of alcohol -- gave it up.
Strong reaction to caffeine -- don't drink it.
Love sweets, bread, etc. / Eat in excess. / Plain tastes.
Interrupt people because I'm afraid of losing my current thought.
Start things but rarely finish them.
Obsessive tendencies / Perfectionistic.
Enjoy challenging/bothering/defying authority.
Mood cycles about once a week, also within the same day.
Eat late at night.
Drink a lot of water.
Have essential tremor.
Have no go power.
Feel better on sunny days.
Sleep more when depressed.
Sensitive to sounds / excitement.
Over sensitive / emotional / "Thin skin"
Headache.
As a child, weird sensations where the air smelled different.
Going on or off an anti-depressant makes me feel good.DEPAKOTE -- Like taking placebo, but a bit of an anxiolytic.
TRILEPTAL -- Pleasantly intoxicating. Somewhat helpful I suppose.
LAMICTAL -- Initially made me "high". Also made me more emotional (tears came more easily). Caused me to slur my speach and lose track of my thoughts.
TOPOMAX -- It made me very depressed. Oddly, it was sedating but agrevated my social anxiety at the same time.
NEURONTIN -- I like it a lot, but it gives me a pretty bad headache. It may make me a bit dysphoric but I can't tell anymore and it seems good for my anxiety. I take 100mg 3x/day. It also makes me more emotional like Lamictal (tears come easily).
MOCLOBEMIDE -- Gave me a pretty bad headache. When I first started this it made me "high" and things looked sharper.
PARNATE -- Durning the state after taking each pill my social anxiety was significantly less, much more so than any other pill. I was only on Parante for a number of days because the day was like a rollercoaster of euphoria and depression.
KLONOPIN -- This drug was very smooth and nice, but left me feeling drugged. It helped a little with social anxiety. This drug has always helped to calm the seas when things get rough. Unfortunately, it also makes me depressed if I take it long term.
ZOLOFT – Without mood stabilizers, this drug was amazing when I took it but lost its zing after a day or two (typical pattern for me). With mood stabilizers, no zing and plenty of agitation and irritability and fatigue to go around. The other SSRI trials were so long ago that this one may be most relevant.
LITHIUM -- One pill makes me very depressed very quickly.
SULPIRIDE -- One pill makes me very depressed very quickly.
AMISULPRIDE -- Makes me feel nice, like after drinking a beer. When I took 50mg 3x/day I woke up easily and refreshed the next morning. That never happened to me before.
ADRAFINIL -- Things looked even sharper when I took this than when I took moclobemide. I liked this drug except it was a pure headache, almost as bad as Wellbutrin.
SELEGILINE -- Initially made me "high" and then made me very depressed after a single dose.
GEODON -- Weird feeling like Buspar after taking it. It initially made me "high". It may have caused cycling.
ZYPREXA -- It took me 2 weeks to adjust to the drowsiness -- I was a zombie. Objectively, things improved somewhat around the time when this drug was added to the mix but sometimes I think it’s part of the problem.
WELLBUTRIN -- Initial jitters almost unbearable but went away after a week or so. Focus and memory seemed much sharper. Gave me a horrible headache that never went away (worst of all meds).
PAXIL -- Partial response for social phobia. No help physiologically. Made me very sleepy.
BUSPAR -- Was somewhat helpful for my anxiety physiologically, but did nothing for me otherwise. I also had a weird feeling a half-hour after each dose -- like I was about to blackout.
CELEXA -- Similar to Paxil.
PROZAC -- Made me feel too jittery, etc.
SERZONE -- Made me very drowsy and very jittery at the same time.
CONCERTA -- Aggrevates my anxiety.
ADDERALL -- Aggrevates my anxiety way too much but I like the way it makes me feel.
DEXADRINE -- After I took the first dose - Wow! along with some anxiety. Then, more anxiety and less Wow!. As it exits my system I get very depressed and suicidal. I can tolerate the spansule much better.
XANAX -- Possibily mood elevating, but Klonopin is much better for anxiety.
ARICEPT -- Made me depressed.
TOFRANIL, RITALIN, EFFEXOR RESPERDAL, GABATRIL, SEROQUEL -- I don't remember.
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