Posted by colin wallace on July 24, 2002, at 6:55:04
In reply to Re: SAM-e Rage » colin wallace , posted by Ron Hill on July 23, 2002, at 16:27:07
Ron,
It's a pity that you and I both seem to be back at square one again with the medication roulette-
strange that sam-e should work so well for a while, and then trigger anger and rage symptoms.
This same effect has appeared with me with most of the ssri's- a latent, simmering anger, that only really breaks out when I've been taking the damn things for a month or so (the amount of time the AD effect is supposed to become apparent!!)
My verdict on sam-e is still ambivalent.I still view it as an excellent, unique med., that pulled me out of a nasty depression, and quickly.
Taken alone for a few months, with a benzo, I had few, if any, anger symptoms.I added a small dose of zoloft, as you know, and still things improved.
Then, due to a terminal illness of a close relative, I relapsed badly, and about this time the anger symptoms re-emerged.This is complicated to disentangle, because this may well have been about the time the zoloft/sam-e were wreaking some mischief anyway.
Dropping the zoloft on holiday, I stuck to sam-e alone, and still suffered the anger/mood swings and (controllable) feelings of rage.I dampened these with gallons of icy cold cider!!
Anyway, It's time to start again from scratch, and I've now dropped the sam-e too, just in case.I may try it again in future, when and if I'm able to 'normalize'.
I'll keep you posted.Its strange to be (virtually) med free after two very drugged up years- I think I'll wait a bit, then if I crash again, push for the lithium.Take care,
Col.
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