Posted by Jaynee on January 29, 2003, at 20:15:43
In reply to Re: My visit to the doctor - he recommended remeron? » Jaynee, posted by zeugma on January 29, 2003, at 19:30:11
Zeugma you asked "I wonder what thought process led tour doc to to suggest it for you? Are there any drugs you've found helpful in the past? "
The only drugs I have taken for depression/anxiety is Celexa and Ativan prn. When I go through bouts of what I call clinical depression one doctor called it basically status panicus, I am like you. Can't eat, cant sleep, can't think, etc., lose 10 plus pounds in about a week, truly hellish. This type of depression I have now is different and I believe it is something I have had for a long time. I felt some relief and better on Celexa, but it wasn't perfect. But I don't know if it was the Celexa or if the Celexa just wasn't helping with the apathy and lack of motivation part of my depression. I was just so thankful to have the extreme anxiety part gone, that the other symptoms of depression were tolerable. I told my doctor this and I think he was thinking of different AD's I could try and just pulled Remeron out of the air. I do believe the Remeron would help when I am extremely anxious, but not now.
I was brought up by a mother, who has a pill phobia. So of course this is something I have picked up from her. But I am trying my hardest to get over it. I am going to do what I have too, to get better. Better living through chemistry, because living without it has sucked. If I have to I will add something to the Celexa. I was told by one pdoc that I have ADD, so maybe I will add a stimulant, I don't know. I will wait and see how the Celexa does. As for Buspar, I read where it doesn't work after a person has taken tranquilizers? But maybe it is something I could try. My older brother took prozac after his divorce and they added Buspar for the anxiety he was getting from the prozac, and he said it was too wild for him. He felt completely stoned and out of it. He had to stop the buspar because he is an attorney and said he couldn't go to court in that state. So I don't know if I added Buspar to Celexa that it would help with the motivation or not?
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