Posted by jodie on February 3, 2003, at 2:00:28
In reply to Re: Celexa - advice ( mostly PMDD related) Jodie, posted by Jaynee on February 2, 2003, at 23:31:21
Thanks for the info on Celexa and Lexapro, I've been curious.
Yes I am in the States, Indiana as a matter of fact. We are getting all that cold air coming from Canada, have been for the past month, thanks a lot :-) LOL
Yes it sounds like we have a lot of the same symptoms. I have so many symptoms of different disorders.
I understand wanting to get rid of the depression, its not fun or anything!!!! The reason a pdoc diagnosed me with Bipolar was because I said I was impulsive. I told her I have extreme ups and downs, I get aggitated very easy, and I go through phases where I feel like I don't really need sleep, have lots of energy, followed by extreme exhaustion, and depression, almost suicidal.
For that, I was put on Depakote, and Klonopin (as needed for aggitation, irritability). I was already taking Celexa then, the highest dose, but felt it wasn't working like it used to. So she put me on Wellbutrin. My hair started to fall out from the Depakote (guess it can be a side effect), it kept getting worse. I would wash or comb my hair, and I would get handfulls of hair. There were other undesirable side effects too. She decided to try Lithium, I could not tolerate that at all!!! So, I ended up stopping mood stabilizers, and quit going to that pdoc. I have a problem with non-compliance with my pdocs and meds.I was off medicine for a while. Things started to get out of control again (depression, mood swings, tantrums). I went to go see another pdoc who put me on Lexapro, and back on Klonopin. She also prescribed me a month supply of Ambien to help me sleep. It worked for about 5 days, then it was just like taking a placebo pill. that was for severe insomnia I was having at the time.
Now, I'm seeing another pdoc, which diagnosed me with ADD. She did an evaluation, and asked lots of questions. She seemed pretty up to date on things. She tried me on Strattera, and told me to go off the Lexapro, which I thought was kind of strange. I ended up having an allergic reaction a couple of weeks ago from the Strattera (a bad rash). I had to go to the ER, they told me to stop the Strattera. I called my pdoc, she told me to start the Lexapro back up again. I was only off of it for a little over a week. She said she will probably try Adderall next, and increase my Lexapro, I'm only on 10 mg. I don't see her until Feb. 17th though. I have to wait until then to discuss the options.
I also have a history of seizures, temporal lobe seizures, and 2 grand mal seizures, which I had one of those about a month ago, my last one was 8 years ago. When I went to the ER for my grand mal seizure the Dr put me on Klonopin 1 mg twice a day (a benzo that is also an anticonvulsent), and I had to follow up with pcp. So I am on Klonopin again, which helps with the strange sensations I get from temporal lobe epilepsy, and aggitation, I guess it has mood stabilizing benefits to it also.
So thats what I'm on now, Klonopin, and Lexapro. I guess I will be on a stimulant soon. I'm interested to see how that goes. My concern is being on a stimulant, with having occassional seizures.
Besides Sarafem that one time, I've never tried prozac, or zoloft, . The only other ones is Wellbutrin, Celexa and Lexapro. I've been on a couple of different benzos, short term to help me sleep, when I had insomnia. I tried Dalmane, Trazadone, and one other one that I can't remember. I've tried Xanax 0.25 before, but it wasn't actually my prescription. It didn't seem to do a thing for me.
Of course insomnia is a problem for me right now. It's 2:40 am right where I live, and I'm on the computer. Not so much insomnia I guess, just getting to sleep. When I get to sleep around 4 or 5 am, I can sleep for 8 or more hours. If I'm left alone I could sleep all the next day, up to 12 or more hours. I've always had a problem waking up and getting motivated. When I was in grade & high school, It would take my mom almost an hour sometimes to wake me up. Obviously, I'm unemployed right now, thats why I wake up whenever throughout the day. Thats a whole story in itself. I'm trying to get motivated, and hand/send out my resumes. I'm just scared. Because of my "problems", I have a hard time keeping jobs, especially ones where I have to wake up to an alarm clock (snooze button addiction). Early morning jobs, forget it, I suck at those, rushing in at the last minute, looking like I had no sleep.
Oh well...guess I better let your eyes rest now. Sorry this post is so long. I have a problem with stopping something once I get started :-)
Talk to you soon!!!
Jodie
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