Posted by Mila S on August 3, 2003, at 14:49:10
In reply to Re: cognitive decline impeding life - Mila, posted by BekkaH on August 2, 2003, at 22:01:17
> Do you remember which antidepressants you combined with stimulants?
Bekka, thanks. I was taking lamictal, vivactil, welbutrin, adderall, and an anti-chlorigenic to combact some of the side effects. I had never taken so many meds at once. The lamictal seemed to help but we thought that it was probably what made me sick eventually. We are not sure though. I just stopped everything some time after stopping the lamictal because I was not getting better after several weeks. I got many tests done and nothing showed up. I was so weak I could hardly walk. mostly I just lay around feeling weak and nauseous for weeks on end. I also went to a neurologist but he said I did not seem to have neurological problems although he did not conduct any tests (He did look at my test results done by other doctors -- apparently many tests were done by them based on blood samples).
Eventually it went away. However I still have energy problems and nausea, and focus/attention difficulties in addition to my being cognitively inactive.
I have taken many anti-depressants before this but only on their own or with one other medication like a mood stabilzer. None has worked. Recently it seems that strattera which I am taking now, has stopped working. However i had added lexapro to it (I have stopped the lexapro for 2-3 weeks now). Perhaps it reduced the effect of the strattera. However, I have tried provigal and adderal on their own and they seemed to reduce in effectiveness fairly quickly. when I first take them, they really keep me awake -more then I want. But after 1-2 weeks, I am tired and sleepy all the time as usual. Now the same thing is happening with the strattera but I am not going to stop it as it may have some anti-depressant effects (I have many problems including anxiety, however, I am less deeply depressed these days. But this may be a natural change, or a change precipitated by a slight improvement in my life conditions).
The information you have mentioned is interesting. It could explain why I have been so unresponsive to all the meds I have tried. I will check into it. My old tests might have the liver information. Any other suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for the info!
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