Posted by fairywings on May 31, 2006, at 11:53:22
In reply to Re: Question on SSRI's, posted by SLS on May 31, 2006, at 7:18:56
> Hi FW.
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> Can you describe in more detail what you experienced?
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> What are you being treated for?
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> What other medications are you taking?
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> I'm sorry you had to suffer such a reaction. It is not a rare event that people experience things like that from SSRIs. If your reaction was one of mania, Wellbutrin might be worth a try. It seems to have the lowest risk of producing manic reactions.
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> - ScottHi Scott,
Thanks for your reply. It wasn't mania. I couldn't distinguish between what was real and what wasn't. I thought I'd done things I hadn't done...or worried I was going to do them if I hadn't already....think Andrea Yates, but it wasn't like there was anyone telling me to do it, I just thought I had. Scary sh*t!!! Then I'd see scary stuff in my head - like cutting my face seeing blood all over the place. I couldn't close my eyes for fear of what I'd see. It went on till I could knock myself out with Ambien, and when I took that, I was so afraid I'd get up, not knowing it, and do something frightening, so I was thinking I should head to the RR tracks, so I wouldn't do anything. I never had anything like that happen before. Sorry to give so much detail, I'm sure that's TMI.
Actually, the reason I was on it was kind of embarrassing - hope no one's critical of it, but my sex drive was SO high I couldn't function adequately. It's a physiological problem, not psychological, and the treatment the OB was considering was guaranteed to put on at least 40 pounds over a couple of months, besides I didn't want to kill it, just bring it down a notch. The OB thought it was funny, even though I went to her in tears because it's effected me for so long, and been so out of control. She and her nurse said I should consider myself lucky. I don't do anything I shouldn't, just an overwhelming physical thing.
I'm on Adderall XR 45 mg., Lamictal 100 mg, Ambien, and alprazolam as needed. It started well before I was on any of those, and none of them have ever given me a problem. I tried Lexapro, and it seriously hit my cognitive functioning, also tried Wellbutrin - it didn't effect my sex drive either, or cause me to lose weight, it just made me seriously agoraphobic.
Any info you have would be appreciated.
Thanks,
fw
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