Posted by liliths on February 13, 2007, at 13:18:16
In reply to Re: just started tianeptine, posted by elanor roosevelt on February 13, 2007, at 11:22:53
hi elanor
what does the lexapro do for you? Maybe you'd be better off on just the adderall and the tianeptine (along with your ambien and xanax :) but I'm no doctor.
what do you mean about the bad time you had yesterday? What exactly happened to you? Do you know which drug (or combination) makes you angry? How long have you been on the Lexapro? Has it helped?
I'm personally anti-SSRI, but that's just me. Didn't you say your doctor had given you a script for paxil? Was that to replace the lexapro or were you going to take 2 SSRI's?
Though I actually fought the ADD diagnosis when it was first presented to me, I now wonder what might life might've been like if I'd accepted it a long time ago. The media always uses the young male model as the stereotype and I never related to that. Once I did some research on how it tended to show up in females, it was "oh duh!" LOL
right now I'm home, still recovering from the oral surgery but I hope to be able to get out tomorrow. I have some tests scheduled for the rest... an MRI on thursday and some nerve conduction tests next week. I'm having a lot of problems with joint pain and weakness in my right arm and now, both hands.
I know I have some disc issues in my neck and my lower back but this joint thing has me really concerned. I haven't been able to work out and that alone exacerbates my depression. My pdoc once told me that no pill would help me unless I exercised every day and there is some truth to that. Unfortunately, when I'm really depressed, I don't do what's needed to make myself feel better. I dig my heels in and feel worse!
I feel almost embarrassed writing that - it's so easy for me to blame myself for my problems. Too easy actually. So these current issues have been giving me just what I need to keep spiraling down the toilet... sigh
My fight with the state over becoming licensed is a whole other bag of worms! I won't even go there... but it did basically pull the rug out from under me and made me retreat full time into my lair. It's hard enough battling depression from the inside, but when life on the outside conspires against you, it becomes almost impossible
I need to find some p/t work. Some structure, along with the money I desperately need, would go a long way towards bringing me back. Particularly now, while I'm actually feeling some good effects from the tianeptine. I know there's a window... that once I become 'used' to it, it won't feel as strong, even if it's still working. Breaking my depressive habits are critical for me.
I've been going through one of those phases where the saying: "if it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all" has been too true. I'm hoping things will turn around. It would be nice if they could figure out what's causing the pain and weakness and fix it but I'm not overly optimistic about medicine. More likely I'll have to fight my way through it myself
thanks for asking.. sorry I rambled on
I hope you sort everything out and make it work... sounds like your on your way :)
Good Luck!!
namaste,
lilith> >I am still on 3xhalf tabs of tianeptine and
> 2x 5g adderall
> the ADD med i talked my way into as a way to extend the effectivenes of lexapro
> it did not work that way
> the lexapro slammed me
> however, i have always known i am ADD just never could convince the doctors
> now i can read non fiction for more than 30 seconds at a time
> and i immediately stopped biting my nails and bothering my cuticles (side effect of life and lexapro)
> so i am hopeful. thinking i might decrease the adderall as i increase tianeptine - still figuring it all out -- timed it badly yesterday and had a number of hours being pretty ticked off at the universe.
> tried to stick with the mantra: it's just the meds, it's just the meds
>
> are your medical problems going to keep you housebound?
>
> hi elanor,
> >
> > thanks for the sympathy... it goes a long way. I managed to get out over the weekend but now have some health issues which will probably be the only thing I attend to this week... sigh
> >
> > that said, I am trying splitting my dose of focalin since the tianeptine seems to work well with it. I had oral surgery this morning, saw no reason to take both pills for that! so I figured I'd take the other focalin in the afternoon with the other taineptine and maybe drop the wellbutrin. It goes against my training of only changing one thing at a time LOL but that said, I'm getting impatient.
> >
> > I hope to get more mileage from the focalin timewise that way but I also don't want to compromise what it does for me now. The last time I tried cutting the dose, it took 5 days before I noticed the difference and it was really bad. Only this time I'm attempting to just spread it out. I hope it works
> >
> > I hope the tianeptine is helping you. I think you made a good choice not bothering with the paxil. Are you still taking only 1/2 tabs? and was the adderall given to you for ADD for as an AD?
> >
> > good luck to you!! I really hope this new regimen works for you :)
> >
> > namaste,
> > lilith
> >
> > > lilith,
> > > I am new to adderall but figured i would have to split the dose to avoid a meltdown.
> > > i skipped the paxil and now i am on my second day with the tianeptine.
> > > i am sorry to hear you are having such a hard time
> > > any way you can get yourself out of the house in the morning?
> > > i know it can be rough but early in the morning, before you have a chance to talk yourself out of it.
> > > also, if you can get just a bit of sunshine.
> > > hang in there
> > >
> > > hi elanor
> > > >
> > > > I felt the taineptine immediately as well - though I started at 1 tab 2x daily. It hasn't 'changed' my world but it has made a difference and every little bit helps. I think, for me, changing some of my depressed, self-defeating habits have become 1/2 the battle
> > > >
> > > > have you always taken your adderall in a split dose? how does that work for you? I've been thinking of splitting my focalin as I feel the effects of the tianeptine much more in the a.m. along with my add meds than I do in the afternoon.
> > > >
> > > > personally I wouldn't waste my time with paxil, unless you've done well on ssri's in the past. They make me numb, anorgasmic and just 'blunt' everything... not my idea of living
> > > >
> > > > Good Luck with the tianeptine... please keep us updated :))
> > > >
> > > > namaste,
> > > > lilith
> > > >
> > > > > met with my pdoc yesterday and we are not on the same page w/ the tianeptine
> > > > > i just got slammed by the lexapro and i need to pull out of this state of mind
> > > > > pdoc was lost as to the next step so i walked away with a paxil (not cr) script --
> > > > > i have tianeptine and would like to start
> > > > > from what i have read here, it takes a while to kick in and i am deciding if i should try to pull out of this bad spot with the paxil first
> > > > > actually, just writing this has helped me decide
> > > > > f*ck the paxil
> > > > > i am going to start on 2 half-tabs of the stablon today
> > > > > i am also taking 5mg adderall 2x daily,
> > > > > 10mg ambien and xanax as needed -- approx 2mg daily
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> hi elanor,
> >
> > thanks for the sympathy... it goes a long way. I managed to get out over the weekend but now have some health issues which will probably be the only thing I attend to this week... sigh
> >
> > that said, I am trying splitting my dose of focalin since the tianeptine seems to work well with it. I had oral surgery this morning, saw no reason to take both pills for that! so I figured I'd take the other focalin in the afternoon with the other taineptine and maybe drop the wellbutrin. It goes against my training of only changing one thing at a time LOL but that said, I'm getting impatient.
> >
> > I hope to get more mileage from the focalin timewise that way but I also don't want to compromise what it does for me now. The last time I tried cutting the dose, it took 5 days before I noticed the difference and it was really bad. Only this time I'm attempting to just spread it out. I hope it works
> >
> > I hope the tianeptine is helping you. I think you made a good choice not bothering with the paxil. Are you still taking only 1/2 tabs? and was the adderall given to you for ADD for as an AD?
> >
> > good luck to you!! I really hope this new regimen works for you :)
> >
> > namaste,
> > lilith
> >
> > > lilith,
> > > I am new to adderall but figured i would have to split the dose to avoid a meltdown.
> > > i skipped the paxil and now i am on my second day with the tianeptine.
> > > i am sorry to hear you are having such a hard time
> > > any way you can get yourself out of the house in the morning?
> > > i know it can be rough but early in the morning, before you have a chance to talk yourself out of it.
> > > also, if you can get just a bit of sunshine.
> > > hang in there
> > >
> > > hi elanor
> > > >
> > > > I felt the taineptine immediately as well - though I started at 1 tab 2x daily. It hasn't 'changed' my world but it has made a difference and every little bit helps. I think, for me, changing some of my depressed, self-defeating habits have become 1/2 the battle
> > > >
> > > > have you always taken your adderall in a split dose? how does that work for you? I've been thinking of splitting my focalin as I feel the effects of the tianeptine much more in the a.m. along with my add meds than I do in the afternoon.
> > > >
> > > > personally I wouldn't waste my time with paxil, unless you've done well on ssri's in the past. They make me numb, anorgasmic and just 'blunt' everything... not my idea of living
> > > >
> > > > Good Luck with the tianeptine... please keep us updated :))
> > > >
> > > > namaste,
> > > > lilith
> > > >
> > > > > met with my pdoc yesterday and we are not on the same page w/ the tianeptine
> > > > > i just got slammed by the lexapro and i need to pull out of this state of mind
> > > > > pdoc was lost as to the next step so i walked away with a paxil (not cr) script --
> > > > > i have tianeptine and would like to start
> > > > > from what i have read here, it takes a while to kick in and i am deciding if i should try to pull out of this bad spot with the paxil first
> > > > > actually, just writing this has helped me decide
> > > > > f*ck the paxil
> > > > > i am going to start on 2 half-tabs of the stablon today
> > > > > i am also taking 5mg adderall 2x daily,
> > > > > 10mg ambien and xanax as needed -- approx 2mg daily
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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