Posted by myco on March 11, 2009, at 22:20:01
In reply to What medication should I try after all has failed?, posted by Girlnterrupted78 on March 11, 2009, at 21:46:13
Hi,
Don't give up on Celexa yet...can you go back? Talk to your doctor about "augmenting" celexa...adding a small bit of another medication. Celexa being almost exclusively an SSRI, to my knowledge, can be augmented with other meds that play on dopamine and norepinephrine to give you added and different effects than celexa alone could ever do. People who suffer bad anxiety (myself included) find success with meds that play with dopamine to some extent. I would suggest something like amitriptyline (a tca) to start (take it at night - will also help your sleep)...or something similar. There are many augments to play with...and I bet you 10-1 that you will find an augment that brings back, at least some of, the effective you once found with celexa.
Don't give up...the fact that you had that one great med experience (something many of us never find) is an indication you are on the right path...don't ditch that med until youve "toyed" with it or adjusted it by adding trials of small doses of augments.
keep smilin,
myco---------------------------
>Celexa changed my life for a whole year. I was smiling literally every second, talking to everyone all the time, dating, meeting new people, etc. I was super creative and funny very naturally and spontaneously. I feel that was probably the "real" me, (when my personality was not clouded and flooded with depression and anxiety.) But Celexa pooped out after 1 year. Nothing has worked ever since.
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