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Need Help - What to do next?

Posted by simcha on August 25, 2010, at 17:58:27

OK, so I had a rash that stopped my experiment with Lamictal.

Currently here is the mix I'm taking:

Cymbalta 60mg a.m.
BuproprionXL 450mg p.m.
Trazodone 25mg p.m. (Insomnia)
Clonazepam 0.5mg p.m. (Restless Legs)
Sotalol 180mg 2 times per day (Tachycardia)
Slo-Niacin 500mg 2 times per day (Borderline high cholesterol)

Those are my prescribed meds. I take vitamins c & e. Also I take fish oil 1200mg. And I take milk thistle because it's helped balance my liver enzymes. Also I take 10mg of Claritin at night for allergies.

I started to take Caltrate (600mg calcium + 400iu vitamin d) 2 times per day with starting the Lamictal because I read somewhere that Lamictal could reduce Calcium and Vitamin D in the blood.

The problem is that I started both the Caltrate and the Lamictal (25mg) last Thursday. Yesterday (Wednesday) I broke out in hives. Now I'm fine. I have no hives. My pdoc wants me to go back on the Caltrate to see if I break out in hives. If I do then I'm cleared to start Lamictal again without taking the Caltrate. If however, I don't break out in hives, we have to try something else.

I'd like to get off of the Cymbalta 60mg. I'm not sure it's doing much good for me. I know it's making me sweat uncontrollably and it messes up my sex life. Also I suspect that it elevates my heart rate a little (something I don't need).

The other medications he suggested are Abilify, Remeron, Tegretal or Trileptal (I think).

I'm already overweight so whatever I take, I don't want it to make me gain more. I know that there are issues with weight gain for both Abilify and Remeron. Also I'm tired of the reduced libido and anorgasmia that the Cymbalta causes so I want something that doesn't do that.

I don't know much about Tegretal or Trileptal.

So I have no clue what to suggest I try next to my pdoc if I can't go back on the Lamictal.

I hate being depressed and I hate these darn side effects. I feel like no matter what I pick, it won't work and I'll have terrible side effects.


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