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SLS and longtimers HELP!

Posted by Sheilac on March 22, 2013, at 5:47:20

Had a terrible reaction to Geodon (which I never had in the past -maybe that happens when you start and restart a med?). Besides the muscle stiffness in my neck, my jaws clenched so tight it effected my ears. Very painful. Something to do with the muscles and nerves around the mandible bone. My MD said if I couldn't take a regular SSRI, I need to find something else. She suggested St Johns Wort. Ugh. I didn't realize what had happened to me which is why I went to regular MD (thought I had ear problem - kinda did).

I've already cut out caffeine (day 3) I think in the long run it will help. My regular doc said if I don't take something it will start to effect more than my teeth, jaw and muscles. She was really disappointed that I didn't stick with Effexor - but the first couple of days of nausea and dizziness was bizarre.

Is adding Buspar to Trileptal an option for depression and anxiety? I'll try it if anyone's had some experience with it. I'm actually not sure what med to discuss with my doc.

I hate the bad vision with Trileptal and maybe in the future I can taper to a lower dose, but for now, I'll just wear glasses to have a med with stability.

I see my pdoc in a week and she thinks I need to "power through the depression" and deal with it. I've had panic, anxiety and depression since the age of 2-3 that I can truly remember! Maybe she doesn't fully believe that Trileptal actually is adding to the depression?

Desperate here. I just need something.

For now, I'll be taking Atarax (vistiril) and Benadryl and Klonopin to deal with the severe akathesia and heating pads to try and unclench my jaw. I stopped Geodon last night. :( I'm sure the depression will lurk its ugly head.

I've already had 6 (4 replaced) teeth fixed over 25 years due to SSRI teeth grinding/clenching. Very expensive.

Regular docs don't know much about antidepressants and they just automatically think that they are the perfect drugs for stress, anxiety and depression. And they are for a lot of people.

Maybe I need to have IBS and nausea and stick with 75mg of Effexor.

Since its allergy season, I know the steroid inhaler I use for asthma and the sudaphed don't help someone with mood disorder (which is why I cut out caffeine). They just make me more nervous. But I have bad asthma and they are a necessary evil.

Would MORE Trileptal have stopped the akathesia and jaw clenching from the Geodon?

At this point maybe I was stupid for thinking an AAP would be good for depression (it was though!).


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