Posted by b2chica on July 25, 2013, at 17:33:35
In reply to Re: DRI's???? » b2chica, posted by SLS on July 25, 2013, at 16:34:00
-i've been on wellbutrin and it was Awesome but it soon pooped out. then several years later i tried three versions again with no luck. so i doubt the wellbutrin will work. but thanks. is there another one that may augment well?
-taking haldol because my anxiety was unbearable and gabapentin was no longer cutting it.
now i'm using it basically to cut out akathisia and to help get to sleep as i also have insomnia at nights (but tired during dayand i make a point not to sleep during the day as that would totally mess up my cycles). So i'm basically tired all the time except when i need to go to sleepugh.my symptoms are mostly in my head but sometimes radiate to my body.
i call it 'restless leg syndrome in my brain". it feels sort of like there is dancing rabbits in my head, i get severely agitated, restless, it is both a physical sensation and a mental torture. i sometimes feel like my brain wants me to scream. many times what will make it feel better is to turn my head from left to right quickly (sort of like head banging only side to side on a pillow) that seems to help a bit also.
i normally listen to Radiohead "spinning plates" i think the beginning of that song describes best what the inside of my head feels like. it seems the bilateral music helps me so i have a song list on my iPod for those nights. it helps me to not jump off a bridge due to the cacophony of crazy inside.and stims for both ADD and (mostly) to help my mood.
Thanks for any insights Scott.
i truly appreciate your insight.
-have Mixed BP, anxiety, ptsd, ADD
-currently on Vyvanse 70mg, Pristiq 100mg, Haloperidol 1mg evening, and sometimes Gabapentin during the day. However, with Vyvanse i dont have the extreme anxiety that i did before. But i also think due to my mood drop as well. Oh and i just stopped my perphenazine because i noticed that it was making me to sleepy durin the day now (stopped when on dexedrine as it wasn't working and depression coming back fast and could barely get out of bed).
been on over 30 meds. the only ones that work really well are zyprexa but still trying to loose the last 40lbs i put on last winter, and Adderall, but you know the story to the mfg changing...
ugh. sometimes i just want to throw in the towel.b2c.
> One option for treating depression is to add Wellbutrin to Pristiq. Some people consider Wellbutrin to be a combination DRI + NRI.
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> Q:
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> 1. Why are you taking Haldol? Why was it chosen over the other antipsychotics?
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> 2. What are your symptoms of akathisia?
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> 3. Why are you taking stimulants?
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> - Scott
"What is madness, but nobility of soul at odds with circumstance.
The day is on Fire, and i know the purity of pure despair."
Theodore Roethke
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