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Re: amitriptyline and apathy? » linkadge

Posted by B2chica on March 28, 2016, at 17:18:45

In reply to Re: amitriptyline and apathy?, posted by linkadge on March 27, 2016, at 13:04:23

he just started me on topamax same time as tca, i think to help stabalize mood. i take gabapentin and have for years for anxiety, varies sometimes i only take one or two a day, and its been up to 6x a day. i am only taking it twice a day now. once mid morning when the anxiety really kicks up, and in the evening id guess about 6-ish.

one night i tried not taking the ambien but noticed i didnt get to sleep, wasnt getting tired. i didnt know if it was a fluke or not so i hurried around midnight took it.

to be honest, im curious how the pristiq is fitting in to all of this. i'm down to 50 now, which before really didnt do much. however, i'm afraid to go off it completely...kinda like a security blanket. as im not sure if i'll get better or worse by dropping it. i have always liked that it gave me a little boost of energy during the day.

Now the Adderall is a very interesting med for me. i have tried to convince my last pdoc about it and me and she never really got it until my T had to talk to her time and time again. The adderall actually works good for boosting mood, also helps with concentration. the interesting thing is, i can actually sleep better on it, than off it. while i was off work and taking naps during the day as i lost sleep at night i knew that if i didnt take my adderall i would just lay in my bed and not sleep. if i would take it, about a half hour to hour later i could sleep great.
anyway, since i only take half dose (10) in the afternoon, i really dont want to drop that one.

i also do wonder about the night time combo. i take the tca, topamax, ambien, lunesta and gabapentin. i would like to drop the ambien first as when i was taking that it did nothing for me. i would then drop the gabapentin. personally, the Lunesta is also an interesting one for me. a little while after i take it i notice a sense of calm, better...a restfulness in me. not sleepy, but like its a great sedative only without the fog, my mind is clear... i wonder if anyone has ever used Lunesta as and AD??

ya, definately wondering about the counterproductive. But thats the one thing i love about this pdoc, he believes in as little medication as necessary. right now it was necessary to get me out of that horror. hard to believe its only been a week since that time.

Thanks link!
b2


"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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