Posted by johnnyj on April 6, 2007, at 16:40:27
In reply to Re: Cal/Mag/Vit D questions » johnnyj, posted by Larry Hoover on April 2, 2007, at 9:43:04
Sorry to hear of your illness Larry but I am glad to hear you are bouncing back and you are seeing someone. I really like the U hospitals as they are quite inquisitive and over testing is a very good thing.
Me, well it has been a shaky year or two for me. I weaned off of tranzene, which was making me very depressed well over a year ago and also stopped the pamelor too. That left me on remeron and lithium. I weaned off the remeron which was painfull. Continued to take the lithium (unipolar) and didn't realize the problems it gave me. Finally weaned off and felt calmer but sleep would not regulate. I started getting earworms (repeated music) and saw a new doc who dx me with ocd/gad/anxiety. I have to tell you he was right. However, he turned out to be quite mean and threw me out of his office saying I was "wasting his time". I was trying the health route with exercise/food/etc., and he didn't like that. Slep would jsut not improve. 4 to 6 hours was not enough and without rest the mind just gets stuck and that was not good for the ocd.
I gutted in out for 8 months but a cold/flu left me unable to go on. I tried luvox and became agitated so tried some klonopin and started having panic attacks again and it sent me to the ER. Ambien made me more anxious too. Very odd reactions. Switched to paxil/xanax and became worse. Saw a new pdoc who is wonderful and she is cute too, haha. We tried low dose seroquel and at 50-mg the akathisia was terrible. Living hell that was and now I understand why people end it, I really wanted to die. So, back to remeron and I am evening out. BUT, I am looking again at alternative things to improve. I am taking it one day at a time and keeping an open mind. So, you could say I am bouncing back too. I will send up some prayers for you Larry. You derserve to feel better. Peace
regards
johnjPS you mentioned vit D deficiency in another thread and I suspect that too. No dairy and sun is not good. Thank you.
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