Posted by paxvox on October 4, 2001, at 13:01:06
In reply to Confused and Frustrated...., posted by Roo on October 4, 2001, at 9:42:06
OK then, let's dig in.
I ran the Prozac train for a few years too, and got the poop out as well. Increased dose led to sexual side effects. So, then I decided to go from GP to Pdoc. He played with a few things, then settled on Wellbutrin. Strange, as I complained mostly about sleep problems, which still plague me to this day. Well, similarly to you, once I got reved up by the WB, the next deal was to counteract it with a "mood stabilizer". Ran the gamut from Topamax to Neurontin to Depakote to "Hey, I'm not taking that s**t!"
So, now we get to add my favorite benzo, which first was Klonopin,now is Tranzene. (OK, I have to interupt myself here to add that my GP gave me Ambien, which helped quite a lot. My Pdoc doesn't really want me to be on benzos chronically, therefore the "mood stabilizers". Anyway, I finally went to my GP and (he knows what meds Pdoc has me on) if he would help my sleep problem. After several months of exploring some physical causality, the GP relented, and started me back with some Ambien this week. I have been sleeping better.) OK now back to the story. I am begining to lose faith in my Pdoc's treatment. I agree with some of your concerns. I mean they give you one med that causes this SE, then give you another med to counter THAT SE, which, of course leads to the OTHER SE, which requires just a tad of this med. I'm with you. I'm begining to wonder if it's time to just dump them all and start from scratch. I recognize the science of neurochemisrty is inexact at best, and is still fairly nascent in technology, however, too many of us are having to suffer these med cocktails that seem unnecessary. My hope is that newer meds, next generation AD and other chemical balancers, along with a concerted effort between Freudians and psychopharmacologists to find the right combo of treatment. Nature vs. nurture. What's the flavor of the month?
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