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Posted by corafree on July 5, 2006, at 14:03:51
Recently I have felt good ! :) ;} ? ... and though it is a bit uncomfortable ;[ ... I'm pretty sure this is what it felt like to feel good.(?)
This all began when I stopped taking any AD.
I'd been on a miniscule dose of a TCA and d.c.'d it due to weight gain. I began the smallest dose of Wellbutrin-SR. But, 'that manic feeling' that it gave me is 'a real drag' and I now know/feel for those of you who deal w/ it!
So, I quit taking it.
I didn't feel my body/head saying 'Quick! Give me another AD or I'll flip out!' like it has soooooooooo many times in the past 25+ years.
I just felt well.
Around this same time, I'd begun Soma for sleep. My PCP wrote it for me.
So here I am feeling 'well-er'. I don't know for sure if I felt well-er when I began Soma. I do think I felt well-er when I stopped ADs.
Ultimately anyway ... I'm needing less Valium and Percocet, no nightmares, and don't have much depression or anxiety.
Pretty flippin' freaky huh? What ya'll think a this here turn of events?
thankuzloveuz, cf
Posted by Phillipa on July 5, 2006, at 21:23:42
In reply to Depression 'Remission' ? :} Valium,Percocet,Soma, posted by corafree on July 5, 2006, at 14:03:51
Too freaky It has to be the Soma? Love Phillipa ps I want some too.
Posted by med_empowered on July 6, 2006, at 13:40:07
In reply to Depression 'Remission' ? :} Valium,Percocet,Soma, posted by corafree on July 5, 2006, at 14:03:51
hi! Soma may have some anti-depressant effects. Plus...its calming and has definite effects on pain, so that can help your mental condition also.
Also..if ADs were making your condition worse, then discontinuing them might have improved things for you.
At any rate...enjoy your happiness!!!
Posted by corafree on July 6, 2006, at 17:09:25
In reply to Re: Depression 'Remission' ? :} Valium,Percocet,Soma, posted by med_empowered on July 6, 2006, at 13:40:07
Maybe it is the Soma, but the morning that I awoke 'feeling good' was also after discontinuing Wellbutrin. I had an immediate and strong affect from Wellbutrin ... like 'shock therapy'! I was quickly shown how being 'manic' feels. I'd often thought it sounded good, being I was always 'downwardly' depressed. But whoa ... it wasn't a good feeling. It was like there were all these things I was going to do, but I was frozen @ the enormity of them. I felt like all my self control had been taken away.
Maybe Wellbutrin tripped a trigger 'on' that had been 'off' for a long time!?
And maybe, for once, things worked together 'time wise'.
And, I'd been praying feverishly lately. When I awoke the morning 'I felt good', it felt like someone had been sleeping beside me and they'd just left. I sat up and looked next to me, and around the room. I felt like someone had been there. Twas' a b i t s c a r e y!
After many many years, .. relief!?
I wonder too, if maybe ADs were actually keeping me depressed somehow.
I think I can rule out my life circumstances as they are still good then bad then good then bad.
There are sooo many reasons why I could be feeling good for once, for a while, for longer than a while. This feeling hasn't gone away yet! So, I'm just speculating.
Today, I've been giving some thought to picking up and moving to another state where I know no one!? (Except you all, and that's good, ... you're portable!)
I was thinking of FL or GA, specifically Sara*ota or *thens. Any thoughts???
Crazy huh ... I must be in remission!
love, cf
Posted by corafree on July 6, 2006, at 17:15:19
In reply to Re: Depression 'Remission' ? :} Valium,Percocet,Soma, posted by med_empowered on July 6, 2006, at 13:40:07
Thank you very much! cf
Posted by corafree on July 6, 2006, at 17:22:02
In reply to Re: Depression 'Remission' ? :} Valium,Percocet,Soma » corafree, posted by Phillipa on July 5, 2006, at 21:23:42
Do you need med for sleep and do you have some chronic pain Phillipa?
Maybe you can Get Som* Too! ;)
cf
Posted by elanor roosevelt on July 9, 2006, at 23:13:21
In reply to Re: Depression 'Remission' ? :} Valium,Percocet,Soma » med_empowered, posted by corafree on July 6, 2006, at 17:09:25
I used to do great for 3 or 4 months when i stopeed ad's. many meds, and Wellbutrin especially, kind of dulled me out so you it took too long for me to know the meds had stopped being beneficial
but you could be a person that has stabilized long-term
that's what the expectation used to be-- yes?
Posted by corafree on July 10, 2006, at 2:48:08
In reply to Re: Depression 'Remission' ? :} Valium,Percocet,, posted by elanor roosevelt on July 9, 2006, at 23:13:21
It's been so long since anyone has ever said anything close to, "You'll get better", that it never occurred to me that I might get better.
This feeling just seemed to come out of nowhere! I thank my lucky stars if it is long term relief!!
I do still need anti-anxiety med though.
I'm struggling with 'what to tell my P' this coming week.
You see, I'm determined disabled by the S*A and dx'd serio*sly m*ntally i*l and receiving benefits.
I was physically injured 10yrs ago, but that is not my reason for being on S*D.
The entire weekend I've been on 'double narcotics', but still have terrible migraine from pinched nerves in my c-spine. (I don't wish to take morphine sulfate or oxycontin, so take Percocet, then when have break-through pain, add in Vicodin. It's not 'medically-correct' ... I know.
The reason I'm mentioning the physical illness is because 'I can't work in so far as being 100% reliable'. I would like to work part-time, low stress, low weight lifting. I'm scared to be thrown out of S* D*sability re: depression remission.
What do I tell my P??
(I think my county dx is PTSD w/ borderline and maybe GAD. But, I called the SS Adm*nistration and was very surprised when they said schizop*renia.)
tks, cf
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