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Posted by torridcalm on May 20, 2011, at 18:53:16
3 days on busbar, zoloft for 5-6 weeks. I think the busbar is working, zoloft sure wasn't. I know it's suppose to take 2 weeks but I always react quickly to medication. 10mg twice a day is that alot? I'm tired and sorta unmotivated wich is not like me, anyone have simular experience?
Posted by Christ_empowered on May 20, 2011, at 21:16:10
In reply to busbar, posted by torridcalm on May 20, 2011, at 18:53:16
BuSpar is weird. Its kind of like taking a really low dose antipsychotic. Carries a small risk of tardive dykinesia, I think.
Anyway, even when BuSpar itself doesn't work, it can sometimes boost an antidepressant. Before prescribing atypical antipsychotics became the thing to do, Buspar was commonly used for that. Maybe it still is, I dunno.
I took 60mgs (my doc was not so great, lol). It really didn't help, but then again I was on benzos beforehand. It did make my antidepressant work a bit better.
Good luck.
Posted by floatingbridge on May 21, 2011, at 7:36:02
In reply to busbar, posted by torridcalm on May 20, 2011, at 18:53:16
Torridcalm, what symptoms are you addressing? (I don't know about the dosage.)
Posted by Peter Heuer on May 25, 2011, at 10:17:18
In reply to Re: busbar, posted by Christ_empowered on May 20, 2011, at 21:16:10
I think that buspirone is an underestimated medicine. The reason is that this drug doesn't offer immediate relief.
I have been on buspirone for 18 years. Most of the time I have taken 40 mg of this drug, but now I take 20 mg in the morning.
I'm also on 1 mg (0,5+0,5) of flupentixol, which does a great job with my anxiety.
Peter Heuer
Posted by torrid on May 27, 2011, at 18:04:24
In reply to Re: busbar » torridcalm, posted by floatingbridge on May 21, 2011, at 7:36:02
anxiety, 10 mg twice a day, for 11 days now, I'm much better but I think getting off the zoloft is what's making me better but it could be busbar. That's why I hate making more then one medication change at a time. My doc and I have never does this before, made multiple changes, but I was in such bad shape.
Posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 18:36:22
In reply to Re: busbar, posted by Peter Heuer on May 25, 2011, at 10:17:18
Flupentixol? I don't know that one.
You really seem to have your cocktail working :D.
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Posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 18:41:06
In reply to Re: busbar » floatingbridge, posted by torrid on May 27, 2011, at 18:04:24
So torridcalm, you don't have an AD on board?
What are you currently taking? (I lost track.)
Changing more than one med at a time is less than ideal :P
But it sometimes can't be done any other way.
So would you say your basic trend is toward improvement?
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Posted by torrid on May 27, 2011, at 19:23:26
In reply to Re: busbar » torrid, posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 18:41:06
48 hours on cymbalta, 11 days on busbar, concerta since it came out and very, very small amount of benzo's and flexiril short term. I'm getting better, I'm starting to repack the bomb, laundry, dishes, vacuming but can't handle opening mail and managing my affairs yet. how are you?
Posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 20:06:17
In reply to Re: busbar » floatingbridge, posted by torrid on May 27, 2011, at 19:23:26
> 48 hours on cymbalta, 11 days on busbar, concerta since it came out and very, very small amount of benzo's and flexiril short term. I'm getting better,
>I'm starting to repack the bomb,
You're what? I like that, but don't really know what it means :)
>laundry, dishes, vacuming but can't
handle opening mail and managing my affairs yet. how are you?Opening mail, kinda' of. A stack of bills to submit to insurance. You'd think they were printed on lead the way I just put
that task off. Laundry, well, I can get it
on and out of the washer and dryer. I get stuck on sort and fold.I was going to write that I'm not functioning very well, which is true. I am lucky to have a husband that likes to
vacuum and can work (and has low housecleaning standards--lower than I). I do take credit though for pulling my kid through a rough year of homeschooling. I really had to swim upstream with that, and it really ate so much emotional and psychic energy.But am I really functional? Barely. But improving.
I wish you really good luck with the cymbalta. How is it so far? It really cut
my fibromyalgia pain significantly. Gastritis was finally the deal breaker :(So concerta is out of your mix? Is it similar to strattera? (I ask because that med just about did me in, but I have no idea why.)
Let's keep improving. Maybe if we make a pact :D ?fb
Posted by torrid on May 27, 2011, at 21:28:16
In reply to Re: busbar, posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 20:06:17
I hope to fold and put away my laundry tomorrow, like you I get to the folding part and then step over the pile of clean cloths until it's comilgeled with dirty cloths and back in the wash.
straterra is a non stimulant NRI that's very hard on the liver my liver can't take it. I take concerta except when my anxiety is out of control due to the rebound anxiety. concerta has been very good for me. I'm getting better and I exspect the cymbalta to work well for me until it poops out. I'm going to take a couple days off a week of the cymbalta in attempt to avoid poop out. I hope to be OK soon and not need benzo's, my doc will give me 10-15 temazapam 30mg per month, when I'm ok that's plenty. I'm afraid of rebound anxiety from benzo dependency so I like the way my doc only gives me small amounts, glad your moving in the right direction.
Posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 21:34:14
In reply to Re: busbar » floatingbridge, posted by torrid on May 27, 2011, at 21:28:16
Torrid, I don't think cymbalta works that way, does it? I mean that one can take days off. I didn't know that. I always thought it was another snri cumulative type thing.
So concerta is different. Interesting.
Yes, my clothes are commingled :-/
Posted by Peter Heuer on May 28, 2011, at 10:54:38
In reply to Re: busbar » Peter Heuer, posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 18:36:22
> Flupentixol? I don't know that one.
>
> You really seem to have your cocktail working :D.
>
> fbHi,
Here comes my present combination of drugs:
Wellbutrin XL 150 mg
Remeron 45 mg
Lyrica 100 mg
Buspar 20 mg
Flupentixol 1 mgI have been miserable (37 years on Elavil!), but I feel much better now.
Best regards,
Peter Heuer
Posted by floatingbridge on May 28, 2011, at 11:53:51
In reply to Re: busbar, posted by Peter Heuer on May 28, 2011, at 10:54:38
Wow. Lyrica works for you. Does it reduce anxiety for you?
Your cocktail, the amounts are nice and low. What a relief for you to throw off the yoke of 37 years of elavil!
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Posted by Peter Heuer on May 28, 2011, at 12:03:46
In reply to Re: busbar » Peter Heuer, posted by floatingbridge on May 28, 2011, at 11:53:51
Hi,
I take 100 mg of Lyrica at bedtime.
This medicine helps me fall asleep.Buspar and Fluanxol take care of my anxiety.
Yes, I'm very happy to be rid of Elavil.
I always hated this drug.Best regards,
Peter Heuer
Posted by floatingbridge on May 28, 2011, at 12:08:30
In reply to Re: busbar, posted by Peter Heuer on May 28, 2011, at 12:03:46
That's a great usage for lyrica.
It helped me avoid snri discontinuation :)
Best to you, too!
Posted by torrid on May 28, 2011, at 22:46:49
In reply to Re: busbar » torrid, posted by floatingbridge on May 27, 2011, at 21:34:14
There is new thinking about combating poop out. In stead of raising the dose or switching taking drug holiday peridically. when I'm stable in a month or so I'll intermittenly take time off, a day a week I've read but I'm skeptical that a single day off a drug will prevent poop out.
Posted by torrid on May 28, 2011, at 23:14:58
In reply to Re: busbar, posted by Peter Heuer on May 28, 2011, at 10:54:38
I read that remeron helps the wellbutrin not poop out. Gosh I miss the person I was on wellbutrin.
I'm on busbar for a couple weeks now, I'm improving but couldn't say how much improvement is due to busbar.
You you think busbar is helping you? I'm still very confused about busbar, how it works together with other AD's
Posted by torrid on May 28, 2011, at 23:20:29
In reply to Lyrica » Peter Heuer, posted by floatingbridge on May 28, 2011, at 12:08:30
SNRI discontinuation, it that another name for poop out?
Posted by Peter Heuer on May 29, 2011, at 2:59:30
In reply to Re: busbar » Peter Heuer, posted by torrid on May 28, 2011, at 23:14:58
> I read that remeron helps the wellbutrin not poop out. Gosh I miss the person I was on wellbutrin.
>
> I'm on busbar for a couple weeks now, I'm improving but couldn't say how much improvement is due to busbar.
>
> You you think busbar is helping you? I'm still very confused about busbar, how it works together with other AD'sHi,
Buspar works best in conjunction with another AD.
This medicine is good for GAD and anxiety.
I think this drug has a stabilizing effect on my psyche.Best regards,
Peter Heuer
Posted by torrid on May 29, 2011, at 14:53:34
In reply to Re: busbar, posted by Peter Heuer on May 29, 2011, at 2:59:30
thanks
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