Posted by KrissyP on March 4, 2003, at 19:49:19
In reply to Re: Krissy... Important » KrissyP, posted by Mikey_C on March 4, 2003, at 19:02:37
Hey, I won't say ZOMBIE-but I will say Taking Care of YOU:-) We deserve the right to not do much. Hey, I worked so hard for my final yesterday that I hung out with a frined most of the day. I'm glad you took a shower though, and ate:-) No, Seroquel did nothing for my depression taken alone. BUT I had a doctor who took me off everything except Seroquel and Lamictal a few years back-it didn't last. I have always done horrible on SSRI's also, and quit trying them and found Effexor-XR-works well, went off and lost it, still not ready to go off again I guess. My professional diagnosis-yes it is kinda like you. I was diagnosed with Major Depression in 1995, and with Bipolar II Not Otherwise specified(NOS) in 1999. I have a little symptom of a lot of different diagnoses.
I have gone through a really rough time with the depression alone-but was doing so well for about a year-then recently moved back home and all the feelings were just coming back to me. Depression, hopelessness, lethargy, anxiety, tummy pains, etc..Good for you for drawing the line on 3 meds-I feel the same way exactly. I take the lowest dose of all my meds and was actually not depressed when just taking Effexor-XR, Seroquel, and Klonopin. But like I said when I moved home temporarily, I started feeling a lot of stress which was what sent me into a tailspin back in the beginning of fighting the "beast"(depression). The only drug I have done is pot and I was hangin out with the wrong crowd so to speak, ended up in the ER-because it was laced. I don't make street drugs a habit AT ALL now. I never did any other than pot. Sometimes the day before a test, didn't get too good of a grade for some reason. May I ask where you are? Is (Lamotragene) Lamictal? I just look at the names. No, Depakote and Lamictal are both used, from what I know, for bipolar. I would rather take only one med and work with that.
Your medication combo sounds good and I hope it keeps helping you:-) You know, since I was a little kid too, about 7, I was always afraid of the dark. At 32, I still sleep with a dim light on and my sound machiine. Just in case I don't trip in the middle of the night if I have to go to the bathroom.-Nah- I think it is because at times, I am still afraid of the dark. It's weird.
Not all the time though. Anyway, back in 1995, I also tossed and turned so bad, so much and my mind would just be recycling through useless information and that's when my first doc labeled me as havingn OCD-took Anafranil-gained a lot of weight-tried Luvox-pain all over -and that was the end of that. I am glad that the 1mg of Klonopin is working for you YAY! I eventually want to lower from the 2mg I take for sleep-per my docs orders, but haven't done so yet.
All the best-I hoped this helped? And of course not, you weren't rambling-I feel like I am:-)
Kristen
-------------------------------------------------Can you say ZOMBIE?????
Question --> Did Seroquel itself not help you with your depression? I have always done horrible on ANY SSRIs and I'm not too thrilled with the idea of my depression setting back in. Right now I seem to be rid of it... no anxiety, no depression... just kind of burned out at the moment, if you know what I mean...
Oh, another question, if you don't mind my asking --> What was your professional diagnosis? Is it the same as mine in that they don't have a freaking clue what's wrong with me? I was told that I'm Anxiety NOS or something to that effect. Meaning that I have an anxiety problem, an adjunct depressive problem, an adjunt panic disorder, some post traumatic stress, and my prior drug use has seemed to further jumble up all my chemicals in my head....
I need something that will control all of that... In my opinion, 3 medications is my tops... I'm not going to even consider taking a fourth... my Doctors know that, and anyways, I can't afford it in the first place, can barely afford the three... So far my Doctors have told me that I should be on Seroquel, 100mg to start with, then I should be weaned off of Depakote once the Seroquel is in place and after a dry-out period be placed on Lamotragene (since Lamotragene doesn't mix well with Depakote, from what I've heard), and my Clonazepam as an emergency backup and to help me sleep at night.
Isn't insomnia horrendous though? Since I was I would be tossing and turning so much and my mind would just be recycling through useless information Luckily Clonazepam has helped that, and for the 2 years 8 months that I've been on it... only 1mg is all I've ever needed to get some really sound sleep at night.
Anyways, enough ramblings...
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