Posted by greywolf on May 7, 2004, at 7:19:44
In reply to Re: Starting Remeron tomorrow. Tell me something good » greywolf, posted by Sad Panda on May 7, 2004, at 3:28:28
Sad Panda:
Thanks to you and all for your comments. Support and insight can work wonders.
As to what I've taken, you name it. I've been at max or near max dose on prozac, luvox, paxil, zoloft, effexor, wellbutrin, celexa, lexapro, serzone, trazodone, lithium, clomipramine, tofranil . . . the list goes on. The problem with the SSRIs/SNRI was mainly that I experienced very little therapeutic benefit even at high dosage, while the main SEs (for me)--sedation and sexual--were intolerable. A couple TCAs were somewhat better, but even when I took them before bed, I was wiped out the next day. I hoped that this would dissipate over time, and as I got used to an increased dosage, but that never happened. Wellbutrin was great in the sense that it's the only thing I've ever taken that didn't do the ol' one-two on both sexual function and being awake during the day, but unfortunately even at 400mg/day I experienced nothing equatable to a therapeutic benefit.
I'm BPII with OCD, but right now I'm not taking lithium by personal choice. We are trying to get the severe, long-term depression under control, and the OCD's been left out in the cold. So right now I'm seriously concerned about finding even a short term fix so I can concentrate a little on this pain-in-the-ass OCD, which is both time-consuming and embarassing. I think stopping the Wb will help because it seemed to exacerbate some of the physical tics I experience.
Thanks for the advice. I will keep it in mind.
Greywolf
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