Posted by Daniel Woodfield on July 30, 2004, at 5:52:20
In reply to Re: Help required. Very Confused. Kinda Urgent. » Daniel Woodfield, posted by jane d on July 30, 2004, at 2:39:45
Thanx a lot for the replys guys, some very helpful stuff in there.
On the effexor subject, i have a friend at Uni who was tried first with paxil and then went to effexor and she loved Effexor, bar the sxual side effects.
When i tried the effexor, actually being quite excited about it with my friend singing its praises, i wasn't really in the right frame of mind because i was concerned about my weight.
I was about 40 lbs heavier than i am now and was not prepared to go any higher than that. I understand weight gain to be a side effect of effexor in some people (weight loss in others), but regardless of the fact that i enjoyed the stimulation of effexor i just wasn't ready to gain weight.
I do remember thinking "This drug could really help me, lets lose some weight and go at it full force." Its definitely what my doctor wants me to do, and i am not against it, especially thinking back to how i felt at the time of starting it up six months ago.However having looked at this site it just appears that there may be things out there that can help without causing dependance. the withdrawal from paxil was so hard to take, dealing with that again might just finish me off.
Anyway, i have been to the doctors now and presented him with some information. (Annoyingly i don't have a printer at home, so i saved some we adresses in my e0mail account and had to walk him through getting them up on his screen. Drawn out, but it has resulted in me coming home with a prescription for low dose AMISULPRIDE.He clearly wasn't happy with doing it though, telling me it was a heavy duty drug for somewhat crazy people, but he knows me enough to know i wouldn't let it go without giving it a try.
If this doesn't work then i figure i have two options.
KLONOPIN + BUSPAR
or
EFFEXOR.
Both of these combinations though as i see it will produce dependance so i have to weigh up the pros and cons.
I have tried Klonopin (Rivotril in th UK) before and loved it but i wasn't prepared to become dependant on it, (nor ws my doctor prepared to prescribe it full time), and it didn't touch my depresion obviously, just made me calmer. My doctor has no problem prescribing the Buspar but i would have to make my own arrangements regarding the Klonopin. Something i can do very easily, but i would feel very alone and unconfident in treating myself.
Baring in mind what i felt with the effexor before (I couldn't believe it was so different to paxil, they must have been hitting the same receptors as each other surely, i was only at 37.5mgs???), i will probably be on that within four weeks with a view to giving it a good eight weeks to kick in, depending on the Amisulpride trial. I just hate the thought of future withdrawal. AARRGGHHH!!! We have to try to get better i suppose.
Anyway, thanx again for your replies. Much appreciated.
Oh and before i go, i don't hold too much hope for amisulpride (anyone currently taking it with benefits???), because i have had a supply of ADRAFINIL for about a month (which i have read is another helpful drug for my symptoms), and apart from the first three days, have really felt absolutely no benefit from it at all. I may aswell be eating sugar, although i might get more stimulation from the sugra to be honest.Thanx again.
Dan.
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