Posted by AMD on October 11, 2004, at 14:26:01
In reply to Re: HELP! carbon monoxide, self-cleaning oven chemist? » AMD, posted by chemist on October 11, 2004, at 7:38:49
Chemist,
Follow-up on the obsessions.
I can feel myself getting manic -- with the hyper obsession over this CO stuff, and now my mind racing a bit. Plus I am feeling a little depressed, unable to focus.
Well, I'm taking Celexa 80 mg and Lamictal 200 mg, all in the morning. My pdoc (highly respected in the field) added Zoloft, 25 mg, which I just started yesterday.
I'm wondering -- is this a good choice? He had also suggested Geodon or Seroquel. The problem is I've had pretty yucky reactions to Risperdal and Zyprexa -- both made me feel VERY cognitively blunted, and frankly just out of it -- and I'm a bit afraid of the atypicals now. I also tried Trileptal, which seemed to help at first, but left me feeling tired and absolutely slaughtered my memory and concentration skills.
Right now I feel "stupid" and thus although I have convinced myself it's not the CO, I can't figure out why. The depression?
Anyhow, do you know anything other than the SSRI's (of which I'm now taking two) that can level me out, make me think /more/ clearly as opposed to completely slowing me down, and work relatively quickly? Or am I asking for the wonder drug here? ;-)
Thanks for your input.
Adam
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