Posted by ncrainbow on April 21, 2008, at 21:38:15
Where to start....
I am a longtime lurker on this board. I am a 40 year old lawyer, mom to school age twins and I just can't seem to get my sh*t together.
I have bounced around the diagnosis and treatment amusement park for awhile and I think my current doc and I have settled for more of a cluster approach to diagnosis...basically I have trouble regulating my energy and concentration level which manifests a lot like ADD, Narcolepsy, cyclothymia, and GAD.In lay person language I sleep 12-14 hours a day, rarely make it into the office, and when I am not sleeping, I am pretty manic with lots of pressured speech, compulsive shopping, and extreme need to fill my house with company and commotion. This has pretty much been my life for 40 years so it is nothing new that is causing it.
I stayed out of the bipolar arena for a long time because I never got depressed....my new doc however points out that spending 10+ years wanting to sleep 14 hours a day even with a cheerful affect might qualify as depression.
I have been on 40 mg of celexa and 10 mg of dexedrine for a long time. But my new doc thought the Celexa might be doing some harm and it certainly isn't helping matters. So, he put me on Lamictal...pretty much marketed to me as a wonder drug for "folks like me" who have trouble regulating their energy and attention levels. Unfortunately, I am one of the rare people who developed the potentially fatal Lamictal rash and had to stop taking it.
So on to plan B
Now I am cutting the celexa in 1/2 to 20 mg, and adding 2mg of klonopin and 150 Wellbutrin XL. I have three questions:1. Will the sleepiness from the 2mg of klonopin ever go away?
2. Will the klonopin help ease the torture of going of Celexa. I am already getting a little weepy and it has only been a week?
3. Do folks who are sleep addicted and pretty ADDD find relief from Wellbutrin XL and if so, at what dose.Anyone have any experience or advise about any of this? Sleepiness is definitely the root of many of my problems so I would just like something that would help me give up napping and drag myself out of bed before 11:00 feeling motivated and cheerful to start my day. Is that too much to ask?
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