Posted by n_shrimpie on February 22, 2012, at 6:07:35
In reply to Re: luvox anhedonia/side effects/onset of action » n_shrimpie, posted by bleauberry on February 22, 2012, at 4:22:48
The Lamictal isn't dulling my emotions, in fact, when i started taking it years ago, for the first time in my life i went into %100 remission, even the anhedonia was gone. This, of course, was amazing for about 6 mos until it pooped out, so i kept upping the doses, and while the increased dosages help my depression, they caused horrid memory issues and brain fog. I even left my beloved dog tied up outside a store one day, which scared the sh*t out of me. every time i'd try to reduce the dose the withdrawal would force me to return to my prior dosage. now i'm forcing myself to stick out the withdrawal and am down to 300 from 400. Cognitive problems remain but i suspect that's a function of temporary withdrawal so i'm going to suffer through it for now. i've tried wellbutrin, but the irritability it caused was intolerable. It's been tough to gauge because at times my mood has been fine, but the brain fog was horrid, and that's what i was trying to treat with meds like wellbutrin, pristiq etc but nothing cut through it, which leads me to believe it's lamictal overdose that's causing the cognitive problems, and maybe not depression. sometimes i can't even find my way around when i'm driving familiar routes. My mood is sinking as i reduce the lamictal, but it may be temporary withdrawal, as lamictal's effectiveness as an ad is supposed to cap out at 200mg. I'm atypical, and tried parnate years ago but couldn't tolerate the initial side effects, ie passing out and bad chills. maybe i should try it again. nardil worked well, (but not for the anhedonia) but the associated insomnia, daytime napping and weight gain made it much less than ideal. my doctor seems to want to exhaust the ssri's before trying selegeline, but i never picked up the luvox, and am going to explain to her why today. I just ordered omegabrite fish oil, and i'm considering ordering the enada NADH. Is savella a prescription drug?
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