Posted by atmlady on February 3, 2008, at 23:07:47
In reply to ATMLady:Ixel + trivastal, posted by elanor roosevelt on February 1, 2008, at 0:11:23
Hi, you two - I noticed a lessening of the trivastal pleasure rush just recently too - a plateau like Eleanor said, and I was at 150mg. I wasn't too hot on taking more. Plus I had a headache that I was pretty sure was from the trivastal. Decided to cut back.
So today I skipped my noon dose and only took 100 mg of trivastal all day, plus the 100 mg of ixel. Ended up taking my 6pm cocktail (50 ixel + 50 trivastal only) at 4:30 instead of 6pm 'cause I could really feel the difference! You know how you feel when withdrawing form an SSRI or wellbutrin? - whatever word explains that is what I felt today.
I always felt that trivastal pleasure rush very intermittently and unexpectedly but less and less during the past few days. More bad side effects (headache) than good in the past two days, or so it seemed like, so I decided to cut back. Today was kinda blah compared to yesterday, but 1,000,000,000,000,000 times better than two weeks ago. Today, I feel really normal. Not drugged, not pushed up, not pulled down, not artificial - just normal. Maybe it's a tolerance thing, maybe it's just getting used to a new "normal". I am still more Chatty Cathy than Mr. Spock, happy in a content sort of way, not in a "OMG, this sweet potato is the bomb, I need to buy 50 pounds of sweet potatoes" kind of way. If that makes any sense.
Still loving the ixel very much. Eleanor, be sure to take it with some food during the first week as it can make you feel a bit queasy. Also, I have noticed some constipation - probably because I am not eating so much.
A day like today - so normal, not on top of the world with a song in my heart and a rush of pleasure over seeing or hearing or tasting something fabulous, is sort of ...... blah. I make a point to remind myself of when I had those morbid thoughts that frightened me, that crushing fatigue, that hopelessness, the sleeplessness. So much better now. Like night and day!
ATMlady
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