Questions about Lexapro, zoloft and welbutrin?

[welsummerchicks]

Several posters noted and agreed: "It's a truly miserable feeling being completely out of control and being helpless to do anything about it. '

That's what many people tell me when their depression is out of control and untreated.

I tell them - wait til you see how much better it is when you get it treated - then YOU are managing IT instead of IT is managing YOU!!

 

[Pumpkinpup]

Thanks for shareing all of your experiences. That is the kind of feedback I had hoped for because meds effect everyone differently. It allows me to be aware of many possibilities, not just a generic standard.
I had to move my appointment to tomorrow since my morning optomology appt. ran WAY over what I had thought it would

I never dreamed it would take 3 hours!!!!!

I'd like very much to say tank you for all the kind support as well! You are great friends to have share and learn with

 

[Heckel's Hens]

Lexapro/Celexa are also prescribed for anxiety on some levels. I've had a lot of family members do very well on Lexapro. Too many side effects for me. Celexa works great, even at 5mg, for me. Zoloft gave me migraines.

 

[wildorchid053]

i take a combo for severe panic attacks and depression.. i take celexa to calm me down and deal with the attacks but after several years i was lacking energy so they added wellbutrin. it really helped me out.. i have been taking them for welll... i started taking antidepressants when i was 28 and i am now 59.. if you get the right combo it can be a tremendous help for you.. this chemical imbalance runs in the family. my daughter has a med that you take at the first signs of panic attack and it helps stop it before it can start. it works 90 % of the time but there are still a couple times a year where we will spend the night together to help her get through them.. she is married with 3 kids but unless someone has had them they just don't understand them. if you don't feel any different at the end of 3 weeks talk to doc about it.. different meds affect people differently

 

[PineappleMama]

Oh yeah, kinda forgot you asked for specifics in my rambling.

Paxil had a VERY negative effect on a friend of mine, but then he was 18, and it's now known not to prescribe that to teens so as long as you're not a teen it should be okay?

Lithium from what I hear either works really well or REALLY badly. For my uncle it was badly... he went freaking psycho and dang near killed his wife. She flushed the pills and he went back to normal... well normal for him. Heard a rumor that Tyson was on lithium when he went on the ear-biting nut spree but donno if that's true... I'm willing to believe based on how my uncle reacted to the drug, but could be total blarney. By "really well" I mean it totally flatlines a Bi Polar... no lows, true... but also NO highs which is rather a bummer as when on a high you have so much energy and can conquer the world (ever hear the Evanescence song Lithium?) ...hence mom refusing to stay on it which of course just backfires but at the moment it always seems like a good idea? But you don't mention highs, only lows, so I'm thinking that lithium wouldn't even be mentioned at all in your case.

That's about the only specifics I know about... *shrug* I'm certifiable, but not actually certified so this is all secondhand, glimmers, not any personal experience.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

Well, I went to the appointment today. I was changed over to Zoloft. We will see how that goes.
I also have to go to a specialist to make certain everything is on the right road or if we should perhaps add other treatment.
Fingers crossed.

 

[welsummerchicks]

Lithium was used by the Roman and Greeks, so it has been in the pharmeceutica for thousands of years. It flows out of the ground in some natual springs.

The trouble with lithium is maintaining a blood level. Most of the articles I've read say blood tests are needed from time to time, to be SURE it's staying at the right amount in the person's system. It's called Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. The dose has to be adjusted from time to time to respond to changes in health, prescriptions, etc.

And people have to be VERY careful of what over the counter drugs and herbals they take!!!!!!

Dehydration, other medications and other illnesses, can interfere with lithium doing its job. Even some ordinary blood pressure meds will interfere with lithium. And then some kidney diseases mean people need a lowered dose of lithium.

Motrin, Aleve and a host of other fairly ordinary drugs can interact with Lithium, requiring a lower (or higher) dose of lithium to get the blood level of lithium to be correct. I don't think most people realize how simple it is to 'mess up' one's lithium levels.

I've read a number of cases over the years, of people 'going off' while taking lithium - in all cases, their blood levels of lithium were not at a therapeutic dose. In other words, they weren't getting enough to have it - do anything at all for them - for various reasons.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

I seem to be responding a little to the new script. I am no longer having the spontaneous crying breakdows that I was suffering from before so that is a huge improvement in its self. I must say however, I am having what I think are side effects to it. I am sweating profusely without any exhertion on my part and I am very tired. This concearns me so I will be contacting the Dr. again to ask advice.
I have been suffering from fluid buildup inside my inner ears for about two years now and am scheduled to see a specialist on thursday for that. I hope they will put tubes in my ears so that maybe I can get some relief from that added agony for a while!
With any luck I can now begin to get my life back on track. My house is a disaster as I have had no time to fool with domestic chors and even when I did have the time I was so ill or so out of sorts mentally that I just could not manage to get anything done. I will be very relieved to have both my life and my home back again!

 

[CoyoteMagic]

I'm glad it's working for you!! I just started the Prozac today, will let you know how it goes. Hubby had tubes put in his ears a few years back. His estuahine (sp?) tubes aren't as large as they should be for his size (he's 6ft 4in, big head with bigger ears, lol) They collapse and block fluid and infection developes. He eventually had to have his eardrum rebuilt about 10 years ago but ended up loosing most of his hearing in that one ear. Most folks do really well with the tubes, his doc says he's unique! Heck I could have told him that!!