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I’m taking two Wellbutrin and one Prozac (20 mg.) each day.  Is there any reason he would have me taking them in combo?  What side effects can I expect?  Thanks for any help. Posted Via Uncensored-News.Com – Still Only $9.95 – http://www.uncensored-news.com       <><><><><><><>   The Worlds Uncensored News Source   <><><><><><><><>

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> I’m taking two Wellbutrin and one Prozac (20 mg.) each day.  Is there > any reason he would have me taking them in combo?  What side effects > can I expect?  Thanks for any help.

One reason is that Prozac can have sexual side effects and Wellbutrin can help to counter that. Bruce.

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Don’t know why for sure, but since both work on different neurotransmitters you might get more benefit.  I was on Paxil and later Zoloft (both in the same class as Prozac) and thought it was a good combo.  Also Wellbutrin helped with feeling tired.

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>I’m taking two Wellbutrin and one Prozac (20 mg.) each day.  Is there >any reason he would have me taking them in combo?  What side effects >can I expect?  Thanks for any help.

It’s not entirely unreasonable. While I’m no fan of fluoxetine (Prozac), it does have benefits for many people and has been used with bupropion (Wellbutrin) for hard to treat cases. I’m currently on citalopram (Celexa) 20mg tid, bupropion (Wellbutrin) SR 150mg tid, as well as mood stabilisers. I haven’t had any problems with my med combinations, although like the saying goes, what works for me might not work for you. Darren.

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>I’m taking two Wellbutrin and one Prozac (20 mg.) each day.  Is there >any reason he would have me taking them in combo?

SBN, I think the best person to ask is your  doctor.  The responses have all seemed reasonable, but no one here is a mind reader.  Only your doc knows why he prescribed it.  And it is always good to ask a doc, any doc, why they are prescribing something – what is it supposed to do; how long is going to take before you see an effect; any side effects you should look for and which ones should be contact him about immediately and which ones can hold off until the next visit; etc. Good luck, Cathy Postcard Pals: http://www.geocities.com/mensan_Cathy Affective Friends: http://www.geocities.com/postcard_Cathy Kutsher’s Camp Anawana: http://www.geocities.com/kutsherscampanawana Hewlett High School: http://www.geocities.com/hewlettalumni

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> First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a > psychotropic drug.

Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all the same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics. Usually the symptoms go away when the drug is stopped. It is one of the drugs that is recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people with the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially true since they took Propulsid off the market. — CBI, MD

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> > First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a > psychotropic drug. > Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all the > same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics.

and if you’d do your homework, you’d learn that it was through prolonged use of dopaminergic medications that TD develops.  Sure, you can get some dyskinesias but that is not, I repeat not, TD as the symptoms go away when the med stops.  TD doesn’t. > Usually the > symptoms go away when the drug is stopped.

Then it isn’t TD > It is one of the drugs that is > recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people with > the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially true > since they took Propulsid off the market. > — > CBI, MD

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….. >and if you’d do your homework, you’d learn that it was through prolonged >use of dopaminergic medications that TD develops.  Sure, you can get >some dyskinesias but that is not, I repeat not, TD as the symptoms go >away when the med stops.  TD doesn’t.

Prolonged use or one shot of Prolixin the dopaminergic drug from Hell. -George – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a >> psychotropic drug. >Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all the >same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics. Usually the >symptoms go away when the drug is stopped. It is one of the drugs that is >recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people with >the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially true >since they took Propulsid off the market. >– >CBI, MD

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ONce a doKtor puts someone on an anti psychotic they expect them to use it indefinately.. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >….. >and if you’d do your homework, you’d learn that it was through prolonged >use of dopaminergic medications that TD develops.  Sure, you can get >some dyskinesias but that is not, I repeat not, TD as the symptoms go >away when the med stops.  TD doesn’t. >Prolonged use or one shot of Prolixin the dopaminergic drug from Hell. >-George >>> First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a >>> psychotropic drug. >>Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all the >>same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics. Usually the >>symptoms go away when the drug is stopped. It is one of the drugs that is >>recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people with >>the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially true >>since they took Propulsid off the market. >>– >>CBI, MD

— I have a ten year old son who was diagnosed with ADHD before the age of three. The more drugs they gave him, the sicker he got. Bipolar by the age of six then schizophrenia by the time he was almost nine. We found out he was actually suffering from drug  induced mental and emotional deterioration after being drugged for six and a half years. The doctors  knew the drugs had caused brain damage but didn’t bother to share that information with us and continued to drug him. We intend to see that they are held accountable for their mistakes. Carol Hall

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 Bullshit… I got all manner of EPS from friggin SSRI’s …

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > ….. >and if you’d do your homework, you’d learn that it was through prolonged >use of dopaminergic medications that TD develops.  Sure, you can get >some dyskinesias but that is not, I repeat not, TD as the symptoms go >away when the med stops.  TD doesn’t. > Prolonged use or one shot of Prolixin the dopaminergic drug from Hell. > -George >>> First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a >>> psychotropic drug. >>Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all the >>same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics. Usually the >>symptoms go away when the drug is stopped. It is one of the drugs that is >>recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people with >>the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially true >>since they took Propulsid off the market. >>– >>CBI, MD

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115. Jerry Goldsmith (husband of Margie) My wife has Tardive Dyskinesia because a Psychiatrist overloaded her with Benzos,while under his care in a Psychiatric Hospital. TD, like AIDS is for LIFE. So folks, be careful what you let a Shrink give you. BE INFORMED and don’t believe everything they say! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Bullshit… I got all manner of EPS from friggin SSRI’s >… > ….. > >and if you’d do your homework, you’d learn that it was through prolonged > >use of dopaminergic medications that TD develops.  Sure, you can get > >some dyskinesias but that is not, I repeat not, TD as the symptoms go > >away when the med stops.  TD doesn’t. > Prolonged use or one shot of Prolixin the dopaminergic drug from Hell. > -George > >>> First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a > >>> psychotropic drug. > >>Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all >the > >>same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics. Usually the > >>symptoms go away when the drug is stopped. It is one of the drugs that >is > >>recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people >with > >>the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially >true > >>since they took Propulsid off the market. > >>– > >>CBI, MD

— I have a ten year old son who was diagnosed with ADHD before the age of three. The more drugs they gave him, the sicker he got. Bipolar by the age of six then schizophrenia by the time he was almost nine. We found out he was actually suffering from drug  induced mental and emotional deterioration after being drugged for six and a half years. The doctors  knew the drugs had caused brain damage but didn’t bother to share that information with us and continued to drug him. We intend to see that they are held accountable for their mistakes. Carol Hall

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>  Bullshit… I got all manner of EPS from friggin SSRI’s

which ones? not all side effects are extra pyramidal and SSRIs are not known to produce extra pyramidal symptoms; what else were you on? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> … > ….. > >and if you’d do your homework, you’d learn that it was through prolonged > >use of dopaminergic medications that TD develops.  Sure, you can get > >some dyskinesias but that is not, I repeat not, TD as the symptoms go > >away when the med stops.  TD doesn’t. > Prolonged use or one shot of Prolixin the dopaminergic drug from Hell. > -George > >>> First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a > >>> psychotropic drug. > >>Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all > the > >>same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics. Usually the > >>symptoms go away when the drug is stopped. It is one of the drugs that > is > >>recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people > with > >>the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially > true > >>since they took Propulsid off the market. > >>– > >>CBI, MD

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> >  Bullshit… I got all manner of EPS from friggin SSRI’s > which ones? > not all side effects are extra pyramidal and SSRIs are not known to > produce extra pyramidal symptoms; what else were you on?

You need to READ the inserts come with the SSRI’s… Even the manufacturers finally admit..SSRI’s cause all manner of EPS! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> … > > ….. > > >and if you’d do your homework, you’d learn that it was through prolonged > > >use of dopaminergic medications that TD develops.  Sure, you can get > > >some dyskinesias but that is not, I repeat not, TD as the symptoms go > > >away when the med stops.  TD doesn’t. > > Prolonged use or one shot of Prolixin the dopaminergic drug from Hell. > > -George > > >>> First, Reglan does not produce tardive diskenesia.  It isn’t even a > > >>> psychotropic drug. > > >>Um – sorry to disagree but Reglan blocks dopamine and so can have all > the > > >>same side effects as Haldol and the other antipsychotics. Usually the > > >>symptoms go away when the drug is stopped. It is one of the drugs that > is > > >>recommended to not be used in the elderly but unfortunately the people > with > > >>the problems for which it is used are usually older. This is especially > true > > >>since they took Propulsid off the market. > > >>– > > >>CBI, MD > — > No medicine is more valuable, none more efficacious, > none better suited to the cure of all our temporal > ills than a friend to whom we may turn for consolation > in time of trouble, and with whom we may share our > happiness in time of joy. >                Saint Ailred of Rivaulx (1109 – 1166) >                Historian and abbot > http://home.gwi.net/~mdmpsyd/index.htm > remove peterhood69 for mail

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>don’t expect a reasonable response from mark d morin.. he is a troll

If Dr. Morin is a troll, he’s one with a rather different approach than any others I’ve ever seen. For one thing, trolls tend not to ask relevant questions, nor to substantiate anything they say.   Joe Parsons – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >GMT, in alt.support.depression.manic "Eve" >

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> My son used to take Celexa and I believe he took it in the morning.  It > couldn’t hurt for you to try for a few days and see what happens.  I always > take my prozac in the morning, but then the pdoc recommends that as well.

i take an SSRI too, sertraline (Zoloft)… i was told to take it in the morning because SSRIs have a mild stimulant effect and can cause sleep disturbance if you take them at night… what matters i think is that you take them at the same time each day, regardless of when… hugs m — ~~~~~~>><:>~~~~~~ iriXx " you can try the best you can    you can try the best you can …the best you can is good enough" radiohead: optomistic

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hi there.. Here is my current med regime – my question follows: Morning: 37.5 mg Effexor  <— am being weaned off this, won’t take it next week              900 mg Gabapentin Evening:  50 mg. Celexa              1200 mg. Gabapentin Okay you Celexa folks, do you take your Celexa in the morning on in the evening? I am starting to think it may not be the best med for me to take at night as I am not sleeping well. I get 3-4 hours very light sleep if I don’t take a sleep med, or 5 – 6 hours of a deeper sleep if I give in and take 7.5 mg. Imovane (Canadian non-benzodiazepine sleep med). Gabapentin folks – do you think it is the Gabapentin keeping me on such a light sleep regime? thanks so much everyone, Compucat  >^+^<

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > hi there.. > Here is my current med regime – my question follows: > Morning: 37.5 mg Effexor  <— am being weaned off this, won’t take it next > week >              900 mg Gabapentin > Evening:  50 mg. Celexa >              1200 mg. Gabapentin > Okay you Celexa folks, do you take your Celexa in the morning on in the > evening? I am starting to think it may not be the best med for me to take at > night as I am not sleeping well. I get 3-4 hours very light sleep if I don’t > take a sleep med, or 5 – 6 hours of a deeper sleep if I give in and take 7.5 > mg. Imovane (Canadian non-benzodiazepine sleep med).

My son used to take Celexa and I believe he took it in the morning.  It couldn’t hurt for you to try for a few days and see what happens.  I always take my prozac in the morning, but then the pdoc recommends that as well. > Gabapentin folks – do you think it is the Gabapentin keeping me on such a > light sleep regime?

Fo me I am having a lot of trouble with neurontin (gabapentin) making me sleepy.  I take a larger dose of it at bedtime and it usually helps me to sleep better.  But then that just shows how different we all are with the same meds. I hope your sleep gets better soon Compucat. Bonnie – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> thanks so much everyone, > Compucat  >^+^<

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> Take deep breaths…maybe a hot bath.  This too shall pass.  It is > only temporary.  It can…and it will…get better. > –bethster :-)

thats a really good suggestion, there are many natural things that you can try that can help relieve your anxiety too… try adding a few drops of lavender oil into your bath… it has relaxing properties, also helps you to sleep… chamomile tea is very good for anxiety… i also do relaxation exercises, very simple ones, starting with my feet, i slowly clench one muscle at a time and relax it, and work my way up to my head… while im doing this i just take nice relaxed deep breaths… the effort of concentrating on doing this can be enough to distract you for a while too, and it feels like you’re giving your whole body a massage which is rather nice :o ))) distraction is very useful for anxiety and panic, if you feel able to try reading a book, or phoning a friend for a chat, things that occupy your mind help you to stop thinking about the feelings you’re getting… which can make you worry all the more, and round it goes… you can stop it in its tracks sometimes just simply by distracting yourself with something nice… i know some more specific techniques if you’re having worries about particular things or events rather than general feelings of anxiety and panic… they’re a bit more involved though. take care and let us know how you are doing m — ~~~~~>><:>~~~~~ iriXx version: 3.12 GMU/FA/O/U/AT d? s-:+ a C++++$ UL>++++$ UI>+++ P+ L+++ E W+++$ N* o- K- w– O- M+$ V– PS+++ PE— Y++ PGP(++) t- 5? X? R !tv b+++ DI(+) D? G+ e+++(++++) h* r++ x? UF+++

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>I am doing bad now. Real bad. I cry, panic, just plain need to get away from >myself. It is bad. I cry & cry, I am so tired, yet am having problems sleeping. >I have been off meds for 4 months, and the last med I was perscribed was >prozac. I am too afraid to take it, and I cannot waite for a med to kick in. >What can I do? Please, suggest something. Also, i heard prozac makes you more >anxious at first couple days.

It sounds like you need to go back on meds.  You might need to try something else besides prozac, but you ought to at least try whatever prozac you have left and make an appointment to see a psychiatrist as soon as you can.  The doctor can prescribe clonazepam, xanax, or numerous other drugs to help with anxiety.

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(((((((((((((hugs)))))))))))))) it does sound like you’re having a very tough time hon, i would say, please do visit your family doctor or p-doc as soon as you can, im sure they can give you some relief that will help straight away.. i was in a similiar situation 4 years ago and was prescribed 2 meds, one to relieve the panic straight away (and it was non-addictive too) and am antidepressant as a longer-term solution. there are many different types of meds, do explain to your doc the troubles that you had with prozac, because docs do understand that people react differently to different meds. i am taking Zoloft (sertraline, known as Lustral in the UK) which has helped me a lot with anxiety as well as depression, it has a calming effect on me. Zoloft is an SSRI antidepressant, like prozac, but doesnt have the tension side effects, there are many alternatives that your doctor would be able to suggest. i do hope that you can get some relief soon, we are here if you feel you want to write more or just let out how you’re feeling take care m > I am doing bad now. Real bad. I cry, panic, just plain need to get away from > myself. It is bad. I cry & cry, I am so tired, yet am having problems sleeping. > I have been off meds for 4 months, and the last med I was perscribed was > prozac. I am too afraid to take it, and I cannot waite for a med to kick in. > What can I do? Please, suggest something. Also, i heard prozac makes you more > anxious at first couple days.

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> I am doing bad now. Real bad. I cry, panic, just plain need to get away from > myself. It is bad. I cry & cry, I am so tired, yet am having problems sleeping. > I have been off meds for 4 months, and the last med I was perscribed was > prozac. I am too afraid to take it, and I cannot waite for a med to kick in. > What can I do? Please, suggest something. Also, i heard prozac makes you more > anxious at first couple days.

Is there some place local that you can get a hold of? Like you I haven’t had any meds for about two months now, and my pdoc retired. Last week was bad, and I got hold of a centre here that deals with people in trouble like ours. I didn’t consider myself an emergency case, so I met an assessment person, and have an appointment with another pdoc shortly. I could have been dealt with immediately. Maybe even emerge would work for you if desparate. Sorry I can’t be more help than this. jodelli

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Hello Marypoohbear, Things can get very frightening at times can’t they?  I have trouble with panic attacks and that is even with meds so I know you must be really miserable.  Is there anyone there with you tonight?  Is there someone there you know and trust that you can talk to just to get some of your feelings out?  Or maybe a friend you can call and talk to?  Sometimes it helps a little to talk about all that is bothering you so at least you can get your feelings out.  I find that when I hold my feelings in that they grow and become more painful.  If there is no one there you can talk to then maybe there is some kind of a crisis line you can call? Tomorrow can you call and set up an appointment with your doc or pdoc so you can see about getting back on meds?  If you feel this badly then you would probably benefit from getting whatever kind of help you could get.  In the meantime if you feel too badly tonight please do not hesitate to go to the emergency room and explain how you are and have been feeling.  They should be able to help you for now and maybe even  help you to get in to see a pdoc sooner than if you just called to set up an appointment. Whatever you do, you know you can always write your feelings here and you will find others that are understanding of them.  I have done that many times before and I have always found others that knew what I was talking about and were very understanding of my feelings. I hope you feel better soon and you are able to get some help, Hugs, Bonnie

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Hi Marypoohbear,     I’m sorry that you are in such a sad state of mind.  If you are frightened and feeling alone please try to get help.  Talk to your pdoc for example; or if you feel the situation has reach a urgent level, go to the emergency ward.     What ever you decide, please know that people are thinking about you and you are not completely alone.  I wish you the best. Peter

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I am doing bad now. Real bad. I cry, panic, just plain need to get away from myself. It is bad. I cry & cry, I am so tired, yet am having problems sleeping. I have been off meds for 4 months, and the last med I was perscribed was prozac. I am too afraid to take it, and I cannot waite for a med to kick in. What can I do? Please, suggest something. Also, i heard prozac makes you more anxious at first couple days.

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> do any of you (women) find that your menstrual cycle changes according to > meds? > i get pms more and more and ms less and less > hmmmm > (my hair has gotten straighter too)

Yes. I started missing periods on Tegretol. Missed periods while taking Ativan or Xanax with Zoloft. Now I’m just taking 200 mg Zoloft and seem to be back on schedule. Or is it menopause?  I dunno. — Wordy "Be who you are and say what you feel,  because those who mind don’t matter,…  and those who matter don’t mind." –Dr. Seuss

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lol – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Organization: TelstraSaturn > Newsgroups: alt.support.depression.manic > Underneath all the issues, I like to think I’m pretty smart. > Having said that, there are some things I just can’t answer. > Thanks for reminding me of that fact ;-D > Hugs > Bruce > do any of you (women) find that your menstrual cycle changes according to > meds? > i get pms more and more and ms less and less > hmmmm > (my hair has gotten straighter too)

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> do any of you (women) find that your menstrual cycle changes according to > meds? > i get pms more and more and ms less and less > hmmmm > (my hair has gotten straighter too)

hmm, no, but i can say that the pill tends to make my moods a bit more stable. or that could’ve just been coincidence. who knows at this point. maybe the bipolar makes my hormones go rampant, not the other way around. who knows. who knows.

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> do any of you (women) find that your menstrual cycle changes according to > meds? > i get pms more and more and ms less and less > hmmmm > (my hair has gotten straighter too)

i think its a known side effect of a lot of meds… which ones are you taking? ssris tend to do that… hugs m — ~~~~~>><:>~~~~~ iriXx "you can try the best you can…   you can try the best you can… …the best you can is good enough" radiohead: optomistic

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hai Alexia, -I’m loosing hair because of Depakote (I can’t see it when I look in the mirror, but I definetly see it on my bathroom floor.. – Risperdal made me producing milk, like being pregnant – Depakote is changing my size of bra I guess, two weeks a months, before Depakote, that happened two days a month, but I might be wrong.. Marie-Elise – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> do any of you (women) find that your menstrual cycle changes according to > meds? > i get pms more and more and ms less and less > hmmmm > (my hair has gotten straighter too)

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do any of you (women) find that your menstrual cycle changes according to meds? i get pms more and more and ms less and less hmmmm (my hair has gotten straighter too)

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Underneath all the issues, I like to think I’m pretty smart. Having said that, there are some things I just can’t answer. Thanks for reminding me of that fact ;-D Hugs Bruce – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >do any of you (women) find that your menstrual cycle changes according to >meds? >i get pms more and more and ms less and less >hmmmm >(my hair has gotten straighter too)

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hi there. yea im on neurontin as a mood stabilizer. xanax for anxiety(i have it badly) and zyprexa to chill me out from leaping off tall buildings at a single bound. you have a good xmas too! harp

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> thanks.i will do my best.so far so good. > and i have been on zoloft for a number of years now with good results. > of course they could be better. > im on 200 mgs a day. > whats ther highest dosage they can use??? > harp > as far as i know the highest dose for sertraline hydrochloride is > 250mg… 200 is the standard highest dose though. it makes sense if > you’re on that much that it would be very painful for you cutting > down… i was on 150mg but it aggravated my hypomania so i cut back to > 100mg… that was very hard though, i had a big depressive reaction even > though i did it in small stages, i actually split the pills in half for > a week and took 125mg… i do think its good stuff…. it keeps me > balanced enough while i’m working on the deep things and long-term > solutions with my therapist. yeah, i couldbe better too… maybe adding > a mood stabiliser would be a good idea… do you take a MS ? > hope you’re feeling more stable now, and that you can enjoy a peaceful > day tomorrow, > take care > m > — > ~~~~~>><:>~~~~~ > iriXx > www.iriXx.org > "… faith is being sure of what we hope for, > and certain of what we cannot see"

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> thanks.i will do my best.so far so good. > and i have been on zoloft for a number of years now with good results. > of course they could be better. > im on 200 mgs a day. > whats ther highest dosage they can use??? > harp

as far as i know the highest dose for sertraline hydrochloride is 250mg… 200 is the standard highest dose though. it makes sense if you’re on that much that it would be very painful for you cutting down… i was on 150mg but it aggravated my hypomania so i cut back to 100mg… that was very hard though, i had a big depressive reaction even though i did it in small stages, i actually split the pills in half for a week and took 125mg… i do think its good stuff…. it keeps me balanced enough while i’m working on the deep things and long-term solutions with my therapist. yeah, i couldbe better too… maybe adding a mood stabiliser would be a good idea… do you take a MS ? hope you’re feeling more stable now, and that you can enjoy a peaceful day tomorrow, take care m — ~~~~~>><:>~~~~~ iriXx www.iriXx.org "… faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we cannot see"

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thanks.i will do my best.so far so good. and i have been on zoloft for a number of years now with good results. of course they could be better. im on 200 mgs a day. whats ther highest dosage they can use??? harp

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> thanks A BUNCH! > im stayin on it. > i havent seen the new pdoc yet so i dont know what he will want.im sure if > im(reasonably) stable he will keep me on what i take. > my recently"dismissed" pdoc wanted me off all meds. > she was terrible! > harpy > yes, that does sound terrible. i sacked one of my p-docs who decided to > mess with my meds and put me on reboxetine which gave me a terrible > anxiety reaction :o (((. then he tried to blame it on me cos "im ill, i > cant possibly know"… i thought those sorta doctors werent around any > more… but ho hum… anyhow after him i saw my current p-doc. she just > wanted to make sure i was stable because that incident messed me up so > much. i am really glad of this, she doesnt even want to try me on a mood > stabiliser yet, even though its gonna be the next logical thing, because > she thinks i need time just being stable on what im on. i think thats > really important – always remember that its your choice in the end, and > the doctor is there for you (and not the other way round, the way some > of them seem to like to think! ;o))) > i would think if you are stable he would be happy to keep you on zoloft. > it has a good reputation for being calming too, which im sure has a > slight calming effect on my hypomania as well as helping lots with my > depression. just make it clear to him you want to stay stable, im sure > he will be happy to keep you on it :o )))). yeah, stay on it until you > see him too… coming off any AD is hard work… and there’s no harm you > can do in taking it, its not like its addictive or anything…. > hope you can have some peace of mind this xmas :o ))) > take care > m > — > ~~~~~>><:>~~~~~ > iriXx > "… faith is being sure of what we hope for, > and certain of what we cannot see"

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> thanks A BUNCH! > im stayin on it. > i havent seen the new pdoc yet so i dont know what he will want.im sure if > im(reasonably) stable he will keep me on what i take. > my recently"dismissed" pdoc wanted me off all meds. > she was terrible! > harpy

yes, that does sound terrible. i sacked one of my p-docs who decided to mess with my meds and put me on reboxetine which gave me a terrible anxiety reaction :o (((. then he tried to blame it on me cos "im ill, i cant possibly know"… i thought those sorta doctors werent around any more… but ho hum… anyhow after him i saw my current p-doc. she just wanted to make sure i was stable because that incident messed me up so much. i am really glad of this, she doesnt even want to try me on a mood stabiliser yet, even though its gonna be the next logical thing, because she thinks i need time just being stable on what im on. i think thats really important – always remember that its your choice in the end, and the doctor is there for you (and not the other way round, the way some of them seem to like to think! ;o))) i would think if you are stable he would be happy to keep you on zoloft. it has a good reputation for being calming too, which im sure has a slight calming effect on my hypomania as well as helping lots with my depression. just make it clear to him you want to stay stable, im sure he will be happy to keep you on it :o )))). yeah, stay on it until you see him too… coming off any AD is hard work… and there’s no harm you can do in taking it, its not like its addictive or anything…. hope you can have some peace of mind this xmas :o ))) take care m — ~~~~~>><:>~~~~~ iriXx "… faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we cannot see"

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thanks A BUNCH! im stayin on it. i havent seen the new pdoc yet so i dont know what he will want.im sure if im(reasonably) stable he will keep me on what i take. my recently"dismissed" pdoc wanted me off all meds. she was terrible! harpy

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> yes, it does… i take zoloft and i find if i miss a dose , i’ll be a > weepy wreck by the evening. im on 100mg. > my pdoc has always said to me if it helps being on it then i should stay > on it… we’ve talked about the alternative of switching me to a MS, but > she doesnt want to do that just because stability is so important to me > right now. i reckon you could make that point to your p-doc as well, > that being stable is what you need…. is he trying to take you off it? > i’d suggest dont worry about decreasing it right yet…. just try to > keep stable, and raise the point with him if and when he suggests coming > off it… sometimes you might need to be on them for some time (im > thinking maybe i might need to be on them for life or at least another > few years…) > take care and i hope you feel better soon > ((((((((((((((harpy)))))))))))))))) > m > does it exist? sure feels like it when i try to get off it no matter how > little i decrease it. > i dont WANNA  get off it but it would be good to have something concrete to > take to my new pdoc should he try and get me off the med. > my head feels like a damned baloon when i try and come off that stuff and i > cant think or function. > but it helps me tenfold being on it. > any good advice on this is welcome or input. > thanks > harpy > — > ~~~~~>><:>~~~~ > iriXx > www.iriXx.org > "…faith is being sure of what we hope for, >   and certain of what we cannot see"

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thanks jim.yep..those are the bad effects described to a tee. im staying on it thats for sure!!! harp

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> I took Zoloft for about a year and then the pdoc changed me over to > wellbutrin SR 300MG.  I experienced a lot of headaches and malaise during > that time but she still changed it.  I hope you can persuade him to keep you > on it if it works for you. > Jim > does it exist? sure feels like it when i try to get off it no matter how > little i decrease it. > i dont WANNA  get off it but it would be good to have something concrete > to > take to my new pdoc should he try and get me off the med. > my head feels like a damned baloon when i try and come off that stuff and > i > cant think or function. > but it helps me tenfold being on it. > any good advice on this is welcome or input. > thanks > harpy

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yes, it does… i take zoloft and i find if i miss a dose , i’ll be a weepy wreck by the evening. im on 100mg. my pdoc has always said to me if it helps being on it then i should stay on it… we’ve talked about the alternative of switching me to a MS, but she doesnt want to do that just because stability is so important to me right now. i reckon you could make that point to your p-doc as well, that being stable is what you need…. is he trying to take you off it? i’d suggest dont worry about decreasing it right yet…. just try to keep stable, and raise the point with him if and when he suggests coming off it… sometimes you might need to be on them for some time (im thinking maybe i might need to be on them for life or at least another few years…) take care and i hope you feel better soon ((((((((((((((harpy)))))))))))))))) m > does it exist? sure feels like it when i try to get off it no matter how > little i decrease it. > i dont WANNA  get off it but it would be good to have something concrete to > take to my new pdoc should he try and get me off the med. > my head feels like a damned baloon when i try and come off that stuff and i > cant think or function. > but it helps me tenfold being on it. > any good advice on this is welcome or input. > thanks > harpy

– ~~~~~>><:>~~~~ iriXx www.iriXx.org "…faith is being sure of what we hope for,   and certain of what we cannot see"

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does it exist? sure feels like it when i try to get off it no matter how little i decrease it. i dont WANNA  get off it but it would be good to have something concrete to take to my new pdoc should he try and get me off the med. my head feels like a damned baloon when i try and come off that stuff and i cant think or function. but it helps me tenfold being on it. any good advice on this is welcome or input. thanks harpy

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I took Zoloft for about a year and then the pdoc changed me over to wellbutrin SR 300MG.  I experienced a lot of headaches and malaise during that time but she still changed it.  I hope you can persuade him to keep you on it if it works for you. Jim

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> does it exist? sure feels like it when i try to get off it no matter how > little i decrease it. > i dont WANNA  get off it but it would be good to have something concrete to > take to my new pdoc should he try and get me off the med. > my head feels like a damned baloon when i try and come off that stuff and i > cant think or function. > but it helps me tenfold being on it. > any good advice on this is welcome or input. > thanks > harpy

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Dear All I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice.  I am being treated for depression by my GP (in the uk).  I have taken prozac on and off for several years, and recently doctor suggested that I should go back on it long term.  However, a couple of weeks after starting it I got this really bizarre side effect – my throat felt really swollen and sore, like there was a lump stuck in it.  Went back to the doctor, he took me off the prozac, said I should wait until the throat got better (which it did after 2 1/2 weeks), then start taking Sertraline (Lustral in uk, Zoloft elsewhere?).  After 3 days, the throat symptoms are back. My questions are these – 1) how long should I take the sertraline before knowing for certain that the throat feeling is not going to get better? and 2) if I can’t take prozac and sertraline does that mean I will have the same symptoms with all SSRIs? and 3) if I can’t take SSRIs to help with my depression, what can I take? I have a light box to help with the SAD in winter, and try to exercise whenever I can, but I’m still not really leading a normal life – particularly with all this bother with the throat – it just makes me even more ‘ratty’! Any advice would be greatfully accepted Thanks Alison

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<snip> > My questions are these – 1) how long should I take the sertraline before > knowing for certain that the throat feeling is not going to get better? > and

I don’t know anything about your throat problem, so I can’t comment on that. Though it seems like your doctor should try to figure out what the throat problem is exactly. > 2) if I can’t take prozac and sertraline does that mean I will have > the same symptoms with all SSRIs? and

No, not necessarily. Although the SSRIs are all broadly similar, they do have slightly different side-effect profiles. 3) if I can’t take SSRIs to help > with my depression, what can I take?

There are lots of other anti-depressants available that are also generally well-tolerated and effective. The SSRIs are just the newest class of them, and in some ways considered to have the most tolerable side effects and most effectiveness. Check out a site like www.mentalhealth.com or www.rxlist.com to see some of the others. Bright blessings. Fiona — If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste the adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.      – Anne Bradstreet, Meditations Divine and Moral, 1664

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Thanks for your reply – I think I must have been checked out for most things – I seemed to have about a million different blood tests before the doctor was convinced it was depression.  My blood pressure was quite high for a while too, so they tested loads of things then!  What would be the symptoms of hyperthyroidism? Alison – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Did your GP have you checked for hypothyroidism? > Dear All > I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice.  I am being > treated for depression by my GP (in the uk).  I have taken prozac on and > off for several years, and recently doctor suggested that I should go > back on it long term.  However, a couple of weeks after starting it I > got this really bizarre side effect – my throat felt really swollen and > sore, like there was a lump stuck in it.  Went back to the doctor, he > took me off the prozac, said I should wait until the throat got better > (which it did after 2 1/2 weeks), then start taking Sertraline (Lustral > in uk, Zoloft elsewhere?).  After 3 days, the throat symptoms are back. > My questions are these – 1) how long should I take the sertraline before > knowing for certain that the throat feeling is not going to get better? > and 2) if I can’t take prozac and sertraline does that mean I will have > the same symptoms with all SSRIs? and 3) if I can’t take SSRIs to help > with my depression, what can I take? > I have a light box to help with the SAD in winter, and try to exercise > whenever I can, but I’m still not really leading a normal life – > particularly with all this bother with the throat – it just makes me > even more ‘ratty’! > Any advice would be greatfully accepted > Thanks > Alison

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Hi Alison, Welcome to the ng. > I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice.  I am being

Zoloft can cause difficulty swallowing…what has your Internal Medicine doctor advise? Tehere are several calsse of ADS…TCAs, MAOIS, NARIs…etc. Please discuss options with your doctor. Take care. Lynda

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Alison, I have been taking Cipramil (another SSRI) for most of this year and had a very similar problem a few months ago – feeling like I had a lump in my throat.  I went to my doctor but she couldn’t see anything – my throat looked completely normal.  At the time I was also suffering very badly from headaches and went to get some acupuncture for them.  I also mentioned the strange lump in my throat feeling and the acupuncturalist immediately seemed to know what it was and described it as ‘plum stone throat’, a condition caused by stress.  This did make sense as  the sensation was just  the same as the lump I get in my throat if I’m trying not to cry, except it went on for days – plus I knew the headaches were stress-related anyway.  She treated me for it with needles and it did indeed go away and I’ve not had it again – acupuncture tends to work quite well for me, but it might not for everyone. Do get your thyroid checked out (I’ve had mine checked frequently and it’s fine) but if there’s no physical lump my guess is it’s a stress-related thing, or maybe a side effect of the SSRIs causing a stress-like reaction. Bug

– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Dear All > I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice.  I am being > treated for depression by my GP (in the uk).  I have taken prozac on and > off for several years, and recently doctor suggested that I should go > back on it long term.  However, a couple of weeks after starting it I > got this really bizarre side effect – my throat felt really swollen and > sore, like there was a lump stuck in it.  Went back to the doctor, he > took me off the prozac, said I should wait until the throat got better > (which it did after 2 1/2 weeks), then start taking Sertraline (Lustral > in uk, Zoloft elsewhere?).  After 3 days, the throat symptoms are back. > My questions are these – 1) how long should I take the sertraline before > knowing for certain that the throat feeling is not going to get better? > and 2) if I can’t take prozac and sertraline does that mean I will have > the same symptoms with all SSRIs? and 3) if I can’t take SSRIs to help > with my depression, what can I take? > I have a light box to help with the SAD in winter, and try to exercise > whenever I can, but I’m still not really leading a normal life – > particularly with all this bother with the throat – it just makes me > even more ‘ratty’! > Any advice would be greatfully accepted > Thanks > Alison

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Hello all,         Does anyone in this newsgroup have experience with Zoloft or Klonopin increasing panic attack and weird dreams – at least for the first few days. If so, how long does it take to go away. I noticed that my shakes involuntarily sometimes too. I have been on Klonopin and Zoloft  for 2 nights. Thanks. Jon

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > << Hello all, >         Does anyone in this newsgroup have experience with Zoloft or > Klonopin > increasing panic attack and weird dreams – at least for the first few days. > If so, how long does it take to go away. I noticed that my shakes > involuntarily > sometimes too. I have been on Klonopin and Zoloft  for 2 nights. > Thanks. > Jon > Yeah Jon, all the SSRIs like Zoloft increase anxiety during the first couple > days to several weeks of taking these meds. For some individuals the increase > of anxiety when starting SSRIs is quite severe and uncomfortable. The solution > is simple. Keep on taking the Zoloft so you can "get to the other side" so to > speak.

Just like the solution to patients who complain about ECT is to keep administering shock…. > The increased anxiety goes away after a while and gives  way to an > anti-depressant and anti-anxiety effect once the Zoloft has kicked in > good…usually after about a month. > So to put it point blank to you, you might have to suffer a little with "SSRI > activation" side effects from the Zoloft for a few weeks. Til it kicks in and > your body adjusts to the Zoloft. My advice is to keep on taking the Zoloft  no > matter how bad the panic attacks get. My guess is if you can make it to the one > month mark you will begin feeling a lot better.

Or you can respect what your body is telling you about the stuff you are forcing into it and try another drug.  Perhaps welbutrin sr, or an older drug like a MAOI.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->> << I thought about it when I was unemployed and really bad back in 97 and >> 98.  I didn’t file, but I got a job and slowly have been paying >> everyone off.  My credit is still shit, but so what.  I am almost done >> paying everyone off, by September I’ll be done.  I don’t have any >> credit cards, but I’ve lived this long without one, I can live the >> rest of my life without one.  I was able to get a new car.  I still >> have my house.  My point is, you can recover from this, whatever >> avenue you choose to go down.  What I learned out all of it is, it’s >> only money.  Easy come, easy go. >> And that was a hard lesson for me to learn.  Money and credit and >> secutity were real important to me.  Actually, when I was married, we >> filed bankruptcy, and separated not long after that….I was able to >> get credit quite easily, to be honest about it.   Things are probably >> different now….but I doubt it.   The way credit is marketed, I would >> think after a bankruptcy, they would find someone would be a very good >> credit risk having just had all  their non secured debts wiped out. >> Visa and mastercard were after my kids while they were still in >> highschool and didn’t have any income….go figure…. >> Yes before depression I had immaculate credit and lots of cash saved up in >the >> bank. I was very rigid about paying my bills on time, etc. This lasted >until >> about my second year into depression and then my credit began to go because >I >> was broke all the time from being unemployed. I mean it took me a good two >> years just to level out on my depression, I was doing a lot better for >about a >> year and a half, then this past winter I crashed again after developing >blood >> pressure probs  from the MAOI I tried.  Now Im back in the hole. >> Im finding out that the blood pressure med Im on is interfering with the >SSRI, >> but I have to stay on it because otherwise my BP  skyrockets and I cant >even >> tolerate SSRIs anymore. Its a complicated situation Im in now. I find out >that >> with a  blood pressure pill added in there, the SSRIs dont really work that >> great. I understand this is somewhat common. >> My ideas about money have changed a lot in the last two  years. Now I am >just >> happy to be alive to be honest and am mainly just focused on getting my >health >> back. Financial  matters seem kind of trivial to me  to be honest. I have >> gotten over my bad credit now and while I dont like it,  there is not much >I >> can do about it. >> The only thing I guess I can do is to continue trying to get my health back >so >> that someday I can work in a full capacity and make money again. >Sadly a serious bout of mental illness might never be recovered from.  The >loss of >all a persons assets including 401K’s is common.  The post Regan tendency is >for >state mental institutions to charge the patients for their care. > I believe this was the case long before Reagon. > My father was institutionalized in ‘63, and died there in  "66. In between his > being committed and his death,  my mother divorced him, receivng half the > marital assets. > When my father died his assets went to his children, or what little remained of > what he had upon his death after  the state took most of it for the cost of > caring for him from  1963 and 1966. > Linda

Guess I stand corrected.  What state was it?

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Linda, I’m not going to respond to this post because I believe you are ill right now. The deterioration in your patterns of writing and thought over recent weeks makes that clear to me and to others here. I would have a lot to say if I thought you were in a frame of mind that allowed you to hear it, but since you’re not, I’m not going to argue with you. It seems to make the situation worse, not better, and I want to see you get better.  Until you’re in a healthier condition, this is the only response I’m going to make to you, no matter how much I disagree with what you post and no matter what you say about me or others here. Linda – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -><< Depression and anxiety results from the pain caused by and the fears >arising >from ones character defects interfereing with ones achieving one goals, >meetings ones needs etc. >when one is so unwilling to honestly and openmindedly confront ones character >flaws, bad habits and bad ways! . >Eric, whose flaws include living in la la land, a world totally and >completely >the product of his dreamworld where everything is as he wishes rather than as >it really is, such he keeps taking meds havent done squat for him, remains >unemployed, during which time he believes the right thing to do is terrorize >posters who the meds also didnt work for and express going for alternate >treatment, and now several years later talks of filing bankruptcy as the >right >thing to do instead of going out and carting some water and repaying money >owed >to others.. >Character flaws… not to mention etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. >profanity, procrastination,lying, manipulation, thinking you can control >other >people and what they choose to say, etc, etc, etc, character defects, cause >you >problems, causing you depression anxiety, you treat with meds, but do squat >for >your character flaws so, treat NOTHING! >Linda >snip profanity …. will you quit telling me Im living in "la la land!!!" >I will quit telling you you live in la la land as soon as you begin posting >posts evidencing you ceased living in la, la land, Eric’s dream world. >And so long as your posts describe SSRI et al as totally safe and benign and/or >an effective treatment of depression, ideas you possess cause you chose to live >in la la land rather than the real world, you will be called on living in your >dream world. >Profanity Snipped! > I dont live in la la land at all. I live in reality everyday. > Bill >collectors call here all day long. Even if I went back to work right now full >time I wouldnt be able to get out of the hole. >How could you be in so much debt, you couldnt get out from under it by >returning to work?  You been living off your parents for years, have no other >responsibilities but yourself. Is there something you haven’t told us? While >taking SSRI et al, you go on some wild gambling sprees, so you got markers >outstanding? Or did the SSRI et al prompt some compulsive shopping or >something, on credit, you got all these bill collectors calling when you been >living off your parents three plus years? Something wrong here Eric. You are >either exaggerating your debt to justify bankruptcy, or the SSRI et all been >prompting you to do some sick things! Which is it? >Linda, I really really think youve gone psychotic on us. I really truly do. >A symptom of your mental illness having naught to do with me. >live in "reality" thats why Im considering biting the bullet and declaring >bankruptcy. Id appreciate it Linda if youd keep your distorted perceptions to >yourself and go to your psychiatrist, taking copies of your posts with you >and >showing your posts to your Pdoc.  You really do need serious help Linda. You >are really fucked up right now…others can see it as well as me. >Reality is such when one posts a post to public forum about a subject and asks >for opinions about a proposed course of action, one may and will receive >opinions both encouraging and discouraging the proposed course of actions. >If you cannot cope with receiving replies that discourage a particular course >of action you propose, do not post posts sharing you are thinking about a >course of action and ask for others opinions.   >As long as you do post such, cope with the opinions of both those who encorage >and those who discourage. >Do you not notice how EVERYBODY except a couple anti-meds on here is always >going off on you Linda? You aint right Linda. I admit I have serious >probs…you dont. You are sick and you need serious help Linda. >The silent majority view you, and the drug dependent poly substance abusers of >meds, and the stark raving mad classic manic depressives trolling here the >loony’s! >Get it now and quit telling me Im not living in reality. >Soon as you begin posting post evidencing you ceased living in la la land, >Erics dream world, I will stop posting about your living in la la land. >Linda >Eric >Steroids caused my depression…prednisone should be used conservatively >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FactsAndFallaciesOfDepression >MIBS (Minimally Invasive Brain Stimulation) >http://www.musc.edu/psychiatry/fnrd/tms.htm

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > << Depression and anxiety results from the pain caused by and the fears arising > from ones character defects interfereing with ones achieving one goals, > meetings ones needs etc. > when one is so unwilling to honestly and openmindedly confront ones character > flaws, bad habits and bad ways! . > Eric, whose flaws include living in la la land, a world totally and completely > the product of his dreamworld where everything is as he wishes rather than as > it really is, such he keeps taking meds havent done squat for him, remains > unemployed, during which time he believes the right thing to do is terrorize > posters who the meds also didnt work for and express going for alternate > treatment, and now several years later talks of filing bankruptcy as the right > thing to do instead of going out and carting some water and repaying money owed > to others.. > Character flaws… not to mention etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. > profanity, procrastination,lying, manipulation, thinking you can control other > people and what they choose to say, etc, etc, etc, character defects, cause you > problems, causing you depression anxiety, you treat with meds, but do squat for > your character flaws so, treat NOTHING! > Linda > You stupid ass bitch, will you quit telling me Im living in "la la land!!!"

Gratuitous insult with expletive component. > Goddammit, I dont live in la la land at all. I live in reality everyday.

Defense of subjects life > Bill > collectors call here all day long.

evidence of subject ignoring knowledgeable advice on getting this annoying practice to cease. > Even if I went back to work right now full > time I wouldnt be able to get out of the hole.

Subtle justification for continuing sloth. > Linda, I really really think youve gone psychotic on us. I really truly do.

Possible projection. > I > live in "reality" thats why Im considering biting the bullet and declaring > bankruptcy.

Attempt to solve a problem, hopeful sign. > Id appreciate it Linda if youd keep your distorted perceptions to > yourself and go to your psychiatrist, taking copies of your posts with you and > showing your posts to your Pdoc.

Attempt to reserve the right to comment on other posters psychic state, while denying such right to others. >  You really do need serious help Linda. You > are really fucked up right now…others can see it as well as me.

Attempt to disguise gratuitous insult with expletive component as advice subject is unqualified to deliver. > Do you not notice how EVERYBODY except a couple anti-meds on here is always > going off on you Linda?

Attempt to utilize imaginary peer pressure to modify behaviour which subject finds threatening. > You aint right Linda. I admit I have serious > probs…you dont. You are sick and you need serious help Linda.

Admission of own undisclosed issues to attempt to justify unsolicited advice. > Get it now and quit telling me Im not living in reality.

Request for troubling posts to cease. > Eric

Munchausen by proxy caused my depression… http://www.munchausen.com/

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > << I thought about it when I was unemployed and really bad back in 97 and > 98.  I didn’t file, but I got a job and slowly have been paying > everyone off.  My credit is still shit, but so what.  I am almost done > paying everyone off, by September I’ll be done.  I don’t have any > credit cards, but I’ve lived this long without one, I can live the > rest of my life without one.  I was able to get a new car.  I still > have my house.  My point is, you can recover from this, whatever > avenue you choose to go down.  What I learned out all of it is, it’s > only money.  Easy come, easy go. > And that was a hard lesson for me to learn.  Money and credit and > secutity were real important to me.  Actually, when I was married, we > filed bankruptcy, and separated not long after that….I was able to > get credit quite easily, to be honest about it.   Things are probably > different now….but I doubt it.   The way credit is marketed, I would > think after a bankruptcy, they would find someone would be a very good > credit risk having just had all  their non secured debts wiped out. > Visa and mastercard were after my kids while they were still in > highschool and didn’t have any income….go figure…. > Yes before depression I had immaculate credit and lots of cash saved up in the > bank. I was very rigid about paying my bills on time, etc. This lasted until > about my second year into depression and then my credit began to go because I > was broke all the time from being unemployed. I mean it took me a good two > years just to level out on my depression, I was doing a lot better for about a > year and a half, then this past winter I crashed again after developing blood > pressure probs  from the MAOI I tried.  Now Im back in the hole. > Im finding out that the blood pressure med Im on is interfering with the SSRI, > but I have to stay on it because otherwise my BP  skyrockets and I cant even > tolerate SSRIs anymore. Its a complicated situation Im in now. I find out that > with a  blood pressure pill added in there, the SSRIs dont really work that > great. I understand this is somewhat common. > My ideas about money have changed a lot in the last two  years. Now I am just > happy to be alive to be honest and am mainly just focused on getting my health > back. Financial  matters seem kind of trivial to me  to be honest. I have > gotten over my bad credit now and while I dont like it,  there is not much I > can do about it. > The only thing I guess I can do is to continue trying to get my health back so > that someday I can work in a full capacity and make money again.

Sadly a serious bout of mental illness might never be recovered from.  The loss of all a persons assets including 401K’s is common.  The post Regan tendency is for state mental institutions to charge the patients for their care. After one emerges from the institution one is faced with perhaps $50 or $100,000 of debt, an almost insurmountable mountain.

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Bankruptcy is a financial tool, period. Try to make the decision an unemotional one; don’t worry about pride, or embarassment, or whatever. Visit a non-profit credit counselor, and figure out whether or not you can pay off your debts within ten years. If not, then bankruptcy becomes a better alternative than swimming in debt. KC

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Well as Ive said before on here, financially Im in ruins as a result of being > disabled for so long. Im in serious debt of which I have no money to pay, my > credit is now totally ruined.  Im totally, absolutely broke and if I wasnt > living with my family Id be homeless out on the streets. I also just defaulted > on my student loan. Bill collectors call me all the time and drive me insane. > Hell, Im already insane. I cant take it anymore. My family cant help me at all. > Ive really been tempted to just go to this bankruptcy attorney I know and > declare bankruptcy. Wipe my slate  clean…hell my credit is already fucked up > severely bankruptcy is not going to fuck it up any worse. > Least it would decrease my stress levels. What should I do? Go ahead and > declare bankruptcy? > This is what happens when you dont get severe mental illness properly > treated…disability, financial ruination, homelessness, severe stress. Its > bad. > Eric

I’m sorry to hear about your problems, Eric. Let me tell you about my personal experience. I went from owning a four-bedroom on 3 1/2 acres, with a big stone fireplace, extensive gardens, trout stream, yadda yadda, to financial ruin due to untreated/untreatable (take your pick) depression. I fought bankruptcy tooth and nail, mainly I realize, as a matter of pride. To go from mortgage-free to being in debt six figures was not acceptable to me. When I finally let go, and let bankruptcy take its course, there finally was a light at the end of the tunnel. Yes, it’s years off, and having to come up with the money to go bankrupt when I couldn’t afford rent was a very bizarre experience. But now, I’m half way to total clearance of the burden I carried. I live on cash, drive a car older than the one I drove 12 years ago, but I’m moving on. Nobody who knows the facts of my life has ever questioned my decision to go bankrupt, so why should I? Just my experience. Take care dude, Larry

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>Ralph V, RobertPor, Briteyes (LInda C) Gina Hughes, and Crazy composer have no >legitimate purpose here, only post ill will, depraved and sometimes posts >displaying complete madness etc etc.

Linda, I’m not going to respond to this post because I believe you are ill right now. The deterioration in your patterns of writing and thought over recent weeks makes that clear to me and to others here. I would have a lot to say if I thought you were in a frame of mind that allowed you to hear it, but since you’re not, I’m not going to argue with you. It seems to make the situation worse, not better, and I want to see you get better.  I know we’ve exchanged some unpleasant words in the past, but I want you to know that I do care what happens to you and I hope you’ll get help soon.  Until you’re in a healthier condition, this is the only response I’m going to make to you, no matter how much I disagree with what you post and no matter what you say about me or others here. —–= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =—– http://www.newsfeeds.com – The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! —–==  Over 80,000 Newsgroups – 16 Different Servers! =—–

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> No, you should stop milking off your family and get a fucking job for Christ > sakes. > You can sit on your ass all day on ASDM and sound coherant but you can’t get a > job? > Makes NO sense. > "Major depression?" > BULLSHIT. I don’t buy it at all. > Your scared shitless to get a job. Your also scared shitless to do something > for yourself and to get better. > But yeah, go ahead and file bankruptcy when there is absolutely no need. Real > smart. > Better yet Eric, file bankruptcy to put off your getting a job for another 3 > years so you can post meaningless jack shit on ASDM all day. > This is what you want isnt it? > It’s time you smartened up Eric. > Stop being a pussy.

I’ve had people judge me when I couldn’t find a job. I hope "puss’n'boots" kicks your butt. Why are you on this group? Ralph V

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I’ve had people judge me when I couldn’t find a job. I hope "puss’n'boots" kicks your butt. Why are you on this group? Ralph V>>> This is not about not being able to find a job Ralph. It’s about not even trying to find one and putting off what needs to be done in ones life.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> No, you should stop milking off your family and get a fucking job for > Christ > sakes. > You can sit on your ass all day on ASDM and sound coherant but you can’t > get a > job? > Makes NO sense. > "Major depression?" > BULLSHIT. I don’t buy it at all. > Your scared shitless to get a job. Your also scared shitless to do > something > for yourself and to get better. > But yeah, go ahead and file bankruptcy when there is absolutely no need. > Real > smart. > Better yet Eric, file bankruptcy to put off your getting a job for another > 3 > years so you can post meaningless jack shit on ASDM all day. > This is what you want isnt it? > It’s time you smartened up Eric. > Stop being a pussy. > I’ve had people judge me when I couldn’t find a job. > I hope "puss’n'boots" kicks your butt. > Why are you on this group?

Eric has refused to look for a job, thats the difference.  He has even rejected a part time job as an option for himself. Eric is being judged for : 1) Refusing to consider a job. 2) Refusing to consider even a 3 hour a day part time job 3) Posting in a fashion which suggests that he could hold down some sort of job. In the event that Eric made a good faith effort, and could not find a job no one would razz him.  If Eric would get a job and due to circumstances, be unable to hold the job down, I believe he would receive compassionate support here. Eric is, in my opinion, scared to even try holding a job, because he knows he will do fine, and a big part of his helpless sick brain defense mechanism will be knocked out.  I do not think he is lazy, just trapped between a rock and a hard place. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Ralph V

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I think you should check out non profit credit counseling, but if you want to do bankruptcy have your atty investigate it, perhaps due to your severe depression, and you hospitalization, rTMS trial et al you might stand some chance of some special deal? I think it’s worth the effort, Eric.  I know you think I have no idea what depression is, but I do.  Marshall your energies for this one, it will have long term effects on your life. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > << You can’t discharge your student loans in a bankruptcy. > Yeah I have already found that out. But bankruptcy will get rid of all the rest > of my debt though. Everything except my student loans. But student loans are > manageable, at least you can talk to those people and they dont act dickheaded > about it. The others are pricks if you owe them money. I can manage my student > loan thing, but the rest is about ready to make me want to "disappear" and go > ride trains so nobody can find me. Or go join the French Foreign Legion and > create a new identity…disappearing and starting over would be really cool. > Eric > Steroids caused my depression…prednisone should be used conservatively > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FactsAndFallaciesOfDepression > MIBS (Minimally Invasive Brain Stimulation) > http://www.musc.edu/psychiatry/fnrd/tms.htm

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > << It depends upon your character, morals, ethics etc.. > I realize  SSRI et al use and abuse results in thinking makes something such as > character seem unimportant. > After all SSRI are used almost exclusively to avoid feeling bad about ones > character defects. > No question in my mind people who choose to take SSRI et al owing to the pain > owing to their character defects, rather than confront their character defects, > will take the easy way out of debt,  declare bankruptcy rather than go out and > work for money to pay monies owed etc. > Linda > Linda, I hope you seek help for your newly developed psychosis. I do think you > are psychotic now.  SSRIs are not used to "cover up character defects" as you > claim. SSRIs are used to treat depression and anxiety disorders. > Get help now Linda…you are deteriorating badly.

Linda’s point is that through dulling of emotional reactions SSRI’s allow people to consider courses which they might not otherwise. > Eric

Munchausen by proxy caused my depression… http://www.munchausen.com/

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> Linda’s point is that through dulling of emotional reactions SSRI’s allow people to > consider courses which they might not otherwise.

Oh you mean like if you become less depressed you might consider a course at night school. Ralph V

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>After all SSRI are used almost exclusively to avoid feeling bad about ones

character defects. I feel bad about procastination.  Mabye I should get an SSRI Ralph V

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No, you should stop milking off your family and get a fucking job for Christ sakes. You can sit on your ass all day on ASDM and sound coherant but you can’t get a job? Makes NO sense. "Major depression?" BULLSHIT. I don’t buy it at all. Your scared shitless to get a job. Your also scared shitless to do something for yourself and to get better. But yeah, go ahead and file bankruptcy when there is absolutely no need. Real smart. Better yet Eric, file bankruptcy to put off your getting a job for another 3 years so you can post meaningless jack shit on ASDM all day. This is what you want isnt it? It’s time you smartened up Eric. Stop being a pussy.

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > Well as Ive said before on here, financially Im in ruins as a result of being > disabled for so long. Im in serious debt of which I have no money to pay, my > credit is now totally ruined.  Im totally, absolutely broke and if I wasnt > living with my family Id be homeless out on the streets. I also just defaulted > on my student loan. Bill collectors call me all the time and drive me insane. > Hell, Im already insane. I cant take it anymore. My family cant help me at all. > Ive really been tempted to just go to this bankruptcy attorney I know and > declare bankruptcy. Wipe my slate  clean…hell my credit is already fucked up > severely bankruptcy is not going to fuck it up any worse. > Least it would decrease my stress levels. What should I do? Go ahead and > declare bankruptcy? > This is what happens when you dont get severe mental illness properly > treated…disability, financial ruination, homelessness, severe stress. Its > bad. > Eric

Eric, although you can wipe out your unsecured debt, the student loans can no longer be eliminated by bankruptcy.  It sucks, i know…thank the Regan/Bush boys. In addition Bush and his rich buddies are pushing through a bill to try to make Bankruptcy much harder. There is some federal program where people in student loan debt can refinance the debt on a income dependent pay back schedule, with a 20 year term.  If you get better you can pay the student loans off, and if your condition remains such that you feel that work is not an option…well in 20 years the debts will go away.  I do not know the name of the program, but i bet your congressman could help you find it. If you tell your debtors not to call you, they are no allowed to call.  I suggest asking them to only communicate with you by mail.  Send each one a certified letter to that effect and get them off you ass. To get out of the whole deal I would check out one of the credit places, they are paid for by big creditors, visa and master charge issuing banks etc… see what they will do for you.  Bankruptcy lasts 10 years, do not enter into such a deal lightly. Munchausen by proxy caused my depression… http://www.munchausen.com/

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You have to have a certain level of debt.  I’m not sure the amount. You also have to come up with the exorbitant amount the attorney charges.  You generally have to pay that up front.  We had to pay $300.00 ten years ago.  But then we filed full bankruptcy too. Be as stable as you can be when you do file.  Even though you KNOW it’ll be hard, it hits very hard.  (how was that for a Linda sentence) The depression I went through was horrible.   Good luck. Linda – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – >Well as Ive said before on here, financially Im in ruins as a result of being >disabled for so long. Im in serious debt of which I have no money to pay, my >credit is now totally ruined.  Im totally, absolutely broke and if I wasnt >living with my family Id be homeless out on the streets. I also just defaulted >on my student loan. Bill collectors call me all the time and drive me insane. >Hell, Im already insane. I cant take it anymore. My family cant help me at all. >Ive really been tempted to just go to this bankruptcy attorney I know and >declare bankruptcy. Wipe my slate  clean…hell my credit is already fucked up >severely bankruptcy is not going to fuck it up any worse. >Least it would decrease my stress levels. What should I do? Go ahead and >declare bankruptcy? >This is what happens when you dont get severe mental illness properly >treated…disability, financial ruination, homelessness, severe stress. Its >bad. >Eric >Steroids caused my depression…prednisone should be used conservatively >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FactsAndFallaciesOfDepression >MIBS (Minimally Invasive Brain Stimulation) >http://www.musc.edu/psychiatry/fnrd/tms.htm

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anyone else had a nauseating response to sustained release effexor? i have only just had my first dose today, and about 4 hours after i took it i became nauseated to the point where nothing helps.  i just feel ILL! my usual antiD is a tricyclic but the doc decided this time she wanted me to try something different …dont worry i havent been switched, as it were…i had been holding it together OK for about 4 years :-/ anyone else had a similar response? — http://www.hamarana.com —

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<snip> >The nausea goes away if you keep taking the Effexor. Severe nausea is a common >side effect of both SSRIs and Effexor. My advice is to just keep on taking that >Effexor and expect some nausea and other side effects for the first couple >weeks til your body adjusts to it. Its a great antidepressant once it kicks in. >If you still have this nausea after a few weeks to a month then yeah >discontinue it. But the odds are the nausea is just an early adjustment side >effect. Its very common with that drug. >Eric >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FactsAndFallaciesOfDepression >FIDO…Fuck It Drive On

thanks Eric.  I called my doc and she wondered if it was an interaction between the effexor and the antibiotics she started me on a couple of days ago (absolutely necessary, had a low grade infection for weeks and weeks).  so she told me to stop taking it until ive finished the antibiotics (8 days to go).  i can hang on til then.   but crikey, i never had anything like this with the tricyclics.  :(( — http://www.hamarana.com —

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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – ><snip> >The nausea goes away if you keep taking the Effexor. Severe nausea is a common >side effect of both SSRIs and Effexor. My advice is to just keep on taking that >Effexor and expect some nausea and other side effects for the first couple >weeks til your body adjusts to it. Its a great antidepressant once it kicks in. >If you still have this nausea after a few weeks to a month then yeah >discontinue it. But the odds are the nausea is just an early adjustment side >effect. Its very common with that drug. >Eric >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FactsAndFallaciesOfDepression >FIDO…Fuck It Drive On >thanks Eric.  I called my doc and she wondered if it was an >interaction between the effexor and the antibiotics she started me on >a couple of days ago (absolutely necessary, had a low grade infection >for weeks and weeks).  so she told me to stop taking it until ive >finished the antibiotics (8 days to go).  i can hang on til then.   >but crikey, i never had anything like this with the tricyclics.  :(( >– >http://www.hamarana.com

there is a drug called maxalon ( metoclopramide) which is a fantastic anti-nausea drug.  if u take it each time u take the effexor it will greatly improve things.

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<snip> >there is a drug called maxalon ( metoclopramide) which is a fantastic >anti-nausea drug.  if u take it each time u take the effexor it will >greatly improve things.

good thinking, James, thanks. dunno why i didnt think of it myself. i’ll ask the doc to write me a script.  im on such a cocktail of meds at the moment i feel like a walking pharmacy. — http://www.hamarana.com —

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Or if you don’t want to go through that trouble, Peptol Bismol does a fine job at supressing nausea. Makes your poops black but hey that’s kind of cool anyway. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – > <snip> >there is a drug called maxalon ( metoclopramide) which is a fantastic >anti-nausea drug.  if u take it each time u take the effexor it will >greatly improve things. > good thinking, James, thanks. dunno why i didnt think of it myself. > i’ll ask the doc to write me a script.  im on such a cocktail of meds > at the moment i feel like a walking pharmacy. > — > http://www.hamarana.com > —

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