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 Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 8:17 am
As some of you know I took my first anti-depression pills last night. I felt good last night, very mello, very relaxed. Although I was tired I had to force myself to go to sleep and I only got a few hours rest because I was tossing and turning, my brain would not shut off, and I was hearing s**t all night long. Someone was talking to me about my hair and I was like "Oh well that's nice..." and then I screamed at who ever it was. When I woke up I felt like a pile of s**t! I was tired, couldn't register most feelings, emotional or physical, couldn't focus on anything more then 5 feet away from me. I was so bad this morning I didn't feel safe enough to drive. That's RARE for me! I feel comfortable enough to drive when tired, angry and I've even done it stoned before; won't be doing that one again. But this morning I KNEW I couldn't drive. I'm hungry as hell but I can't eat because I feel sick as hell! Also about half an hour ago I thought I saw Guin standing on her high chair, until I looked over and saw her in the living room. I looked back and the Guin on the high chair was gone. It says on the info sheets to stop taking them right away if you experience any hallucinations. I will be stopping, I've already talked to my mom about it and to GTR they both think it's a good idea for me to stop, for different reasons, but still.
Right now I'm in a state of "What the ******** is real and what isn't?" I don't like it.
Spoonfeed time!
Talk about meds! Ones you've taken, were supposed to take, have heard about and such. Also what have your experiences on meds been like? Should I look into getting a different kind of anti-depression pill or just rough it through the next 4 and a half months? Should I maybe get someone to watch my kids for me tonight? Anything else you feel is relevant.
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 9:30 am
If they keep you up take them when you get up in the morning. I was on Effexor and also on Cipralex (don't know the common terms, but wikipedia does) and find that the first few months are odd and even tried to kill myself 2 months into my effexor (it's a commonly known side-effect because the way it heals your brain fixes the energy problems and feeling of no control and makes you want to take control of the depression).
-Formerly La Belle Isolde-
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:37 pm
I've been lucky enough to not have to take many meds in my life. There was a brief incident where they put me on ADD pills, but I stopped taking them cause I felt like a zombie. Those few months are still blurry to me xp
Other than that, I've only been on one other medication in my life time, and that was the synthetic human growth hormone injections I took for years. My pituitary gland was messed up, and wasn't producing enough growth hormone. One injection every night for several years... Good thing I have no problem with needles xd
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:28 pm
Can't really add anything to the topic at hand here, but if those pills are causing hallucinations, you can find my address in the letter thread. I want them.
>_>
<_<
For um... Research purposes.
Actually, wait, can't send them or else they won't get through customs... Damn. What type of pills were they? I need their Pill-ID number and name please smile
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 3:33 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 5:34 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:17 pm
@ Trish: The pills were just weird, They made me tired while I was awake but when I would sleep they wouldn't let me sleep. I was sleeping on and off pretty much all day today. I'm also on an oddly high dose 60mg. I have an appointment with the doctor next week I'll talk to him about it.
@Rol: These made me feel like a zombie too. I was very "blah" with everything. Didn't like it.
@Panny: I don't know what their ID number is, but the pills are called Cymbalta and like I said, I was on a 60mg dose.
@Psych: Yes, I drove stoned and it sucked! I would constantly forget why I was driving and where to. It was a world of not fun!
On a little update... I HAVE A MASSIVE HEADACHE! It's everywhere in my head too, started above my eye, but now it's my entire head. I can't be on a med that knocks me on my a** like this, I have kids. I would really like to know what the ******** this Doctor is thinking! He wanted me to take pills that would have cost me $100 a month! I now have a drug plan and they weren't covered by the plan. Crazy a** people...
Oh I'm also itchy. Very itchy!
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:49 pm
I've been off and on medication since I was 8. I was diagnosed with epilepsy at that time, although my seizures are few and far between now.
I've also been on and off various anti-depressants and mood stabilisers since I was a young teenager.
With the exception of very strong doses of stuff they gave me while in the hospital, I don't think most of my anti-depressants affected me drastically in the first 24 hours. It usually takes me a few days to a few weeks to feel any effect. However, after I've been on meds for some time, missing a dose or changing the dosage can ******** me up quite a bit.
I've never taken Cymbalta, and each medication affects each person differently. I don't think most meds really do what they're supposed to do in the first couple of days, but I'm not a doctor.
I was taking Zoloft and Lamictal until a few days ago. I need to make an appointment to see a doctor, since my prescription for Zoloft ran out. Irresponsible of me. >.< Aside from mood swings, I've been doing alright, though.
The problem I find I encounter the most often is zombification. :s With the episodes I experience, my moods make it almost impossible to function normally, which is generally when I seek help and they prescribe pills, and then they fiddle with the dose until things get sorted out...and then I find I tend to slip to the other end of the spectrum, which involves feeling absolutely nothing. In its own way it's just as bad as being severely depressed or manic or the panic attacks. :s The whole thing frustrates me a lot.
Anyway, see how you make out for a couple of days. I would be surprised if they figured out the right dose right off the bat. It'll probably take some time to find the right amount (or the right medication) for you.
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:58 pm
My experience with medication is limited to pain medication, antibiotics, birth control, etc. So I'm not exactly qualified to be giving you advice, but I do think that the best course of action would be to rough it out for a few more days (or a week or so though if it's really that bad, I'm sure you'd want it sorted out as soon as possible) and then talk to your doctor. Hopefully they can either give you a lower dose or some different meds.
Though like Tae and La Belle said, it'll take a while before everything's alright. Your body (brain. Whatever. You know what I mean) will need a little time to get used to the meds, though talking over it with your doctor wouldn't hurt.
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:03 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 7:34 pm
GRM, I have heard sooooooo so many horror stories about Cymbalta. If I had known that was what you were prescribed, I would have had a quiet little freak-out. Obviously it works for some people, but when you have a bad reaction you react right away and even after only one dose sometimes the effects last for months.
If it was any other drug, I would say give it one to two weeks to let the startup side effects settle down, but anecdotal information form my friends says otherwise.
Cymbalta is a different class from most antidepressants -- it blocks serotonin reuptake like most "modern" antidepressants, but it also blocks norepinephrine reuptake like the newer "non-stimulant" ADHD drugs do.
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 7:59 am
Turns out, after I read everything again, I probably had an allergic reaction to it as my arms were hella ******** itchy!
I have 3 kids, I can't take something that is going to lay me flat on my a**. Something to make me mellow, sure, something where I'm going to not even care about anything, NO! That day it was like 2pm and I was like "Oh my kids might need lunch..." At time time I just didn't ******** care, I can't be like that! I have no clue what the ******** that doctor was thinking! "Oh hey, she has kids... she can be out of commission for the next 2 TO 3 WEEKS!!!" Like ********, brains much?
Also 60 ******** mg?! My sister in law is on anti-depressants and she's on 40mgs and she says THAT will knock her out AND she's been taking them for years! A new drug to my system at such a high dose? No wonders I was ********! I should ask V how I was that night as I was talking to him. I don't even remember anything I said in the IRC IF I said anything.
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:03 pm
Kals is questing again!60 mg is a low dose for that drug. 40 is a high dose for other drugs. You can't compare amounts like that, that's not how it works.
Apparently the standard starting dose for Cymbalta for GAD is 60 mg per day. Normally that would be gradually increased over a few weeks to 120mg.
You were pretty normal in the IRC, a little more nervous than usual but that's to be expected. Check sig for details!
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:15 pm
I don't remember talking in the IRC other than saying goodnight to everyone. sweatdrop Good to know it was a low dose for that drug though!
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:21 pm
Kals is questing again!like I said, you're not the first person I've talked to who has had a bad reaction to that drug. I would suggest waiting a couple of weeks to get that dose out of your system, then talking to your doctor about using an SSRI instead. Celexa or Lexapro have the fewest side effects. You could also try a different class of antidepressant, like a tricyclic (like Elavil). The truth about psychopharmacotherapy is that it usually takes a couple of tries in order to find somethign that works. Check sig for details!
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