PSA...

[ScreamingMeemie]

Cymbalta causes nightmares...

Lexapro turns one into a Zombie...

Xanax makes one oversleep...

That is all. Well, except the fact that my doctor is now done confusing extreme grief with a chemical imbalance.

[UrbScotty]

1. Oh dear.

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

16. Thanks Ih8thegop.

This is actually (in my new, cynical way) a good thread. I am glad I am done struggling with my doctor in my attempts to get him to see that there is nothing really that can be prescribed. I hope you are well.

[Blue Diadem]

2. .

:hug:

I wish there was something I could do to ease your pain Mrs. G.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. You are a good person OurVotes...

I was just kind of celebrating the fact that I don't have to try any more of these.

[lost-in-nj]

3. Sorry

as if you don't have enough to worry about

how about Wellbutrin or ativan

I take the Wellbutrin as an aid in my quitting smoking
and the ativan (usually only a half) when I get anxiety or scared
ie: getting on a plane...

:hug:


lost

[ScreamingMeemie]

11. I think I am done with the drugs.

I took them so that I would be able to say that to my doctor. He's on the same page now. It just took him awhile. I don't do well with drugs.

[auntAgonist]

4. I'm glad he's got it figured out Mrs G.

I think of you so often, daily ... :hug:

aA
kesha

[LeftyFingerPop]

5. I'm sorry....

:hug:

Took my doc 2 years to find the right med combo...have been stable for about 6 years now.

Good wishes to you.

[siligut]

6. I just PMed you.

Sounds like you are taking too big a dose. Have to take about 1/4 of what is usually prescribed. Also, taking all of that is way too much. Grief is normal, but it can cause a chemical imbalance.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. for drug resistant depression try Remeron (Mirtazapine)

the SSRI's dont work for everyone.

that my PSA.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. Thanks.

I think it's the writing that does it for me.

On edit: sometimes grief does not equal depression. It is, simply, grief.

[TZ]

8. Sorry to hear that...

I actually am doing well on Lexapro--it does its job with the occasional vivid dream (I can handle that).
Sounds like you need talk therapy more than any drug therapy.
Find a new doctor.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. Love my doctor. It is what it is.

No drug, our counselor (believe me, I tried) will change that. But thanks.

[bigwillq]

12. PSA...

I love you. That is all.


Take care. :hug: :loveya:

[ScreamingMeemie]

13. Oh... I love you too...

Thanks for the message at Myspace the other day. You sure know when to turn up.

Love you.

[bigwillq]

18. Sorry

I can't offer you any advice on this subject. I am not too familiar with a lot of those drugs. The doctors gave me generic Xanax a few years back when I was having some panic attacks. I took it for awhile but then decided I needed to control it by myself without any drugs.

Some fellow posters seemed to give you some good advice about dosage, etc.

Hopefully you find what works for you. :hug:

[lightningandsnow]

14. Sorry to hear that.

I don't know what to tell you.

I wish you the best.

:hug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Thanks Aspie... No real worries..

It's just a battle I've been having with my doctor. I did the compliance thing, and now he realizes that perhaps I am right. I have always been a live in the now kind of person, no matter how horrid it may be.