need mood med
Question:
I take 15 mg twice daily. I take it with my geodon at breakfast (10 am) and dinner (8 pm) and these episodes or "attacks" usually happen sometime between 3 pm and 6:30 pm, although I did have one as late as 8. And it has been happening every 2 or 3 days. I can’t figure out what this means. My therapist suggested I ask my pdoc about taking ativan a while back, but pdoc would not give it to me because it is addictive.
Sasha- Your Buspar is wearing off–can you take it earlier in the evening? Talk to you pdoc about dosing more often–I think that might be your key! 
Hugs, Nancy
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I have a lot less of an appetite on wellbutrin I have noticed. Also some insomnia. Other than that I am not a crying mess like I have been sometimes. Jim
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Did the crying act on Wellbutrin also. Crying, emotional roller coaster… was the drug in my case… Don *Buspar All outbound email scanned by NAV 2k before sending…
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I’m not doing so well moodwise. I am taking low dosages of geodon and seroquel for schizoaffective disorder. I have been having problems with anxiety for several months now, and have been taking Buspar for about 2 and 1/2 weeks or so, and have noticed no effect. I’m not sure if I’m really in a depression though. I have been experiencing bouts of extreme intense emotion for about an hour or two at a time, that causes crying(extreme despair, weeping and writhing) or fits of aggitation (anger and frustration and fear, in which I hurt myself) and sometimes both in the same episode. It is horrible, and the times between I am sad and anxious, and don’t want to do anything, just despise going about my life.
Buspar is an anti-anxiety med with a very short half life–how much and how often are you taking it? You might need to take it more often–or it might not work for you. Have you tried Lorazepam for anxiety? – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -The thing is, I really don’t want to take a mood stabiliser or an antidepressant because of the side effects, and the fact that they didn’t work that well anyway. The reason they didn’t work comepletely may have been because I needed an antipsychotic too, which I have, so maybe an ap or ms would work better in conjunction with an ap. I am just relunctant to try them again because of the side effects. SSRI’s cause sexual side effect which I cannot have if I wish to stay married. The last time I took welbutrin, it gave me panic attacks, and the serzone, well I had some vivid hallucinations on that which may have just been coincidence and the ap could take care of that, so maybe I should try that again, as long as it does not cause weight gain. Lithium gave me anhedonia, weight gain, and raised levels when I took Aleve for fibromyalgia. Depakote gave me bruises and weight gain and didn’t do anything, and topomax gave me glove and stocking peripheral neuropathy. So I don’t like ad’s or ms’s, but I think I need some. Anyone got any suggestions?
I think–JMHO–that you will have to take the "path of least resistence". IOW, which anti-depressant worked best with the least side effects? Which mood stablizer worked the best with the least side effects? And then live with some side effects. Maybe the right anit-depressant and anti-anxiety meds would releive the anhedonia from the lithium? I don’t know–just sounded good to me. <g I doubt the Depakote made you bruise–that is just part of having fibromyalgia–I call it the "princess and the pea syndrome" <g Aleve or any nsaid will make you bruise more easily and usually anti-inflamatories have NO effect on fibromyalgia or it’s pain. It seems to me that Lithium had the least side effects, from what you describe and there are many other anti-depressants out there to try. I also agree that you would benefit from an ap–there are others to try. I wish you the best–as always. Nancy in CA All thoughts posted here, unless otherwise cited, are my opinion based on my research and my experience. Everyone should do their own research and make their own choices based on their situation. to email me, remove the Z. Please visit the Fibromyalgia group at alt.med.fibromyalgia.recovery.info (moderated) Please visit the grandparents ng, alt.talk.grandparents. Please visit the manic depression ng at alt.support.depression.manic.moderated
