Took my first Cymbalta this morning. Got sleepy about 3ish thisafternnonnnnnnnnnn, naped until 5:30. Lucky for me it’s extended release. 7 pm now. Pretty sure I’m underwater. Thoughts floating around. Difficulty focusing on
Hmm.
Floaty floaty
15 September 2008 at 7:07 pm (Medical)
Tags: bipolar, Cymbalta, medication, medication issues
Cymbalta
12 September 2008 at 7:39 am (Medical, depression)
Tags: Cymbalta, depression, lithium, medication, medication issues, side effects, wellbutrin, zoloft
Fucking great. The lithium combined with Wellbutrin gave me the shakes, so Doc said drop the lithium. Wellbutrin plus Zoloft: weight down, libido way up, acne way up. I’ve already been through puberty once, thanks, not interested in experiencing it again. Doc prescribes Cymbalta. What the hell, I think, I’ll try the next one on the list. Then I find a site like this one of people kvetching about how terrible it is and how the withdrawals are hell, and it scares the shit out of me. Like, scares me so much I’m not sure if I’m going to start taking it this morning or not. Granted, I know people happy with their meds aren’t going to go out and post it on a side effects site. Still. Scary. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
I hear the secrets that you keep
6 September 2008 at 3:27 pm (General, Medical)
Tags: Dubya, Farmer's Market, Gavin, granola, lithium, medication issues, sleep talking, wellbutrin, zoloft
Gavin, sound asleep: *rolls over* “I just looking at them!” *continues sleeping*
Kiddo, you make me giggle.
Went to the Farmer’s Market today and snagged some honey, some ground beef, apple butter, a watermelon, bread pudding, nummy granola stuff, and some goat milk lotion. Noms. I keep sneaking into the kitchen to toss more granola into my mouth. Between the new five grain bread at Starbucks and our granola, I tell you we’re regular at the Warmath household.
I’ve discovered that when I look up drug side effects on WebMD, they list the life threatening and major ones: strokes, diarrhea, tremors, etc. The annoying ones you have to look for elsewhere. At least when I find them I know I’m not alone. So, the lithium? Gave me the shakes. Got off it. Currently on Wellbutrin and Zoloft. For now. Wellbutrin: lost some weight, yay! Made my face break out more than it has in years, suckage! And since we know that Zoloft alone makes my libido even lower than George Bush’s IQ, we’re back at square one. Have to call my shrink to set up another appointment. Good thing there are approximately 12 million bipolar drugs on the market.
Meh
2 July 2008 at 9:49 am (Medical, Silly)
Tags: Ain't Bovvered, BBC, Catherine Tate, Lauren Cooper, lithium, medication issues, youtube
Not sure how well the lithium is working yet. I’m tired all the time — went to bed at just after 8 pm last night and slept until 7ish this morning. I could easily take a nap right now. I’m irritable and angry and bitchy and cranky and grumpy. I’m lots of fun to be around, I assure you. My appointment with my new meds doc isn’t until at least the week of the 14th, so I have a bit to go. *sigh*
But Lauren Cooper makes me laugh. :)
Goddamn biploar
27 April 2008 at 6:24 pm (depression)
Tags: bipolar, medication issues, personal
I hate it when medication is screwy and not doing its job, or doing its job plus some annoying as hell side effects. Mainly, I hate it when medication doesn’t keep me from having to hear Gavin told, “Mommy can’t play with you now. Mommy’s sick.” It rips my heart out to see that little face looking sad as he contemplates why it is that his mommy doesn’t want to get down on the floor with him and play whatever game he’s playing. I hate hearing him ask, haltingly, “Mommy … sick?” I don’t want him to grow up too quickly, knowing that some days he has to stay away from Mommy because she’s sick and might start crying. I don’t want him to carry that weight on his shoulders. I don’t want him to learn to accept that sometimes Mommy isn’t Mommy and she has to be left alone.
