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!
Pharmaceuticals
18 June 2008 at 11:01 am (Medical, depression)
Tags: abilify, bipolar, celexa, depacote, effexor, lamictal, lithium, medication, trazodone, wellbutrin, xanax, zoloft
I was talking to a friend online about the various and sundry medications I’ve been on, and ending up writing a list of what I’ve tried and how I reacted to it. It might help someone else, so I’m reprinting it here.
Different meds work for different people. :-/ I’m bipolar: generally severe depression, mild to moderate anxiety, rapid cycling hypomania (up then crashing several times a day for about a week or so), rare full blown manic episodes. Every med I’ve been on before has been for treating depression, not bipolar. So, my depression has been more-or-less under control, while my hypomania ran unchecked.
I’ve tried:
Celexa. Lexapro is a newer version of Celexa. Celexa made me twitchy (like jumping when you’re falling asleep ‘cause you think you’re falling) and dropped my libido to non-existent levels. Moderately controlled my depression, then quit working after about a year. I also punched Steve in the face in my sleep from a violent muscle twitch. :)
Xanax. Anti-anxiety. Good for immediate control of panic attack, but never took it on a regular basis despite a shrink who gave it to me like candy.
Trazodone. Have no effing clue why I was prescribed this one. Turned me into Nessa Zombie. Bleah.
Zoloft. The Sad Rock and I were pretty cool, although again that’s an anti-depressant that does nothing for my mania. Drops my libido to nothing unless I have it at a pretty high dosage.
Effexor. Made me violently angry. Wanted to kick my dog to death because she was barking. Srsly.
Depacote. Made me Chipmunk Nessa. I have pictures around here somewhere. Gained a LOT of weight on this one. I don’t think it even touched my depression. Pretty pointless.
Wellbutrin. Pretty sure I tried this one at one point, too. Eh.
Lamictal. One of the potential side effects was a dangerous rash. While on this one (TMI alert!) I had a vaginal infection that wouldn’t go away: changed soap, shampoo, laundry detergent, diet, type of underwear, nothing changed it. Went off the medication just in case.
Abilify. Finally! A medication for bipolar! Unfortunately, it made me a twitchy, restless insomniac. No good.
Started on lithium this morning. Hopefully this will do something for my kooky head. :)
Having said all that, I hate to see what kind of spam I’m going to attract with these tags. Oy! ;)
