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Wendy I'm really glad you found a mix that works for you. The first one I tried was zoloft and they started me very low and I would quickly build an immunity and need higher doses until I was maxed out at 200mg/day and stayed there for a year and a half. My sister took 25mg/day and couldn't believe I was up that high. She always said if she took 200mg she would lay on the couch and drool all day. lol. I was just barely feeling calm with 200!!!
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You know even at 200mg the zoloft didn't really feel like it did much for me and so after the year and a half they switched me to another one (name????) which didn't do anything except..... make ......it.....so.....I....didn't....feel... anything....during............................sex. Ok, there, I said it!  So anyway then it was switched to wellbutrin which doesn't have that bad side effect. (whew!!) I quit taking it about a year ago and even though I have wanted to take some this past couple of months I couldn't with the LDN. From my understanding if you take a mood modifier or pain killer with LDN it makes you feel like a crack-head who just ran out of blow.  Doesn't sound like fun to me!! I'll have to check out some of those links. Thanks! -D
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hi guys. i am really glad someone posted this about the depression. i have it very bad also, i think it goes hand in hand with chronic pain. My problem is thati have been on most of the ssri's out there for the past 15 years or so and so far only one kinda works for me, prozac. i feel the least amount of side effects with this one, and you know the old saying what works best, is what works!!!
i ma in a bad bout with the depression right now. and i live in a sunny fl!! but it is too hot here, i feel i can not enjoy going outside for a walk, maybe in another couple of months when it cools down some.
my particular problem is making and keeping friends.
it is very hard for me to committ to social events owed to my pain levels which are not being controlled so people have forgetton about me and are tired of asking me to attend events and hearing me say maybe maybe not. then i usually end up not going anyway.
my son moved away to another country and is living his own life, bullly for him but sad for me, my husband divoced me a couple of years ago and still not over it and dont feel like meeting new men.
so besides not feeling good, i get no help. ok poor me right? well sorry not a happy camper here. even with these ssri help.
ya see, you take one pill for depression then they give you a pain med which undoes the AD.
it is screwy and very hard!!!! ok i am done ranting. at least i am not out on the street like some people who have it worse. i keep telling myself that in hopes to quantify how much worse it really could be for me.
I have a fused necky at C 5-6-7 with metal, multi level HNPS, bilateral ''tennis elbow'' lateral epicondylitis, swollen tendons all throughout my body cranky and in pain, on too many meds and none of them work for very long. currently on dilaudid, klonpin, prilosec, and other stuff.
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I take tramadol for pain and the SSRI's don't mix....(seratonin syndrome)I need the pain medication for the fibromyalgia but I wish i could take an antidepressant at times....because I do suffer from depression....especially in the winters.
Does anyone take an antidepressant that helps with the pain too?
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Donette,
did zoloft cause weight gain for you?
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Hi Linlan, welcome! I have been dealing with depression and anxiety for years. And I have tried various ssris in the past, none that helped. It never occurred to me I was ADD (for I have always been fabulous ). One day I was chatting with my son's psychiatrist (he is ADD and anxious...not depressive) and I told her how much I knew what he was feeling on the inside. She told me that being ADD can be very taxing and definitely lead to depression. Not so much because you're bummed you are scatter brained but because of the way you end up talking to yourself your whole life .
I am currently on Vyvanse. Love it. omg. I actually get stuff done again. I don't like being wired, don't like too much caffeine, so the benefit here is it comes in many doses, so start at 20 and you could go to 70 mg. I'm on 20 (although I was on 40 for a year) and my son takes 50 a day. If you're interested in more details, pm me. I still have bouts with it, it comes and goes. The trick is to have it come less often, for shorter periods of time, and with less severity. good luck!
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Hi badbackytoo,  I'm so sorry. Me too. It goes with all this I think. (I'm working on a post about inflammation, depression, and pain... give me a few). I grew up in south Florida. Loved it. But the Fall was depressing for me. I guess it felt the most season-less. And having lived all over I can tell you somehow the weather is closer in Florida, like the sky feels only 50 feet up... especially when it rains. I'm with you on the friend thing. I feel more like a scrooge than you sound, sometimes it just seems like too much work... but that's the depression talking. If I were able to be rational about it... well ... I wouldn't be depressed. You can't just snap out of it. Go Slow. I find 'friends of circumstance' to be my speed. Like when I was in school. I take a class on Wednesdays, and I go to yoga on and off (I look for classes with old ladies, not hardbodies) and love the friends there... but I only go out for drinks with them like once a year. It's a blast, but I don't want more. Maybe a health club that's casual? A library? Book club? US ? OK, you already have us. Divorce knocks you on your butt, it's normal to take a long time to get back on your feet. You will. One way or the other, 5 years from now you'll have a whole new life. Could be great. Take care of yourself, at whatever pace, CC
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Donette,
You are doing a very good thing by looking at yourself like an outsider to see what is going on. It is only some people who can do that. Mostly we are so involved in our own struggles that we can't distance ourselves from it. The moment I can distance myself, even with my own thoughts, I can immediately see where I have negative thoughts and how they negatively impact on me. And then I can choose to think differently.
One thing I need to mention is that we have to remember that if we don't make things happen, life will just throw experiences at us, whether we want it or not. We can decide if we want to live like a hermit or do we want to be friendly and be a friend. We "should" not see ourselves as victims - in each and every situation we have a choice in how we want to respond or not. Even with this pain, we can decide to see the more positive side, which is not very easy to do, but possible.
Donette, this "sermon" was not meant for you specifically...
I like your attitude and way of doing things. Keep it up!
Take care
Ronel
"It's not good or bad. We can't see the big picture."
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