Posted by sandi on January 1, 2000, at 14:29:55
In reply to now what to try, posted by pam on January 1, 2000, at 8:37:44
> i have had some traumatic experiences in my life since 9/99 and have been diagnosed with clinical depression. these include: family lice, daughter lice twice, constant knee pain, abcess surgically removed from back of neck, denied job change at job i worked for for 19.5 years, denied leave of absence for daughters' 2nd lice incident, 2 knee surgeries and i know there are more, but want to get on with message. i have now tried paxil, zoloft, remerol all will devastating side effects (one was halucination). i have severe
> panic/anxiety. my doc. also gave me trazadole and xanax .25 for anxiety. i quit taking the remerol (last one she tried) and did not call her this time because i feel like a guinea pig. i want to be able to come to the next appt. (1/6/00) with suggestion of a med that i would like to try. i just found this site so this is short notice for an answer. but even later is better than not at all in getting suggestions that i may use. i have written up about 30 names of meds that i now will research to see their side effects. i now think i also have loss of some memory as with paxil and zoloft i don't remember why had to stop them (although they were with doctors' advise). the trazadone and xanax (even though the xanax does not do the trick with the anxiety attacks as it had) don't give me the bad side effects. i think it was stomach problems and more anxiety than previous is why i stopped the other two. please reply, sincerely, pampam, do not dismay. Sometimes it takes a while to find out exactly what med will work for you. I was on 14-15 different meds and countless combinations of those meds until my doc decided it wasn't the med but the amount that had to be titrated. Elavil at 225mg was the only thing that allievated my depression.Side effect-sure there were many but my doc gave me additonal meds to combat them, and now, finally, I am able to function. So hang in there and don't give up!!
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