Posted by Fed up and losing battle. on April 18, 2000, at 10:16:56
I went to cabinet to take some Klonopin. I dont take them much unless having a problem going to sleep. Which is very seldom. Depress me and was out of them. So I see some atenolol(ternomin) that was prescribed to my 8 year old daughter last December. Was given to her for lancinating re-curring headaches.....to make a long story short... all that was wrong with her was a sinus infection that did not get knocked out with first round of antibiotics. So this Neurologist had prescribed this to help calm her and it did not work. She became agitated, hyper and cranky the few times I did give them to her. He wanted to put her on Paxil next and have her learn bio-feedback. Finally I listend to my intuition and said no and demanded another sinus x-ray. Problem treated has not had a headache since.
My depression manifests as oversleeping big time. Have little energy and very fatigued, gained lots of weight. Barely functioning. Everything has checked out OK physically. Have tried all classes of anti-depressants, been on lithium, zyprexa, and combinations of these drugs. I have been on about everything in last 8 years and to numerous pdocs with dx of atypical depression, atypical manic depression, and currently mood disorder NOS.
MAOIS cause such low BP that I cannot stand up. SSRI's at very very low doses cause major aggression issues for me. I become a raving mad woman and is hard as heck to keep that under control. I took one dose of SAM-E and had this problem surface. Celexa and Prozac will make things even worse. Ritalin and Adderal are like sleeping pills for me. Wipe me out.
So I have no Klonopin and think well I can take one these atenolol. Suppose to be sedating....right? Wrong...was up most of the night in and out of sleep. So I look it up on internet and is a beta-blocker. If anything should cause depression and slowing down of system. Is not doing that with me. So I am thinking maybe I should just take these, at least am awake and up and around. It was only 25 mg and I could probably do OK on half that amount. I read where it use for aggression. Maybe that is why am so dang tired, always having to keep that under control. Is exhausting. I do go to therapy but sometimes it just is chemical or something bc I just let it rip verbally and can not stop myself even though I know am doing it.
So I know I should bring it up to my doctor, I pay out of pocket so I am kind of sick of paying with no results. I know to check my BP and pulse. Why should I go until I find out if it works or not? He will jsut say "well I can try it". Besides that will take a week to get an appt. Anybody been on this drug or any other type of beta-blockers for depression? I probably wont take it...I thought it was just another benzo when I took it. Any and all feedback welcome.
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