Posted by loosmrbls on May 14, 2001, at 8:35:53
In reply to Please respond, posted by Fenka on May 13, 2001, at 1:32:34
I'm sorry to hear you are so unhappy, but you are in good company here.
The first thing that struck me is the massive doses of psychaitric medications you are on. 80mg of Prozac is a large-ish dose, add on top of that 300mg of Wellbutrin and then Ritalin.
Then you are on Codeine, which usually can cause depression or at least "fogginess" when used chronically.
Then there's the synthroid -- do you have hypothyroidism, or on it as an adjunct for depression. Have you had your thyroid levels checked recently?I would start by making sure your thyroid functioning is normal. If it is, then I am going to assume you need the chronic use of narcotics and can't do too much about that.
I think being on two high-dose AD's (and the fact that other SSRI's and TCA's haven't worked well in the past) means you may want to discuss lowering the dose of Prozac and maybe trying a mood stabilizer with an AD for the "malaise"/mood.
It sounds like they are beating a dead horse with antidepressants.
And I personally think being on Ritalin long-term is more harmful than helpful, especially since Wellbutrin also increases dopamine neurotransmission.In other words, you are on a lot of drugs that interact with each other. I think the goal should be to lower and/or get rid of some of these drugs, and find drugs that work better for you (so you don't have to take maximum doses of two AD's to get any type of response).
I hope this helps, and I wish you the best of luck.
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