Posted by Cam W. on June 3, 2001, at 19:54:40
In reply to Re: To Cam, posted by Neal on June 3, 2001, at 17:27:23
Neal - I took Wellbutrin for 3 prior depressive episodes. The SSRIs, Paxil and Zoloft did not seem to help very much, even at higher dosages. The Wellbutrin worked the first two episodes, but probably because of the nature of the last episode (death of my 18 year old daughter last June 5 - for details see http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20000603/msgs/36519.html ), the Wellbutrin didn't touch my depressive symptoms, even though I had taken it for more than 3 months.
My pdoc does realize that SSRI antidepressants weren't the way to go, so the only real option that I had was to try Effexor because I had been deteriorating more rapidly than ever before. I am surprized at how well the Effexor has worked (few start-up side effects for me). This will be my 10th or 11th week taking Effexor (I have lost count, I have been meaning to look it up, but keep forgetting to).
For the past week I have been taking 15mg to 30mg of temazepam (Restoril™) for sleep. I have been having trouble initiating sleep because I would lie there for hours just ruminating. Once I was asleep I would sleep through the night, it was just that I had trouble falling asleep. I had tried a couple samples of Starnoc™ (zapelon - can't remember U.S. name), but didn't think it worked that well. I now see that it works as well as the temazepam, without morning grogginess, probably due to it's shorter half-life. Also, with Starnoc, I could wake up to noises in the house and fall back asleep easily.
Sorry for the ramble. BTW - I will be away for the next few days, as the anniversary of my daughter's death is Tuesday, and my family and I are going to the mountains, basically to just get away. - Cam
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