Posted by rmshed on June 25, 2001, at 17:35:45
In reply to Back from the hospital, re: meds, eliz et al., posted by shelliR on June 25, 2001, at 9:55:12
> My hospital plan was to start selegiline after a 5 day washout from Nardil and to add oxycontin. My depression was so painful that I didn't have the fortitude to try selegiline first so oxycontin was added almost immediately. Came home on 20mg of selegiline and 20mg oxycontin (10mg bid: supposed to be 12 hour release, but it lost any effect for me after hour 8). I was feeling okay to get out and I had a big work thing scheduled for Friday which I didn't want to cancel.
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> Plan was to continue going up of selegiline to 40mg. I was shakey on the selegiline; also had back pain which I did not associate with it As I continued at home on 20mg I became much more sweaty (clammy sweat) and my back pain moved into my legs. My pdoc did not answer my page either Saturday or Sunday, so I decreased on the selegiline to 10mg, 5mg, and today none.
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> I see my pdoc this afternoon. What does one do about a pdoc who does not answer pages? Word on him among colleagues is brilliant but not reliable. So I was not absolutely shocked this weekend, just made my own plan.
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> I tried prozac many years ago and had no bad effects from it, but also no improvement. I wondered if it might be a good base to mix with mirapex. Any feelings about wellbutrin and prozac together? Read some old posts from people who were successful with the mix. Or I could hop back on nardil and hope that if I go up really fast on it, I might get an effect again. (Someone just posted that, but I couldn't find it this morning). Any ideas will be welcome.
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> I had very bad suicidal feelings Friday and Saturday, but the oxycontin pulled me through once it kicked in.
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> ShelliMy experience with prozac and wellbutrin will never be forgotten. I was actually taking the wellbutrin as help to stop smoking aid. My psych doctor prescribed the prozac and my pulmonary doctor prescribed the wellbutrin. Since the pulmonary doctor knew what other medications that I was on, I just assumed that taking the two together would be ok. I was ok until the wellbutrin got into my bloodstream, about 7 days after starting it, I felt like I was high or drunk and I don't smoke grass or drink, but the feeling was awlful. I was so spaced out that I couldn't drive. I finally went to the psych doctor and he told me that my body couldn't handle the two as a combination. Since prozac had never given me those type of side effects, I ditched the wellbutrin. It took 10 days before I started to feel like myself again. I didn't drive anywhere for a week, my parents took me and picked me up from work. The wellbutrin is a stimulating antidepressant and it also created anxiety for me. Some people might like to feel high, but I personally could not function. BTW, I decided I would try another time to stop smoking.
But everyone is different with medication. Good Luck.
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