Posted by Kathleen6674 on September 3, 2001, at 18:50:11
In reply to SERZONE crying/suicidal thoughts (topamax), posted by Elzabeth on September 3, 2001, at 17:54:14
I had taste problems when I first started Celexa - I had virtually NO taste. NONE. Unless I ate something with an extraordinarily strong taste (lemon sorbet, spicy Mexican food, etc.). In those cases, I'd get the old beach towel flavor, with a hint of alkaline something or other (tasted faintly of baking soda) as an aftertaste. Not fun. I'm pleased to tell you it did go away, so I'd hope that your taste probs will fade as your body adjusts to the new med.
My Serzone probs. increased when I increased dosages, too. I think that may be the culprit more than the Topamax, given that so many others here have had the same prob. w/Serzone. Run that past your doc. I sometimes get frustrated with my doc bc he seems overly cautious re: adding/switching meds - he'll either up a dosage OR change a med OR add a med (although he almost never combines meds, thus far). I kind of see his logic with a case such as yours, though - how to tell if it's the increased dose of Serzone (my hunch) or the new med? Only way to tell is to remove one at a time (or add, if you're just starting) and see what happens, which takes quite a while.
I hear you on the med frustration. Thus far I've tried Prozac, Wellbutrin, Ambien, Serzone and now Celexa, not to mention some herbal experimentation I tried on my own (to little or no avail).
I tried a drug holiday after my Prozac started to poop out, without medical supervision. It was a big, big mistake. I crashed into a very bad depression, suicidal, hard to get out of bed, kept thinking I was a waste of planetary resources merely for existing (I mean more so than anybody is, LOL), the whole bit. I've spent over a year playing musical meds since then and it's driving me crazier than I think I might otherwise be had I found a good med in the first place.
You're not the only person in this boat, believe me. I'm glad I found this site to see so many other people with experience with lots of different meds - otherwise I don't know anyone else who can relate.
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