Posted by Cindylou on November 29, 2001, at 21:56:45
In reply to Re: excersize for depression/anxiety? .. LAMICTAL? » Cindylou, posted by adamie on November 29, 2001, at 13:11:46
Hi adamie,
I'm so sorry to hear you're feeling bad again. How long have you been on the Zoloft? Did you start it yet? Just a caution, since you and I seem to be so similar in our responses to things ... I have tried Zoloft on a few different occasions, and it HAS worked for me -- HOWEVER, it did cause me to get much worse before I got better. And after my mood was lifted, I still experienced extreme fatigue with the Zoloft which never abated.So, if you do end up feeling worse it could be the Zoloft, but the feeling should pass in a couple weeks and help your mood substantially. Hopefully you won't experience the fatigue that i did.
Hang in there!!
cindy
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> i haven't been able to talk about the lamictal. the doc is unwilling to listen to my ideas. I was precribed zoloft 25mg and .5 mg risperdal. zoloft raised to 5mg in 5 days.
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> i am giving up on excersize. this week of excersize has been hell for me. if it's helped then it seems hardly at all. i have felt quite suicidal this week. also i am taking ativan .5mg a few times a day.
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> hopefully the zoloft wont make me worse like the others.
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> i will be sent to a special clinic soon. maybe i will get some help there.
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> > Hi adamie,
> > I'll get to the exercise part, but first wanted to just check in with you ... I remember you were going to talk with your doc about Lamictal ... were you ever able to do so? I remember that you and I have very similar symptoms and similar reactions to meds. I am finally doing better, with a combo of Lamictal plus a low dose of Serzone. It isn't easy titrating up on the Lamictal .. it seems to bring on a lot of anxiety and agitation when I titrate up to the next level, but then it gets better. Klonapin helps the agitation, and this Serzone really helps it without making me too fatigued (but I am on a very low dose -- 75 mg right now.)
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> > Anyway, as far as exercise goes, I find that it definitely helps with depression and anxiety, but only temporarily -- like for a few hours or so after I exercise. I used to exercise like a fanatic in the past, and still had severe depression. Now I just don't have the time or energy to exercise, but when I do, I feel better for a good part of the day. It doesn't last though.
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> > Hope you're doing well. Keep me posted ... I've been thinking of you.
> > -cindy
> > > hi. I started excersizing on sunday. about 30 minutes a day at the gym. this was also the time i stopped my moclobemide which I felt was making the depression quite worse and also extremely tired. stopping meds I had more energy and i felt slightly better. I did excersize at 5pm each day starting on that sunday. I felt that perhaps it helped a tiny bit for the evening. so i kept doing it. then it felt like it wasn't helping. could the excersize improvement be gradual?
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> > > over time does excersize help depression more and more? I started adrafinil on tuesday evening. wednesday was the last day i excersized because i just felt no motivation for it. it seemed on wednesday i felt quite better. but very very hard to sleep and much anxiety regarding my fiance. then thursday I felt the best I have felt in 1 and a half months. I actually felt I could have a livable life. My thinking ability was greatly improved. I was always thinking about things, including worrying about things. But the depression in general just felt quite better. I had enough motivation to do some things, and some energy. I assume many of these effects were maybe from adrafinil. but maybe mostly from the excersize?
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> > > then on friday I was starting to feel MUCH worse. mind torture returning. on thursday it was extremely hard to sleep due to anxiety. only 4 hours of sleep. adrafinil maybe helped but also created anxiety. perhaps the lack of sleep caused me to feel so much worse.
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> > > maybe it was because i wasn't excersizing anymore? just how much does excersize help? sometimes it is hard to force myself to do it. but i guess i will try to do it maybe every day.
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> > > also i feel i should give adrafinil another try. it just makes it EXTREMELY hard to sleep. if it wasn't for that then maybe it could be a good med for me. i wasn't going to take the med today but i ended up taking half a pill compared to a full pill tonight at 8:20pm. tomorrow unless i change my mind I will take it at 2pm.
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