Posted by johnj on December 16, 2002, at 20:43:14
In reply to Re: Supplements, posted by Larry Hoover on December 16, 2002, at 9:11:34
Hi Larry,
Great response as always, thank you very much. Yes, I thought it might be an electorlyte problem and maybe something related to the lithium, but I make sure I am well hydrated and get enough salt. What followed my initial workout experience was a return to waking up in the middle of the night. So, I stopped running and things improved. I tried this off and on for a year and each time I would feel lousy.
I really want to get back back to marital arts for the breathing excercises that we do. Even a mild sweat will cause me to feel lousy the next day. I have stared slow, but after to no avail I feel worse after excercise. This is so disappointing since it helped pull me out of my freshman college depression/anxiety.
I am so med sensitive and felt so bad a week ago sunday, and that is when I discovered I had upped my dose by mistake. Previously I had upped my nortryptline dose on purpose and couldn't stand the dry mouth and constipation. However, this time I had an almost depressive episode. I lowered from 70 to 50 and got along ok. I went down to 40 mg for 3 days, but last night I went back up to 50 since my sleep was so bad. I am hopping tonight I sleep better. The theraputic window seems really tight for me. Not sure what to do about the lexapro. I had some weird anxiety problems when I tried it. I just hate to wait weeks to see if it "works" for me. I don't know if I could stand it that long if the anxiety became worse. All I know at a small dose I was Mr. Sleep head.
I will wait for all supplements until I get my meds figured out. I will only take my vitamins. I hope my restless weekend was withdrawl instead of depression returning. I tried a google search and didn't see much on nortryptiline withdrawl like a person sees with ssri's. That is one reason ssri's scare me. All I know is that I need some sleep. I am going to talk to someone and see if I can't find a therapist that works with a pdoc. My pdoc just wants to throw meds at me. I am also thinking of trying klonopin instead of my current tranzene since I have heard klonopin doesn't cause depression like some benzo's can. What a rollar coaster ride that isn't any fun!! Thanks again Larry, I like your insight. There has got to be a combo out there for me. I wish Cymbalta was out. It sounds pretty postive from what little info is out there.
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