Posted by John1022 on October 6, 2003, at 12:55:10
In reply to Re: You need a new doc... » John1022, posted by Penny on October 6, 2003, at 12:36:41
Thanks Penny. I new doc it is. I couldn't believe how he reacted to me this morning when I talked to him.
I definitely need some kind of AD (or 5HTP which I think is going to work) because I definitely have a seretonin defieciency problem. I believe 100% that is all it is.
When my seretonin drops, my sleep won't trigger and I feel a little anxiety, but not much. I am trying the AD's because Effexor did work in the past when this exact same thing happened and my sleep was back to normal within 2 weeks.
It is definitely some kind of imbalane as my brain will not trigger sleep when I am "off". I don't feel sad or guilty, typical depression, but it is definitely something related to seretonin which Effexor fixed in the past.
No sleep without Ativan has been constant for two months and I can feel something off inside ( a little more moody than usual and more anxiety)
Also when this happens, I can't smoke pot without it causing a near panic attack and making falling asleep harder. I usally smoke pot daily and it has the exact opposite affect of calming me down beyond belief like a strong benzo and putting me right to sleep at night.
I just figure that because the balance is not going away and that I am sure it has to do with seretonin, that an AD like an SSRI would work again. Something has changed though making all these AD's cause all these very serious side effects.
The only reason I keep trying them is to basically fix the sleep problem because otherwise my sleep absolutely will not trigger until the imbalance is corrected.
When I took 5HTP, I felt an almost immediate change and could fall asleep with no problems without taking an Ativan.
It is seretonin related, and probably seretonin only, I am 100% sure of it. It is just too coincidental that the drugs I took that caused the drop in seretonin work because they manipulate and then drop seretonin, combined with the fact that when I take 5HTP it almost brings me back to normal except the ringing in my ears.
What I don't understand is how Effexor once worked and now it doesn't, and how Effexor and all the other AD's are all causing these extreme side effects almost like they are themselves causing more seretonin depletion.
I know it is hard to believe, but that is what I believe to be happening as I am very aware of what is going on in my body.
Thanks again
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