Posted by linkadge on December 10, 2003, at 10:04:10
In reply to Re: Antagonism -VS- Reuptake differences w/ AD's?, posted by john1022 on December 9, 2003, at 20:24:58
Well here's my experience if it helps.
I was doing 100% on Celexa alone and fish oil. I thought I could go on just the Fish oil and no celexa.
When I discontinued the Celexa, I managed on just the fish oil fairly well. I was pretty blue however.
So I decided to restart to the Celexa (while maintaining the high dose of Fish oil.Here are the symptoms I had.
1. Very intese colors.
2. Racing mind, unable to focus, mind chattering
3. Insomnia (wake up in middle of night thinking
it was morning
4. Paranoia
5. Terrible guilt - feeling like God was mad
at me for wanting to feel better than I was
on just fish oil (as if this was normal, and
I wanted more)
6. Terrible dizzyness, like sombody was pushing me
from behind. Unsteadyness.
7. No euphoria, but many thoughts at once.
8. An intensity about everything, like a
pressure in my head.
9. Terrible akathesia - internal restlessness.From this the doctor though I was bipolar and gave me lithium. I never felt right for about
6 months. I tapered off the lithium and slowly back on the Celexa.It took a long time, but slowly the symtpoms reduced, and my mood went back to normal.
It may be that you don't need a mood stabalizer or at least perhaps one for long enough to adjust back to the effexor.
Please I know this is a shot in the dark, but go to a health food store and pick up a product called Quercetin (around 500mg per pill). I know it sounds crackpot, but this product does have some strong antimanic properties. It is a protein kinase C inhibitor like Depakote and Lithium.
It is not addictive, and has helped me adjust back on Celexa many times. I really think it's worth a shot.
Linkadge
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