Posted by lepus on February 10, 2004, at 17:15:12
In reply to Re: Who has been on meds for 10+ years??? » jay, posted by Bob on February 10, 2004, at 16:52:06
> > Just wondering...as I heard some research that the 10 year mark is supposed to be the time that most people on meds find their 'optimal' treatment?? I feel like I am sometimes "close", but at many (and I *emphasize* that!) others I feel horrible and like I have gotten nowhere.
> >
> > Jay
>
> I've been on meds for about 12 years now, and I've never felt worse or more hopeless. Each new medecine I tried was as equally unacceptable as the last. No here I am on lithium, Celexa, and Welbutrin. I sleep to much, have mysterious undiagnosable muscle tension and pressure, irritablility, excessive weight, and complete loss of sexual desire. About the only thing that the meds are doing for me currently, is staving off suicide. Sometimes I still feel like checking out thought.
>
> Bob
>
>On Depakote, Lexapro, Seroquel and Klonopin and I echo Bob's sentiments. The best I felt was off the meds only to be told when my anxiety came back this fall that I was just hypomanic for a year. I've been going through this since I was 11 and am 29 now.
Too young to throw in the towel I suppose, but too old to hope for a normal life.
When are the drugs companies going to look for something new??? I still think psychiatry is in an age of barbarism.
poster:lepus
thread:311793
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040210/msgs/311808.html