Posted by SLS on June 18, 2005, at 19:33:21
In reply to Re: Anyone TIRED on Wellbutrin XL?, posted by 4WD on June 18, 2005, at 15:45:19
Hi.
> Unfortunately the Wellbutrin also increased anxiety for me.
This might be an unappealing idea, but the addition of an SSRI, Effexor, or Cymbalta might take care of the anxiety quite nicely.
Do you experience any body aches or pains?
> And the insomnia was a big problem.
I hate to do this to you, but one hell of a potent combination would be an SRI + Wellbutrin + Remeron. The Remeron would treat the insomnia and add quite a punch to the other drugs to treat the depression and anxiety. You might not need any benzodiazepines at all.
> I know I could add more Klonopin to counteract the anxiety and a sleeping med to counteract the insomnia but I get to the point of thinking okay I'm taking one med for this and another to counteract the effects of the first med and so on.
I know. Things can become quite a mess, especially when they don't work. When they do work, someone becomes a genius.
> I remember your post about if you want to play you've gotta pay but I guess I'm just stubborn and not quite miserable enough to be willing to put up with four sets of side effects.
Again, you might need only two drugs total.
> In my heart I want to be med free or conquer this with a minimum of medication plus supplements and exercise.
Go for it. The drugs will always be there to come back to if you need them.
> I don't know if this will work but I've never tried it before so I might as well give it at least as long of a shot as I have given specific meds. And I keep hoping that my former abuse of pain meds was a large part of the cause of my depression and that now that I'm free of that, I can get better depression wise (with time).
Stranger things have happened. I think the combination of pregnenelone + DHEA sounds interesting. I guess the DHEA acts as a guarantee that enough androgen will become available should much of the pregnenelone be converted to progesterone. From what I understand, women tend to profit more from the addition of DHEA than men do, and it acts as both an antidepressant and anxiolytic.
Supplements are not my forte, so I'll leave the rest to the "Alternative" board. I wish I had the energy to read more. I would love to become more familiar with alternative treatments.
Good luck!
- Scott
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