Posted by Racer on June 22, 2007, at 12:10:07
In reply to Re: See my Pdoc today - PLEA for advice! PLEASE HE » elanor roosevelt, posted by JerryPharmStudent on June 22, 2007, at 3:09:59
> > step one: get rid of the buspar
> > step two: switch the lexapro for another AD
>
> Why get rid of the BuSpar? My doc seem to think it has great AD properties - however I think it's more of a placebo. Just wondering how you thought about it.
>
>My experience was that Buspar was the best medication I've ever taken for anxiety -- except for the pesky problem of it increasing my depression. In fact, it increased my depression pretty significantly. It was really too bad, since it was far and away the best anxiolytic for me -- but the increased depression was too much.
I also had trouble with Lexapro. On 5mg, it just didn't help my depression and kinda left me feeling more blah. On raising it to 10mg, though -- have you heard of the "locked in syndrome" some comatose patients experience? That's what it reminded me of. I felt almost unable to speak, I just kinda went where someone took me, sat down, and got sucked back into my vortex of misery. The only place I can remember going was to our marriage counseling sessions, and even there I only went because my husband put me in the car and led me to the room. I'd sit on the sofa, and want to say something, but mostly couldn't manage to do it. It was not a pleasant experience.
Then again, I'm apparently quite weird about my reactions to medications...
I wonder if you might find that experimenting with dropping the Buspar was helpful to you? I wouldn't do it now -- I'm a big one for one variable at a time, you know? So, see how the Abilify works out, and then think about dropping the Buspar to see if that helps. You can always start it again is if it having more beneficial results than it did for me.
Just -- sorry, my history includes a doctor who would make five changes at once, and then blame me for spinning off into the stratosphere with anxiety and side effects that were additive between them, etc, so I am a bit of a proselytizer on this topic -- only one variable at a time, if you can...
I'm glad to hear the Abilify is helping though. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
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