Posted by Techno'n'PillBottles on April 26, 2010, at 5:21:31
In reply to Re: welbutrin not so well and seroquel not so sleepy, posted by mellow on April 26, 2010, at 0:16:21
Thank you all for the quick responses.
to answer a couple questions:
yes I was on lamactil 150mg for alot of the time that I have been taking welbutrin. I stopped taking lamactil and reduced my dose of welbutrin because I started feeling something similar to anhedonia. for a while I started feeling a little more alive, however that did seem to be making mania a little more likely. it was still manageable because the seroquel would make me sleep and eat.
I tried depacote as well with worse results and for a very short time.I have tried prozac when i was much younger and I have given lexapro 2 tries, once when I was 17, with awful results, really really awful. and once more before i tried the welbutrin and lamactil. the second round started going downhill so i stopped that much faster, fearing the same bad things would happen. both times I became very agitated and angry all the time and stopped caring about much of anything. I almost ended up dead the first time i tried the lexapro
I took ambien for sleeping, also when i was 17. It never really helped me sleep much but I found it amusing when I would smoke a cigarette and lose my equilibrium or go cross eyed. other than that ive only had the seroquel for sleep.
I have had many distinct manic episodes, which usually involve very little sleep and appetite and lots of anxiety, anger and tension. the most recent was only a week ago. I slept 4 hrs a night every other night for a couple weeks. usually the cycles are much slower, like 2 or 3 months, and much less severe. During these episodes my functioning always varies depending on what my day to day activities entail. I have alot of trouble being social when i'm very depressed or manic,. I isolate when depressed and alienate when manic. school was barely manageable because of the mania and being awake till 3 or 4 am every night. I have held my current job for a couple years only because it demands very little, and I would have been fired 100 times already if my boss wasn't so understanding about me missing work or doing ridiculous crazy things at work. other day to day stuff is usually hard for me as i tend to be very messy and disorganized and forgetful.
I've never really been in a mental hospital, but I've been sent to boarding schools and rehabs, so I'm familiar with some of those environments. some of it was helpful and some of it probably made things much worse.
Hope that helps. I would love some more drugs to look into, and any other suggestions are great
Thank you all so so much for your time and advice, you all seem like lovely loonies.
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