Posted by Jasmineneroli on September 7, 2004, at 21:01:24
In reply to Re: Calcium causing depress./apathy etc.?Larry, Others, posted by Patient on September 7, 2004, at 13:19:52
Hi there Lisa!
Do not think that "Other" was any way demeaning! :)
Yes, you are right about the calc/mag amounts (500mg Calc./300mg Mag.). However the Vit. C I take is Ester C, which is calcium ascorbate (1000mg per day). I don't know how much elemental calcium that gives me, as far as body absorption. I just know that the C is buffered with calcium for better utilization. Do you know how much *real* calcium that might be??
I have been on Clonazepam for 13 months. My dose has slowly tapered down from an origial of 1-2mg per day as needed. to the current .5mg, where I've been for about 2 months. I did feel some sedation and low energy for the first 2 weeks on Clonazepam, but that faded.The Celexa was added 6 weeks ago. Initially ( for about 16 days), I had many SE's from Celexa, including headache. The multi-supplement containing Calcium (500mg) was added about 5 weeks ago. The headache returned, along with the apathy, 2 weeks ago.
I've been on Celexa before. I had the exact same start-up SE's last time too. They subsided after about 2 weeks. However, about 8 months later, I did develop depression and sexual side effects. I discontinued after that. I don't know if I would get a return to the Celexa side effects so soon. My dose has not changed. But it is of course, possible. Clonazepam has been the only drug to help my GAD in a trial of about 8. The Celexa was added for the continual worrying thoughts (C-pam doesn't help this) and for upcoming potential seasonal depression ( see my post replying to Optimist). I may be blaming Calcium unfairly, so I'm going to try stopping it for a week and re-starting, with no other changes to cloud the issue. But Optimist raised some interesting points about calcium-melatonin, and I've been wondering too about magnesium deficiency. Too many questions!
You raise some good points (allergies may be involved, for instance) and I do try to keep a record of everything I do, eat, take. I haven't kept an accurate journal lately though, so I'm definitely gonna do that :) !
Thank you for your info and suggestions. If you have any other ideas, I'd love to hear them.
Take care
Jas
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