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bellabellabella
09-08-2002, 10:09 PM
i dont know what to do anymore! I"M ALWAYS SO IRRITATED AND BOTHERED WITH EVERYTHING. I've never ever had problems before, EVER. then i had this huge obsession with food and i was actually diagnosed with OCD by the best psychiatrist in florida (in port st. lucie, FAR away from me) and it was expensive and he decided i had bi-polar too. all in a 45 minute session (275 dollars as well) well, i was on celexa previous to my visit and i hadent been taking it for the past 2 days when i had gone to see him. so, he said i was bi-polar and OCD but thoes things cant be treated at the same time because the meds for OCD (ssri's) increase bi-polarness. even though i'm NOT bi-polar. so, now i'm off my celexa, and my mood is stabelized, i'm ALWAYS annoyed, sometimes deperssed sometimes chipper but i get REALLy annoyed and things TICK me off. I'm WAY past celexa withdraw because i havent been taking celexa for over 4 months now. I'm now taking 2 pills of lamictal in the morning and 2 pills at night. for the first 2 weeks i took a half pill in the monring, half pill @ night, then increased to one and one and now it's 2 and 2 and it's still gonna go up. apparently, they have to take it slow but my weight is going UP UP UP! and i'm getting SOOOOO DISCUSTED AND ANNOYEDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!!!!!!!!!AHHHH makeing me CRAZYTYY i told my dad and he keeps saying that this med is gonna make it better, when it has been making it worse! and he says that i'm making myself worse. so, i decided i'm gonna say that im taking it but i'll stop. not compleately, for the next 2 weeks while i'm supposed to be taking 2 in the morning and 2 at night, i'll be taking one in the morning and one at night, and when it goes up to 3 and 3 i'll be down to a half and a half while i throw the others away that i'm not taking. i cant stand this, seriously. i dont know what to do, any suggestions???

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purple2067
09-08-2002, 10:33 PM
I know how you feel, but I would not stop taking the medication without your doctor telling you to. I am confused though. Are you bi-polar or aren't you? Because if you arne't, then why is it that you cannot take Celexa? I know you said that this dr is the best in florida, but you still might want to get a second opinion just to hear what somebody else thinks. I mean, how could he diagnose you with all of that in one 45-minute session? Have you told you doctor that you don't think this med is working for you? Maybe there is another one that he can give you, one that might work better for you. Is there anything that you can do for yourself that helps you relax when you get anxious, annoyed, angry, etc... What about taking a walk or listening to a certain song? Also, aside from seeing the psychiatrist for the meds, are you in therapy? I mean, are you going once a week every week to talk with a therapist and learn how to deal with your anger? Just try to take a few deep breaths and relax. I know all about the weight thing. My weight just keeps going up also. I am so disgusted, and I am tired of dieting. I eat something that is bad for me, and then after I eat it I get depressed because I ate something bad, and I eat when I get depressed, so I just eat some more. It is a vicious cycle. I also get very angry sometimes, and I used to have crying fits, etc... But I learned to just remove myself from the situation for a few minutes, maybe go into a different room, etc... I am at the point where I just don't know what to do about my weight anymore. I want to be healthy, but I cannot resist eating all of this food. Especially when I am depressed, I just eat and eat and eat. Have you figured out what to do instead of eating when you get depressed? I do talk it out with a therapist, but we haven't touched the weight thing with him yet. I am also on Celexa, and I find that it has really helped me to stabilize my moods, but it hasn't helped with the overeating.

Good luck,
Elyse
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mlgable
09-09-2002, 09:23 AM
Celexa is often used for people who are bi-polar and there should be no reason you can't be on it. Since the meds are not doing what they should for you this needs to be reported to your doctor so they can either change or adjust them etc. Give the drugs and honest try but if they don't do the job after at least 14 days then tell your dad you need to report this to the doc so that they can decide what to do next.





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