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> First the drugs i have been on for the last several years.

Since 1989 thru 2000 i was on anywhere from 40-60 mg of prozac

daily.....mostly 40 until i started 60 mg every other day in late

90's.That was with 25-50 mg. of imiprimine at night.

Prior to 1989 i

had been on large does of imiprimine by itself( 75-300 mgs) with

fairly good results.

Then in about 1999 the prozac didnt seem to

give same results, so a doctor i was seeing put me on wellbutrin with

that, but it made me VERY hyper so i quit taking the wellbutrin(only

two days). I was then put on trazadone instead of imiprimine....50mg

to start per nite....because the imiprimine made me really crave

carbs and i gained a huge amount of weight(100 lbs). So i was on 40-

60 mgs of prozac and 50mg of trazadone....

eventually, the trazadone

didnt keep me asleep at nite, so it was increased to 100mg within 6

months. Then the prozac was increased to 60 mg per day and trazadone

100 mg at nite. I did this from 2001 until 2003. Then i joined this

church which convinced me i didnt need all these drugs and that my

body was made to heal itself, including depression. BUT, they also

convinced me that laying on of hands from " annointed " pastors, that i

could be healed without the drugs.....so i quit some of the prozac

and trazadone too fast.

i became severely depressed and of course

went back on former doses of drugs.My thinking was so messed up that

i was VERY vulnerable to this pastor and church and later found out

it was a cult!!!!! Very traumatic for me and i moved from the area!

Sometime in 2004 i began feeling a terrible " hangover " from the

trazadone and really felt it in my muscles. Lots of muscle spasms and

lots of pain.....i asked doctor for a change and they tried to keep

me on trazadone, but i insisted it was adversly affecting me. So

they prescribed ambien also, and so i started alternating and slowly

for the next year i started eliminating the trazadone.

It was the

best thing i did.....and then i started slowly eliminating the

ambien...breaking them in half and only using 5 mg instead of 10.

This was done over a one year period. Then the prozac seemed not to

be working.....they put me on Effexor XR (75mg) and was increased to

150mg in two weeks.....my blood pressure went way up and then they

gave me more blood pressure meds!!! Calcium channel blockers added to

my diuretics and i felt horrible.....dizzy all the time. i stuck it

out for two months and finally said NO its not working....mentally i

feel depressed and anxious and asked to go back on prozac. I thought

this was my only choice....i was extremely depressed and scared to

death.

Then they tried me on Cymbalta...and i took it for 6

weeks.....to help pain from fibromyalgia and help depression. It

did not work.....i had MORE pain than before and depression got

worse. I called Eli Lilly and asked about it. Got the runaround.

So, i choose to go back on prozac and have been on it for last 5

months starting with 20 mg and in a month went up to 40. I then

stopped using anything for sleep nightly, using ambien(half) about

one every two weeks if i had several nites where i couldnt sleep

well. I am amazed that i dont need something for sleep with the

prozac, as it used to make me pretty wired during the day. Now it

puts me to sleep most days and for awhile i would skip a day so i

could get my laundry done or household duties.

My depression has

improved and i do have some good days....but i do believe 40 mgs are

too much for me now. I turned 61 last birthday and i think i am

reacting differently to the drugs now. I have great fear of being

depressed again........i hate what these drugs have done to me

physically and mentally.

During this time since 1992 i have been

taking pills also for diabetes type 2. Glutcatrol XL 10mg, for ten

years....then actos 5mg twice a day....now for last year and half,

glucaphauge 850

twice daily and glyberide 5mg twice daily.....these drugs are hard

on the body.....i have now decreased to taking them once a day and am

seeking a natural way to lower blood sugar.....and having good

results. Sorry this was so long.....its hard to remember what i have

taken due to so many pills....will do diet for you in a day or so.

> Sandi

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