RE: anti-depressant Wellbutrin

[Guest guest]

Stacey,

Just wanted to let you know, I am bipolar, I never know which way i will

swing. What is working for me right now are 2 paxils and one wellbutran. I

couldn't take effexor for the same reason you can't take wellbutran, my

heart beats too fast.

Marla

[Guest guest]

staceypmartin@... wrote:

> I took wellbutrin for about a month, but it gave me heart palpitations

> (worse

> than I already had), so I switched to effexor. That was ok, but I

> went to

> cymbalta in October. I was originally on prozac. Not one of them has

> been a

> wonder drug for me, it's still a day to day struggle, a difficult one

> at that,

> and my mood stability, what there is of it, is tenuous at best.

>

Stacey and everybody on this thread:

I had the problem of being on Desyrel (trazedone, related to the

tricyclics but not as many side effects) and needing to up the dose but

was at the max of what I could handle as far as side effects. So my

psychopharmacologist (MD) started me on Prozac in the morning plus a

reduced dose of trazedone at night. The two work together

synergistically as far as being good for eliminating depression and

stabilizing mood, I get the benefit of the " wake up " from Prozac in the

morning, and the trazedone is mildly sedating at night, as well as

helping pain.

Another thing to bear in mind is that NO antidepressant will work well

if your thyroid level isn't high enough. Not the TSH, but the T3 and

T4. My mother was very hypothyroid, and as I grew older I got that way,

too. The psychopharmacologist told me to aim at the MIDPOINT of what

the lab says is the " normal " range. He had seen so many patients who

were on the low end but still in the normal range, and by adding Armour

Thyroid, voila! their antidepressants started working better for them.

(It's also good to know that thyroid supplementation is titrated to body

weight, i.e. there is a therapeutic range given in " mg per Kg of body

weight " . I take 195 mg of Armour Thyroid daily, and it isn't too much

for me due to my weight. You may need to work on your doctor to get

them on the same page.)

Hope this helps!

--

el (andreafrankel at sbcglobal dot net)

" wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... "

[Guest guest]

staceypmartin@... wrote:

> I took wellbutrin for about a month, but it gave me heart palpitations

> (worse

> than I already had), so I switched to effexor. That was ok, but I

> went to

> cymbalta in October. I was originally on prozac. Not one of them has

> been a

> wonder drug for me, it's still a day to day struggle, a difficult one

> at that,

> and my mood stability, what there is of it, is tenuous at best.

>

Stacey and everybody on this thread:

I had the problem of being on Desyrel (trazedone, related to the

tricyclics but not as many side effects) and needing to up the dose but

was at the max of what I could handle as far as side effects. So my

psychopharmacologist (MD) started me on Prozac in the morning plus a

reduced dose of trazedone at night. The two work together

synergistically as far as being good for eliminating depression and

stabilizing mood, I get the benefit of the " wake up " from Prozac in the

morning, and the trazedone is mildly sedating at night, as well as

helping pain.

Another thing to bear in mind is that NO antidepressant will work well

if your thyroid level isn't high enough. Not the TSH, but the T3 and

T4. My mother was very hypothyroid, and as I grew older I got that way,

too. The psychopharmacologist told me to aim at the MIDPOINT of what

the lab says is the " normal " range. He had seen so many patients who

were on the low end but still in the normal range, and by adding Armour

Thyroid, voila! their antidepressants started working better for them.

(It's also good to know that thyroid supplementation is titrated to body

weight, i.e. there is a therapeutic range given in " mg per Kg of body

weight " . I take 195 mg of Armour Thyroid daily, and it isn't too much

for me due to my weight. You may need to work on your doctor to get

them on the same page.)

Hope this helps!

--

el (andreafrankel at sbcglobal dot net)

" wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... "

[Guest guest]

staceypmartin@... wrote:

> I took wellbutrin for about a month, but it gave me heart palpitations

> (worse

> than I already had), so I switched to effexor. That was ok, but I

> went to

> cymbalta in October. I was originally on prozac. Not one of them has

> been a

> wonder drug for me, it's still a day to day struggle, a difficult one

> at that,

> and my mood stability, what there is of it, is tenuous at best.

>

Stacey and everybody on this thread:

I had the problem of being on Desyrel (trazedone, related to the

tricyclics but not as many side effects) and needing to up the dose but

was at the max of what I could handle as far as side effects. So my

psychopharmacologist (MD) started me on Prozac in the morning plus a

reduced dose of trazedone at night. The two work together

synergistically as far as being good for eliminating depression and

stabilizing mood, I get the benefit of the " wake up " from Prozac in the

morning, and the trazedone is mildly sedating at night, as well as

helping pain.

Another thing to bear in mind is that NO antidepressant will work well

if your thyroid level isn't high enough. Not the TSH, but the T3 and

T4. My mother was very hypothyroid, and as I grew older I got that way,

too. The psychopharmacologist told me to aim at the MIDPOINT of what

the lab says is the " normal " range. He had seen so many patients who

were on the low end but still in the normal range, and by adding Armour

Thyroid, voila! their antidepressants started working better for them.

(It's also good to know that thyroid supplementation is titrated to body

weight, i.e. there is a therapeutic range given in " mg per Kg of body

weight " . I take 195 mg of Armour Thyroid daily, and it isn't too much

for me due to my weight. You may need to work on your doctor to get

them on the same page.)

Hope this helps!

--

el (andreafrankel at sbcglobal dot net)

" wake now! Discover that YOU are the song that the morning brings... "

[Guest guest]

I've had thyroid checked, and except for t3 (which they don't check),

everything is in range. I'm almost low. I am having bloodwork done tomorrow

for the

endo, and one of the things being done is a metabolic panel, but I know that

total t3 and total t4 are not part of that. They all rely on TSH. I did have

the antibodies checked in November.

I wish it were thyroid, then there might be a solution.

Stacey

[Guest guest]

I've had thyroid checked, and except for t3 (which they don't check),

everything is in range. I'm almost low. I am having bloodwork done tomorrow

for the

endo, and one of the things being done is a metabolic panel, but I know that

total t3 and total t4 are not part of that. They all rely on TSH. I did have

the antibodies checked in November.

I wish it were thyroid, then there might be a solution.

Stacey

[Guest guest]

I've had thyroid checked, and except for t3 (which they don't check),

everything is in range. I'm almost low. I am having bloodwork done tomorrow

for the

endo, and one of the things being done is a metabolic panel, but I know that

total t3 and total t4 are not part of that. They all rely on TSH. I did have

the antibodies checked in November.

I wish it were thyroid, then there might be a solution.

Stacey