saw my psychiatrist yesterday
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"I can eat or do anything I want to - as long as I am willing to deal with the consequences"
"Failure is not falling down, It is not getting up once you fell... So pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again...."
I think I said that maybe I might not need it anymore but I just realized that I do. If I haven't taken it in a week I definitely feel the effects. I have to take it in the morning because it interacts with *everything* that I take, which I take at night. I put it in the pill case that I use for my vitamins, but sometimes I forget to fill it. This week I remembered to put the vitamins in, but not the Abilify. I wonder if the whole class of drugs will interact with my other meds.
My doctor prescribed me Ambien.. I would never recommend that to anyone.. It leaves you exhausted. Instead, I use herbal remedies. I find Melatonin (5mg) and HTP 200mg(tryptophan) more helpful. I have tried Valerian Root didnt work for me.
My friend at work takes HTP in high doses to treat her depression.
Feel better!!
Michelle
She has been very successful with her weight loss journey too.. She is 4-5 yrs out and has maintained her weight.
I've tried about a million things before. This has been an ongoing problem.
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I told him I didn't think the Abilify or Nortryptyline were helping and that I wanted to come off them because of side effects. He agreed I could come off them if I wanted too, but warned me that I might get more depressed. I guess he wasn't listening real good at that point, but I said I did not feel my depression improved when I started taking them. So therefore I don't think it will get worse to stop taking them. I am still taking Effexor four times a day.
I am looking forward to my appetite going back to normal (oh, please, let it go back to normal!) and to being able to poop again.
I asked for Trazadone for sleep and told him I'd taken some of my partner's Trazadone a couple of nights and it worked real well. And yes, I know you are not supposed to take someone else's medication. And this is one reason I love my psychiatrist - he knows I know you aren't supposed to do that, so he did not lecture me about it. He just said yeah, I could have some Trazadone. I also asked for a script for Vistaril for anxiety, which I've taken in the past, and he wrote me a prescription for that, too. Although I think getting regular sleep will help the anxiety a lot.


My pcp prescribed celexa but it makes me hungry and I gained weight so I stopped taking it...My psychiatrist prescribed me EFFEXOR and her instructions are to take (1) 75mg tab a day for 2 days then (1) 75mg tab 2x a day....I am soooooooo scared of weight gain
can you please share what side effects it has on you? I know everyone is differernt but you look so slim and other than being here on OH I do not not know you personally but I do commend you on holding it together and I wish you well in your mental recovery

I would never suspect you had anxiety or depression because you are such a pillar for us here...love ya!

I have Ambien 10mg for sleep and they put me to sleep but a couple hours later I am up.....Please tell me some side effects that "you" expereined from Effexor because I cannot continue to just take Xanax for my nerves

I keep staring at the bottle of Effexor and I look at the scale and I have gained 30 pounds since my abdomnioplasty and have slipped back into nasty habits too CARBS but the doctor told me that Effexor may take my appetite...could this be true?

I am considering seeing my wls doc and having a EGD done to see how things are looking down there....stoma and pouch cause I stay hungry and can eat what a normal person can eat just not like 2-3 people can eat.

It is different for everyone. It might make you hungry. It might make you lose your appetite. When I agreed to try the Nortryptyline and Abilify, it was with the knowledge that I would not have to keep taking it if I didn't like the side effects. If the Effexor starts causing you to gain weight, you can switch to something else. Just don't quit taking it all at once because it can cause terrible withdrawal symptoms.
I guess it just goes to show how little we know about people when we only interact online. I have had TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE depression for years and years. Terrible as in psych ward, suicidal, all that stuff. Not lately, it's been a long time since my last suicide attempt and I have not been hospitalized in about five years, but the depression has been that bad. And it's bad enough I get disability (SSDI) for it.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
It is different for everyone. It might make you hungry. It might make you lose your appetite. When I agreed to try the Nortryptyline and Abilify, it was with the knowledge that I would not have to keep taking it if I didn't like the side effects. If the Effexor starts causing you to gain weight, you can switch to something else. Just don't quit taking it all at once because it can cause terrible withdrawal symptoms.
I guess it just goes to show how little we know about people when we only interact online. I have had TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE depression for years and years. Terrible as in psych ward, suicidal, all that stuff. Not lately, it's been a long time since my last suicide attempt and I have not been hospitalized in about five years, but the depression has been that bad. And it's bad enough I get disability (SSDI) for it.

Thank you Kelly for being my friend. Thank you for being my OH advocate and giving me advice, opinions, and thank you for sharing intimate details of your life.
I do not know if you are a biological mom but I am. I have been married 17 years and I have birthed 10 kids and for years I have suffered with Post partum depression silently.

I come from a poisonous maternal family and my fathers side is full of mental issues and diabetes. Two of my half brothers committed suicide so I know mental illness is genetic. Papa was a rolling stone and he never married my mom but my sister 10 years younger than me also tried to commit suicide and my half sister did also by trying to OD on crack. I would never try and kill myself for one reason and one reason only. I AM PETRIFIED OF DEATH AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER LIFE! just with that thought that I have to die one day at all gives me anxiety attacks.
I am writing a documentary about my life. I will definitely send you a copy. I am going to be very candid and I hope that maybe a network will pick it up because I am also going to film a documentary. This is important for people because of the times that we live in. I am going to be open about all that has happened to me and also to advocate for Black people or African-Americans, whatever

Of course a three year old can't be a bad anything. I'm sorry for everything you've been through.
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.