stepstomarrow
When granddaughter, Jada, was born with leukemia, a donor-match was located and Jada made a miraculous recovery. In honor of her grandaughter's health, Jeanna has decided to walk across the country (in the dead of winter) to raise awareness and build support for the bone marrow registry (all that's required is a cheek swab). Follow Jeanna's remarkable journey as she travels the United States by foot.

 After having horrible side effects from Cymbalta, my GP has switched me to Lexapro. I have had fairly good reactions to SSRIs in the past, no really nasty side effects/weight gain etc. But the more I read about Lex, the more concerned I get. I'm not too bothered by the withdrawals - hell, it can't be worse than Effexor!! 

I didn't have any weight gain on Prozac or Citalopram when I was on them before, so is it unlikely that I will experience weight gain on Escitalopram (Lex) as it's pretty similar to Citalopram. 

I am recovering from Bulimia & already at a high weight so gaining more would be really bad for my health, hence my main concern. Is there any way to combat weight gain caused by anti-depressants? It seems it's a metabolic problem which would indicate that merely diet & exercise might not cut it. 

Experiences & advice would be greatly appreciated. 

so I just went to a new psychiatrist he is amazing. i have given up all hope on psychiatrists because i feel like i just cannot be fixed but anyway my whole life i have been on and off ssri's but they shifted me right into mania within the first month. i have been on basically 4mg of ativan/ xanax/ clonazapam and ssri's forever. Then i went to wellbutrin and geodon which just didn't work and now i am being weened offf the geodon first and i just started lamictal, prostiq, and xanax xr 2mg twice daily. I am still on wellbutrin because everything has to be a gradual process to get off of. I know prostiq is relatively new but what was everyones experience with lamictal and prostiq (doesn't have to be the combination, could be individual). also did anyone get weight gain on these drugs or other unwanted side effects. Thanks for any info greatly appreciated

So, I'm starting Yaz come the Sunday after my period to prevent babies but mostly to try and get my PMDD under control. If it works, man. Life will be easier.

Has anyone had any luck with it?

I have rapid cycling bipolar disorder and have been prescribed Epival to control my mania.

I'm currently on 500 mg per night.

I just got home from having a rather large dinner (I even had that full feeling in my stomach) with the boyfriend... less than 10 minutes ago... and I'm starving. I really want to eat more. But I was full 20 minutes ago! I know weight gain is a possible side effect of the drug but I find this really weird. I'm so hungry and I just ate a huge meal.

I was wondering if this is a common side effect of this drug or drugs like it.

So here's my new cocktail:
Zyprexa - 2.5 mg
Lithium ER - 300 mg, twice a day
Klonopin - 1.5 mg
Vyvanse - 60 mg
Trileptal - 900 mg
Prozac - 30 mg

I've been on most of them for a while but I just got put on the Zyprexa and the extended release version of Lithium last Tuesday. Does anyone have any experience with either of the two? I know that Zypexa can cause weight gain, has anyone experienced this?

Also, Prozac is supposed to help with OCD and bulimia. Has anyone had any progress with either of those while taking Prozac?

My Dr prescribed this to me this afternoon & before I take my first tablet, I would like experiences & opinions on it

A couple of questions:

Drinking on it.. How bad is it? It says in the leaflet that it could increase risk of damage to my liver, does that mean there is already risk of damage to my liver just by taking the tablets?

Thoughts/feelings of suicide - I have a lot of these while not on any medication (my Dr is aware of this) & while reading up on the medication, I found that it can increase these thoughts. What kind of risk am I in?

Other general experiences - Did it make you sleepy/more awake? Changes in appetite? Was it helpful?

I know that medications are different for each individual person but it's always handy to see what other people think about it. I wish I'd listened to people before I tried Effexor because that was a bugger to come off of!

This might sound stupid.. But apparently it is used for incontinence as well, & apparently this can cause some not-very-nice side effects when coming off it. Does anyone have any experience of that?

& another one.. What does gastro-resistant mean?

Also, I've been started on 60mg a day, is this a normal dose? On the crazymeds website, it talks about starting at 20mg & then slowly working up to 60mg.

hey guys i have borderline personality disorder, panic disorder, anorexia and manic depressive disorder. i currently am in DBT, have a individual therapist, and a psychiatrist. just wanted to introduce myself. ya i'm pretty fucked up. so anyway wanted to know if you heard of the geodon wellbutrin combo that i'm on??

Do you develop a tolerance to Adderall? I started on 10mg and when I took it I felt a little racy and amp'd if you know what I mean, and slowly my psychiatrist has increased my dose and now I can take 45mg and not feel anything except my concentration and memory are improved. Is that how it works for everyone?

Does anybody know if college campuses do affordable ADD testing? I have never gotten tested for ADD because once I got to college, I dealt really well. Highschool was almost impossible for me, but my parents won't let me go get tested because I have very good grades in college.

But the thing is that my learning style is very disconcerting and makes me feel extremely uncomfortable in college. I can't take in a single thing during lecture, and even though I get very high grades, it's really only because I learn everything on my own after class. I go to class now to stay updated, so that I know what I should be learning and when I have exams.

Probably the most disconcerting, though, and the main reason I want some sort of testing, is that very often during exams I will forget I am taking an exam. Something will lead me on some sort of tangent and I will quite literally not notice that I am taking an exam, and these periods will often be as long as fifteen minutes which can be fatal on an upper-level math exam. Or any college exam, really.

These are the reasons why I haven't gone yet:

1. It can be really expensive, and I don't have the money.

2. My parents won't pay for it because they think since I get good grades, that means I don't need any sort of professional help coping, regardless of whether or not I have this.

3. Therefore, if I go talk to the people over at mental health, I want to be positive it is a price I can pay out of my pocket so that it will not show up on my university bill, so that my parents will not ask me why I was seeing mental health.

4. I'm afraid they're going to think I'm just another college student who wants some Addy.

I don't even want medication, just some help I guess. The only thing I've really figured out for sure is that if I run or swim before tests I tend to not forget that I'm taking one as often, but I can't always do that before an 8AM final.

Is there a way that I can split my 20 mg adderall xr into 10 mg? I really feel like I don't need the 20's.

If my pill bottle says 0.5mg Novo-Lorazem, and then 0.5mg Lorazepam underneath, does that mean that I have a 0.5mg dose of the generic, or that it is a 1mg dose in each pill, half generic/half pure lorazepam? I'm confused.

taste_buds
Holidays provide a built-in excuse for indulgent entertaining. This all-purpose foodie community covers everything from homemade hangover cures to dinner party menus. Need quick advice? Get five-minute snack suggestions, low-fat ingredient substitutes, and even measurement conversions. Delicious recipes garnished with humorous advice. Yum.

naturesbeauty
Always on the lookout for compelling images, we were delighted to discover this flourishing community of artists who share a love of nature. Honoring the subject with photographs, paintings, sketches, prose, poetry, and other creative works, you'll be simultaneously riveted to your monitor and inspired to run helter skelter towards the nearest wooded dale.

So being the brilliant person that I am, I somehow decided to go off Effexor cold turkey. Mainly, because I keep forgetting to take them every day. I'm/was on 187.5mg/day and since going off of them, i've been experience bits of rage and anger along with crying about every 1.5 days. I probably should go back on them before I go completely crazy and wind up in a psych ward. But has anyone else gone through the moodieness/bouts of crying while off of them? It's been about two weeks since I remembered to take my last dose.

I have ADHD, but my doctor is also saying that I might be bipolar but because I am 20 it might not be showing up yet. she prescribed me lithium because antidepressants make me angry. I'm TERRIFIED of taking lithium even tho its a small dose (150mg) to start out with...because of the weight gain.

she said to give it a go for 5 days.. but here I am the 10th day after my doctor's appt refusing to take meds. (typical of a bipolar person, no?) she also said it might make adderall last longer (or she just said that so I can start lithium)

The problem is, I have a vacation in a week and I am very unstable. Always had a problem with eating, so starting these new meds could mean also gaining weight. Gaining weight and vacation I just can't take it because it would affect me in a REALLY bad way. Yes I really am that vain, or stupid.either one.....What do I do? Does anyone have experience with taking adderall and lithium...and NOT gaining weight? or having emotional problems when starting lithium? Thank you for your help.

I took 10 mg zolpidem tartrate (Ambien) about two hours ago. I'm a bit sleepy and having some mild visual hallucinations, but I'm not about to fall asleep, nor will I have a conversation with the ghost who suddenly materializes beside my bed.

Thing is, right now, I'm having flashbacks to last year and how badly I was doing, physically, at the time. I think I have PTSD, but I haven't asked my psychiatrist about it yet. Would it be safe to take even a half-Xanax (full would be better, but I could take half and chamomile tea and hope) with the Ambien still in my system?

backpacking
Want to embrace your wanderlust on the cheap? If you're tall on adventurous spirit, but short on funds, this community can help you plan a trip to anywhere. Offering plentiful tips on how to travel light, you can post about bargain hotels and hostels if you're into urban exploration or discuss camping gear and mosquito netting for the great outdoors. Hitch your backpack, pitch your tent, and carpe diem!

has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with using a GABA supplement for anxiety? Thanks!

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