Anti-depressants anyone?

live4today, RN · Aug 10, 2002

Been on Celexa two years next month, and it's worked GREAT for me! :) Wanted to go off of it so I could lose the weight I gained while on it, but doc told me today NO....maybe in a few months....and was my hubby happy to hear THAT news! :chuckle

Tried Zoloft and Paxil BEFORE the Celexa......and they both gave me bad bad dreams, so :nono: couldn't take those two. I asked my doc today if it was true that weight loss is a side effect of Wellbutrin, and she said NO.....one does NOT lose weight on Wellbutrin.....HAD SHE SAID YES...I would have said SWITCH ME DOC.....ASAP! :chuckle So.....I tarry on with my Celexa for a few more months...still fighting the weigh gain.....that alone is making me depressed! Told doc that....she gave me a consult to attend the nutrition class at the hospital for people depressed about their eating habits, weight gain, etc. In other words, she is more concerned about my emotional stability than my weight. Ha! She's only a buck o five herself....but, I love her...she's a great doc! :kiss

night owl · Aug 10, 2002

I've been lucky so far haven't had the need for them.....yet. How do you know that you should be put on this stuff??? When you find it difficult to function?

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Aug 10, 2002

Howdy yall

from deep in the heat of texas

Ahhh better living through pharaceuticals,......

I prefer golf, exercise and good sex. Not necessarily in that order, but what the hay

nimbex, RN · Aug 10, 2002

teeitup...... try beta blockers for a year and see just how far north things can go, ...no wait a moment... I'm a female...

Correction.. see how long you care to see if it does

LOL someone help us all, these pills sure have bad side effects

hugs to all of you suffering from them, took many a pill switching, to treat high blood pressure, just to keep going some days

other days... you just golf!

Audreyfay · Aug 11, 2002

Mario....sorry it has taken so long to answer. Sweating a lot....means sweat dripping down the face when just sitting in a chair doing nothing. All the time. The only time it wasn't dripping was sitting in front of a fan. Try taking care of a patient in isolation, wearing a mask, gown, and gloves. Then add sweat running down the forehead and neck. Whew! Couldn't wait to get off it. I should have worn a sweat band, but it wasn't worth it!

CseMgr1, ASN, RN · Aug 12, 2002

I started on Zoloft last year, my father on Celexia (no more trips to the ER for panic since then, thank God!) and two of my co-workers were just recently placed on Paxil. If it weren't for the despressed society we live in, the drug manufacturers would go bust!

askater11 · Aug 12, 2002

I've had side effects with 3 Rx's.

#1 Wellbutrin....4 days after starting it...I dev. photophobia...my Rt. arm became numb and heavy.

#2 Paxil...severe bruising to my lower extremity....I felt less depressed on Paxil!!!

#3 Prozac...panic attacks

#4 Celexa...UGH!!! 5 lb. weigh gain in 6 weeks...but I feel a lot better (mental wise)

psychonurse · Aug 12, 2002

Well before my mother died I was having severe anxiety attacks and I went to a doctor that put me on Paxil....well that helped for about 8 months and then I started realizing that I didn't want to have sex anymore!!!!! So I went to my doctor and she put me on Wellbutrin and after about 3 weeks I was a basket case.....I was crying all the time and my emotions went up and down I felt like ending it all. I called my doctors answering machine and yelled at it at 3am. We went off the Wellbutrin and I have been on Zoloft for about a year and I love it....feel great and I like myself more now. But now I am having other problems and I am not having sex right now either, but as soon as my six weeks are over from my surgery.....honey watch out :eek: :kiss :devil:

teeituptom, BSN, RN · Aug 12, 2002

Howdy yall

from deep in the heat of texas

Well Nimbex The senior golfers for awhile were swearint that beta blockers helped their golf game, might be worth it for that.

Think I'll just stick with exercise, golf and good sex

Halleleuja

doo wah ditty

JEA616 · Aug 13, 2002

I'm just starting on Celexa. I've been on it 4 days. It's the first time I've taken an anti-depressant. The side effects, so far are almost worst than my depression. Please reassure me that they will get better as my doctor said. Also has anyone exprienced weight gain or loss with Celexa. The last thing I need is to gain weight

micro, RN · Aug 13, 2002

JEA616,

YES,hang in there.........give the medicine time.........

the side effects will balance out........remember to keep in close communication with your doctor.........

if side effects are seriously bothering you.....

call and insist that your doc call you back to reassure from a medical standpoint that all is okay.....

in a rare instance, maybe another medication should be initiated, but

if you are to this point feel the need for an antidepressant.......

give it a chance to work......

you will be so surprised when it does actually kick in and helps you to stay above the ground and feel able to be yourself......

No it is not a happy pill..........and it is not the end all cure.....it will just help you to be able to live and be...........

the rest is up to you.......including sticking to your medicine, close contact with your doc, if needed with doc's Rx, adjusting or changing your antidepressant.............and never just go off of your antidepressant........

enough said...............

be well,

you are not alone........

micro and

there is a lot more of us out there

than you may realize...........

terrina · Aug 13, 2002

I have experienced situational depression off and on for years. I have been on prozac & wellbutrin for 2 years following a hard divorce and subsequent moves across the US. They worked at first but I have pretty much given up on finding the right med or combo. I just live life the best I can.