How do I know if I need Antidepressants?

Posted: June 27th, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: light relief therapy | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

I’ll try to make this short as possible but I think the information is relevant. Three months ago i had a health issue that obviously made me very anxious. I was put on 30 of cymbalta. Sometime in the middle of the treatment I found out that my health concern turned out to be nothing, so I stopped taking cymbalta after 23 days.

I knew better than that, but my situational anxiety alleviated it’s self so I thought I no longer neded the anti depression med. The next four days i went nutts. So I started taking it again. I started getting visual migraines which increased my anxiety so my dr. switched me to zoloft. On zoloft 50 mg then 100mg I felt awful like I was on chemo therapy or something. Dizziness blurred vision light headedness and crazy increase in anxiety and continued visual migraines. My dr wanted to try lexapro. I was growing rather frustrated with jumping from one to another cause all this started as a result of a situational depression that alleivated it’s self.

So I decided to taper off the zoloft for a month and see what would happen. No relief from the light headed feeling, blurred vision and headaches and visual migraines. None of these things I ever had before I started taking antidepressants. I’m now taking wellbutrin 150xl in the morning and have been taking it for about three weeks. Still get lightheaded and dizzy and have occasional blurred vision. I’m starting to think that I never needed these things from the start but now am afraid that I will never be able to get off of them. Does anyone have any suggestions or similar stories?


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How severe do the side effects of Lupron Depot have to be before I report it to my Dr.?

Posted: June 3rd, 2010 | Author: admin | Filed under: light relief therapy | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

I Took My First shot of lupron depot about 3 weeks ago to treat endometrious. My Dr gave me a lower dosage trial month to see if I could tolerate the hormone. So far side effects haven’t been as bad as i had anticipated. However, i have had severe aches in what feels like the bones especially in my legs and arms. I have been diagnosed with migrains and have had a light headache everyday for the past week and a half. Also, I have experienced some daily nausea and my moods haven’t been all that stable but even that has been at a minimum. I have to decide soon if I should go on the stronger dose for three months or not. I’mm concerned because every other therapy I have tried including diet and homeopathic has not worked. I’m tired of sufferring from this and just want some relief. The only other options I have are live with the pain or have a hysterectomy. I’m only 28. If any one has any insight please let me know.
By the way my Dr. is an ob/gyn and fertility specialist. I currently have two children and am divorced. I am not sure if i want more children in the future. Just tired of the pain.


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