Posted by ST on October 29, 2002, at 3:13:30
In reply to Re: Constipated - anyone else on Effexor???? » ST, posted by Katia on October 29, 2002, at 0:24:34
Hi Katia,
Outside SF, huh? I'm from the Gilroy/San Jose area and then lived and went to school in SF for awhile before moving to LA. I love it and miss it up there! Since I know the area, what city do you live in?I'm sorry you're having a hard time finding a good pdoc. So am I. I go to a hospital which has a sliding scale outpatient program, but you only get the doc for one year and then they move on. It's good treatment, though, if only for a year at a time with one pdoc... There have got to be some good clinics...what about UC Berkely - sometimes at a university they have excellent treatment on a sliding scale.
It's odd you're still lethargic on the Effexor XR. It should be quite an energizing AD. How much are you taking right now?
I'm sure with what you've been through - you say a lot has happened - you're suffering from situational depression as well as chemical. But the ADs should help to bring you back to a level place.
What do you do that has you working nights? I often work nights as well, and then I stay up way too late when I get home. This causes me to sleep late and it just compounds the depressed state, I think.
Well, take care. If you don't start feeling markedly better in a few weeks, maybe you're pdoc should up your dose or put you on something else...?
Take Care,
Sarah
> Hi Sarah,
> Thanks for your long e-mail. I am just outside of SF. I'm 32 (just). In fact on my 32nd b-day I was sitting inside a psychiatrict clinic waiting for my first ever dose of ADs! I was on Celexa for only about 8-9 weeks. it started Ok, but then it pooped out and I had confusion and insomnia from it. i then went on Effexor XR. I have been through so much personal loss and tradegy and changes in the past nine months that it is really hard to tell what is the depression and are the ADs working? or is it life circumstances? So, I DO feel better, but I think I'm suffering from some of the side effects, like lethargy, sleeping many hours, dizziness, some flu-like sypmtoms, EXTREME CONSTIPATION, some spaciness and confusion sometimes. and fatigue. A lot of symptoms of depression in fact...This fatigue and lethargy I have also had most of my life from the depression. I've suffered from Dysthymia since I was ten/eleven and I've cycled through at least 3-4 major depressions all of which went undiagnosed until I finally figured it out and sought help myself. So, it seems like a LONG battle to find the right combo of drugs. And I'm being tossed around at a current non-profit psych. clinic. I'm on my third PDr. in just over three months! They keep leaving for no stated reason. But at least I'm not still rolling around on the floor sobbing for hours on end. I'm actually functioning. I work nights, so it's easy to sleep in so late. If I had to get up early, I wouldn't be keeping up.
> Keep writing if you feel like it.
> Thanks.
> Katia
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