Posted by Girlnterrupted78 on January 22, 2010, at 19:10:16
My combo of Parnate 80mg + Adderal 15mgs was working first great, then some of it pooped out and turned into just ok-blah.
When it went to ok-blah, my doctor tried adding a number of things that only made things worse.
Nortriptyline: Made me sleep and feel sleepy all the time. I don't know if it's because he raised the dose too fast (I was horribly depressed at that point because I had been off Parnate for 2 days in a row.. )
Lamictal: Pretty similar to nortrip. My mood became more apathetic, less energetic, and I sleep day and night.
I get the feeling that both of these meds just undid the good effects I had on Parnate-Adderall, rather than augment them.
I'm having suicidal ideation 24/7 because in this current situation I can't go out and get another job that I need desperately. I'm behind in all my bills, especially rent, and I might even lose it all. So I just sleep, cry and think about killing myself. I just spend my time researching methods and trying to figure out the fastest and least painful, and I just start crying whenever I think of how my family will be hurt by this, but at the same time I can't stay here any longer, I just want out of this mess. I promised to myself that before going homeless, I'd kill myself.
So I stopped the Lamictal yesterday
Is it normal for Lamictal to do this? To make you tired, apathetic, and very sleepy? And to worsen social anxiety? I'm not more anxious per se, but the fact that I'm less motivated makes me afraid of people's rejection, because people will be less likely to hire me if I come with that kind of attitude, and I'm also very upset after having lost that great attitude I initially had on Parnate+Adderall.
If anyone has had bad experiences with Lamictal or Nortriptyline, I'd like to hear what your experiences were.
Thanks.
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