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By Crazywelldone Thursday, September 01, 2011
I am a 38 y/o woman who has been treated for depression since age 19. The last few months have been the worst ever. Started therapy which would have been fine if she didn't start "playing" with my medication. I know I needed something to help get me out of bed everyday and when I did get up I wasn't crying all day. I had been on the same med for 12 years just didn't seem to be working as well. First tried lexapro (I am positive all of the following medications that didn't work for me, will work for other, this is the terrible of the past few months) started having panic attacks, dr. then tried Abilify, day 6 started hallucinating, imaging people are in the room with me when no ones home, this was while still on old reliable Effexor XR, then we started Viibryd. I am on a lot of different medications, that being said, as I was having full paranoid delusions during the second week. My therapist told me we should stop the medication and not start anything else. Needless to say I'm not seeing her anymore. If she would have done research she would have called the manufacturer to find out if there ever was a case study done with the medication I am on. The answer to that is no. Because of the horrible effect I had the drug manufacturer is adding the medicine I am on the to label as a do not use with or has severe side effects when taken with this med. My depression has me in bed everyday, get the kids up out the door, go back to bed and sleep. I'm so frustrated this sucks!
Taking Depression Medication, But Still Not Feeling Better?
9/ 1/11 3:36pm

Hi, there.  I'm sorry you're having so many problems with medication.  Is your therapist a psychiatrist?  If you've quit seeing her, now you have no medication and no therapy, correct?  I know it's so frustrating to have to test out all these things, but I don't know of any quick way to find the right medication.  I just want to encourage you to not take too long to find a new doctor.  Is there some way you can get some referrals, like through your insurance?  Some insurance companies also provide case management for long-term illnesses and can be helpful when things like this happen.

 

Sorry if nothing I've said is helpful, but I don't know all that much about you and what you've been through.  If there's some way we can help, let us know.  We will listen, in any case.

9/ 1/11 3:45pm

Hi there

 

You truly have been through hell and back haven't you?  It is really something, however, that the manufacturer has put a warning on that medication due to your case.  So in essence...you have done some good to help others.  Unfortunately all medications have side effects.  I don't know of any that do not.  And you never know what they are going to be until you take the medication.  It is a risk. 

 

So what is the next step on your journey?  Will you see out another doctor?  Are you reluctant to try any other medications at this point?  Do you have any supports as in friends and family to help?

 

I hope you stick around to share more of your story.  We would like to hear it.  And I am so sorry to hear that you are going through such a miserable time.  You are not alone. 

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By Crazywelldone— Last Modified: 11/26/12, First Published: 09/01/11