Anyone ever have this happen

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Registered: 11-22-2005
Anyone ever have this happen
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Wed, 01-31-2007 - 6:31pm
I've been doing a lot of reading on depression and anxiety lately because I haven't felt well.

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Registered: 07-24-2003
Wed, 01-31-2007 - 7:35pm

Yes, in fact I had similar problems with Effexor until I started taking Topamax for migraines. It's how I got the bipolar label. I had a lot of derealization events that lasted for longish periods of time. I was also really irratible and had some serious mood swings. I was on Effexor (225mg/day) for about 3.5 months before the Topamax was added (by a neurologist, not my pdoc) and it was a really hard 3.5 months on myself and DH. I kept telling my pdoc and my pcp that really felt like I needed to get off my medication because I everything felt so wrong all the time. The pcp agreed and suggested a tapering schedule, but pdoc had a fit and I agreed to give it a little more time.

I had a resurgance of the derealization events, but at a much more extreme level accompanied by paranoia and some hallucinations right before I found out I was pregnant and the pdoc added seroquel. Before this problem I was feeling great and it was the first time since by daughter was born 4 years before that I felt "normal". I'd been on various AD's alone for 3 of those years, punctuated by periods when I'd get upset and toss all my meds, spiral into depression and go back to the doctor to get another prescription.

I have a dx of atypical bipolar...whatever that means.

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Registered: 01-13-2007
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 1:57am
It is certainly worth talking to your doc about it. I was on just antidpressants for quite some time before I added a mood stabilizer. I am having much less trouble with things feeling unreal now that I am on the mood stabilizer. Now I am on both Lexapro and Lamictal and I would never want to be off either again! I HATE that unreal feeling.
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Registered: 11-22-2005
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 3:16pm
Thanks for the advice. I am definitely asking about this.

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Registered: 08-03-2006
Thu, 02-01-2007 - 6:37pm
I like my Lexapro. My husband does too LOL. It takes the edge off. It keeps me from the extreme aggitation and anger. I do still have all the wierd stuff, like anxiety attacks, depression, extreme fatigue, moments of depersonalization, zoning out, memory loss, paranoia (about people not liking me or thinking negatively about me), and whatnot. I haven't seen a Pdoc yet though. I have my first appointment 2/28.