Update on my medication

Maggie,

Combos are actually very common since one drug can complement another, or perhaps kick-start one another. In your situation, the Pristiq is a glorified version of Effexor, which acts on norepinephrine and serotonin, and the Wellbutrin acts primarily on dopamine, but also has a lesser affect on norepinephrine.

I take a combo of Effexor, Buspar and Trazodone and it has worked well for me for quite awhile now with the occasional tweaking of the dose of one or the other.

I would give yourself time for this new combo to work as well as consider therapy to help you get your life back into the comfort zone.

Kindly,

Kitt

 

Maggie,

You are so welcome and I am always willing to help.  I was started on the Trazodone for sleep and I take 50- 150mg every night and sleep like a baby most of the time.  If you were taking it at night and still drowsy in the AM perhaps the dose could have been decreased.  My reaction to this drug has been so favorable that I feel it was the one drug that started to work the second night I took it and I no long worry about insomnia. 

I always tell my Pdoc that Trazodone is  "the greatest thing since sliced bread". 

Depending on who my therapist was at the time I had several that did me more harm than good but I finally got mad enough that I just fired one after having a meeting with her to explain why I did not feel I was benefiting from my 50 minute hour with her and still she continue to push me so I just talked to my Pdoc and explained why this lady and I were not a good fit. I was shaking like a leaf and in tears when I stood up for myself but when I got home I felt good for advocating for me.

I know with time and your new combo of meds you will start to feel better.  Remember to let your feelings out as keeping them locked inside you causes heartache and pain and lonliness that can only be understood by another person with mental health issues.

My email is open so if you have a need and I have not been able to get online here shoot me a email and I will answer.

I wish you peace,

Kitt

 

Hi Kitt,

Thank you so much for your response. And thanks for sharing your email, I will write to you.

First off, I am not pleased with my psychiatrist at all. The last time I met her, I was very severely depressed and the previous day I was going through so much of anxiety. So when I went for the appointment, I was a basket case! She said at the end of the session, that I should be focused and that when I came I was flustered etc. If I was flustered shouldn't she have tried to calm me down? The whole therapy with her from the start has got me mad. But the biggest problem is, I waited for almost 8 years to get another psychiatrist..... and it is not easy to get one.

Here we have to depend on the family doc to get the psychiatrist.

And about the medication, I am still on day 3, and yesterday I was so nauseous and was shivering after taking the medication. Well I know, I have to give some time for it to work.

I appreciate your feedback and support. Thank you.

Oh one more thing, Kitt, Trazadone, never worked for me. I don't know why. I tried to increse the dosage, but still nothing. I don't fall asleep, but I do in the middle of the night, and then I don't want to wake up. However way it was, it didn't work for me.