They Stopped My Antidepressant

[maschneck]

My Veteran's Administrations doctors have made me get off the antidepressants due to my liver function. The problem is I'm not a good person to be around when off the meds. They help me function.

They took my antidepressants away.

The VA psychiatrist who prescribed the antidepressant left the VA and the psychologist now works in a different area. So I have to meet a new shrink and psych. The ones I had just recently earned my trust. And my appointment with my new shrink isn't until July 23rd. And I haven't been assigned a new psychologist yet.

And they took my antidepressants away.

What do I do. That drug was the only thing keeping me on some kind of an even keel. Amazingly, the VA doesn't know what diagnosis they should give me, but the antidepressant controlled my extreme and amazingly fast mood swings.

And they took my antidepressants away.

My family had to deal with med free Michele today. I can't stop crying at the drop of a hat. My husband was afraid I would yell at him if he comforted me, but I was desperate to be comforted. I have been snapping at people all day long and didn't realize what I was doing most of the day. I broke down bawling 4 times today.

And they took my antidepressants away.

I'm the person who takes care of everything in this family. My husband can't drive due to seizures, my step son can't drive cause his license was suspended due to back child support (he couldn't find a job to pay the child support so they suspend his license). My nephew is my ward. He is underdeveloped, was abused by my brother (who I sent to prison), and who can't live with his father cause his father kicked him out of the house.

And they took my antidepressants away.

My brother lived with my mom who is disabled. So now I have to come over to her house and help her, try to get her a house mate (rent her room out), and fix the lack of cell phone service in her home. If we don't rent the room before December, when she looses some of her monthly income, she will lose her home and have to go into assisted living which will screw with her confidence and will require her to give up her two dogs. One of which is an assistance dog.

And they took my antidepressants away.

I'm also dizzy, I think because of a sinus infection, but have to wait to see the doctor Monday.

And they took my antidepressants away.

HOW DO I CONTROL THESE RADICAL MOOD SWINGS. ONE DOCTOR DIAGNOSED ME WITH PTSD, BUT THE OTHERS DON'T AGREE BECAUSE CYMBALTA CONTROLS MY BEHAVIOR. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE. BUT THEY CAN'T SEE ME UNTIL JULY. BUT MY GENERAL DOCTOR MADE ME GET OFF THE MEDS. BUT I HAVE NO CONTROL AND DON'T REALIZE I'M BEING VERBALLY ABUSIVE. BUT I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE BECAUSE THEY;RE ALLD EPENDING OF ME. BUT...

[wiffyatthehub]

mother and daughter both had/have bipolar and have been on various types of anidepressants. one that worked across the board was lamictal. moom stabilizer another was carbatrol. you may suggest these to your doctor on monday. also honey, do some checking on the internet .....i found going to the doc prepared with possilble sulutions was quite invaluable.

[Samiam]

Good suggestion, Lamictal is not an antidepressant it is an anti seizure medication and you may be able to take it. I personally had some negative side effects to it myself, but being in different class of medications for antidepressants, you may be able to take it and it is used to treat the depression, not the mania of bipolar. It is the second choice of doctors after Lithium in the treatment used to treat the depression symptoms after the mania is under control. Good luck! Sam

[maschneck]

Wow, didn't expect people here to know so much. I'll look into Lamictal and mention it to my doctor when I see her next month. One of my problems is that, though two shrinks back, at the VA diagnosed me with high function manic depression, now the shrink that just left the VA said I just suffer from depression.

That doesn't explain the extreme and extremely fast changes in mood or constantly being on the edge of tears. We'll see what my new shrink thinks when I meet her next month.

Oh, you're going to love this if you know about Prednazone. I have a sinus infection that is making me dizzy so I'm going to have to Prednazone which makes me absolutely insane lol. My poor family.

Today, I found out that I can start taking antidepressants when my liver function test goes down, though at a lower dose. Would have been nice if she had told me that when she stopped my med. I wouldn't have been freaking out so bad.