DifferentWings
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« on: March 07, 2009, 10:56:17 AM » |
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My doctor changed my meds because they stopped working for me and I went into a deep depression, so now I'm on 100mg Geodon and Pristiq. The problem is, that now I have zero "juice". Everything is gray and bland, absolutely nothing interests me, I feel dead inside. Even reading, which I used to do a lot of, I can't do anymore because it bores me. Everything, in fact, bores me. I feel like I have a mental straitjacket on, and I'd gladly go back to being in the depression, just so I could FEEL. I feel like the walking dead.
Has this happened to any of you? If so, how do you deal?
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nordicnicki
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2009, 11:50:25 AM » |
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i have experienced this many times..feelings of numbness and nothing...it is a horrible way to find yourself with no emotion for anything in life......
i didnt really do anything in particular to deal with it...i kind of just went with the flow of it until it passed....sometimes that would be a few weeks..........but with me im not so hot on asking for help when things arent right with me.
i should imagine a slight tweak with meds may solve the problem for you...talk to you doc about how you are feeling right now and see if they can help you
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bound and tied in emotion but still we fly.losing all my reason cause theres nothing left to blame.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2009, 07:25:21 PM » |
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been there, done that.
talk to your doc, they will adjust your meds. that is all you really can do and go through the motions.
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dragonfly
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2009, 09:28:29 PM » |
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oh yeah me too,i was just taking too much once i lowered the dose i actually started to feel,i still experience all my horrid moodswings just not as intense if i was not on meds,,,it's horrible to feel dead inside..talk to your doct or try lowering your dose a msall amount very gradually over a couple of weeks and give each change time to settle in for at least a week,you'll know when it's right.
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Cathy
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« Reply #4 on: March 08, 2009, 03:39:19 AM » |
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Yep, been there too. Put up with it for too long. See your doc definitely and feel better soon I hope.
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DifferentWings
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« Reply #5 on: March 08, 2009, 11:15:49 PM » |
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Thanks. I've already lowered the Geodon from 100mg to 80mg. I'll try that for a week, before I try lowering it again. Thing is, my doc had told me that the therapeutic dose is between 120-180 milligrams, so I'm wondering why I feel like this at 100mg.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2009, 05:01:27 AM » |
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you might just be sensitive to that med.
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« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2009, 10:36:00 PM » |
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I definitely know what you mean. I talked to my doc about it and she said that she didn't want to adjust my meds because she thinks I'm stable, not numb. I told her that I just don't have feelings, I'm always just drained, never happy, or sad. She said that she thinks I'm just stable for the first time and I didn't know what it feels like. I don't buy it. I'm not happy this way. I also take Geodon, but only 60mg. I'm so afraid to come off of it because it helps me to control my rage. I've been weaning off of meds for the last few months and so far I am still feeling the same as I have in the last 2 years. I don't think I really needed the meds since I feel no difference. I was taking 120mg of Geodon, 400 mg of Lamictal, 60mg of Cymbalta, and 200mg of Seroquel, with the occasional valium...now I am only taking 60mg of Geodon and 60mg of Cymbalta, and 50mg of Seroquel. My doc doesn't seem interested in helping me much with the meds, so I don't know if I'm even going to tell her that I have decreased them.
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cheeri
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« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2009, 04:03:57 AM » |
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i just started a new topic about the opposite problem. i'm not normally an emotional person...or at least, what i think normalme is. since i started invega, i'm a boohoo'in mess! have you ever taken an antipsychotic?
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christian.156
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« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2010, 07:57:06 PM » |
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I hearn this from a lot of people. I'm enough of a Christian Scientist to believe that the drugs can neither help me nor hurt me, except in belief. Right now I'm on seroquel, which is an awful drug, but I can certainly feel.
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Phyllis
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« Reply #10 on: March 12, 2010, 07:14:43 AM » |
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I'm still on Seroquel. Been on it for 5 or 6 years now. But I'm weaning myself off of it. It does some serious damage to the liver. Last night was my first night on 150 instead of 300. We'll see how this works out. I'm hoping I won't have any problems. So, here's to hoping!  |
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« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2010, 06:41:46 AM » |
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I've felt that lots of times. In fact I don't think I ever really got over it either.
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If you can't run with the big dogs; stay on the porch!
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« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2010, 03:47:30 PM » |
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I used to feel emotionally dead on my meds, but given time this wore off.
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