Hi, I know there has been lots of talk on this forum about antidepressants and their side effects but I have a specific question.
Everything I try makes me so sleepy that I can't stay on it because there is no way I can sleep 11 hours a night. Has anyone else had this problem? What works?
My pdoc has tried giving me provigil to combat the sleepyness but I felt like my head was stuffed with cotton and I couldn't think straight. I also still felt sleepy on it, just hyped up too.
I've been on so many different meds over the past several months. I tapered off effexor a week ago and now I feel overwhelmed with depression, anxiety, sadness. I had to take the day off work I felt so down.
I'm starting cymbalta and I've read the cymbalta thread but I figure it won't be any different from the other meds I've tried. My pdoc is running out of ideas.
Here's what I've been on:
Prozac
zoloft
lexipro/celexa (severly allergic)
effexor
He says wellbutrin/buspar isn't good for anxiety so they're not an option. If cymbalta doesn't work, he might try combining it with ritalin to keep me awake.
Any thoughts? Advice?
I know I'm rambling but I just feel so overwhelmed with my job and my commitments that I don't have time for me and my mental or recovery health and I don't know what to do. I can't call in sick every time I feel like this
