HI KEL1961,
I HAVE HAD SOME OF THE SAME MEDS & ALSO THE SAME SIDE-EFFECTS. I AM ON EFFEXOR XR 300 MG ONCE A DAY, LEXAPRO 10 MG ONCE A DAY, & XANAX 0.5 MG EVERY SIX HOURS.
I JUST GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL 5 DAYS AGO & WILL SEE MY DOC TOMORROW. I WAS HAVING A SEVERE MANIC ATTACK. I WAS PUT ON DEPAKOTE IN THE HOSPITAL & STARTED ITCHING FROM HEAD TO TOE & HAD A RED RASH THAT TURNED BRIGHT RED WHEN I SCRATCHED IT...WAS TAKEN OFF IT BY THE DOC ASSIGNED TO ME.
I DID NOT KNOW I WAS ON ARACEPT 5 MG UNTIL I WAS COMING HOME & READ MY DISCHARGE PAPERS. THEY ALWAYS REFERRED TO IT BY THE GENERIC NAME, WHICH ISN'T AVAILABLE YET, SO DIDN'T CATCH ON. THE DOC USING THE GENERIC NAME TOLD ME IT WAS TO HELP MY SHORT TERM MEMORY PROBLEMS. :wtf2
I AM GOING TO ADDRESS THIS WITH MY DOC TOMORROW & HOPEFULLY WILL BE TAKEN OFF OF IT. I TAKE OTHER MEDS FOR MY ARTHRITIS & FIBROMYALGIA, SOME OF WHICH ARE OVER THE COUNTER MEDS. I, TOO, TAKE TOO MANY MEDS IT SEEMS EVEN IF SOME ARE VITAMINS. I USE TWO MEDICETS SO FILL MY MEDS IN THESE FOR TWO WEEKS AT A TIME. IT IS A VERY BIG HELP TO KEEP FROM BEING CONFUSED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT I HAVE TAKEN MY PRESCRIBED MEDS.
I AM DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC DEPRESSION & ANXIETY. I HAVE BEEN DOING VERY WELL THE PAST TWO YEARS & ENDED UP WITH TOO MANY STRESSORS WHICH SENT ME TO THE PSYC UNIT IN A HOSPITAL 3 HOURS AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE WITH MY HUSBAND.
SO YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I AM SURE YOU WILL HEAR FROM OTHERS WITH SIMULAR STORIES TO SHARE WITH YOU. :ghug3
KELSH (SIMULAR--HUH?)