Psycho-Babble Medication Thread 711010

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Why am i soooo depressed today???!!!!

Posted by rovers95 on December 6, 2006, at 19:42:37

two days ago i added 20mg memantine to my med combo, that last four days i have taken 1mg klonopin at night.

Today i have been really really depressed, but totally different than before when i was anxious, irritable etc. Im spaced out and feel horrible.

Im also taking

Tianeptine 12.5mg x 3 (day 10)
lamictal 200mg
l-theanine 200mg x 3

any suggestions?????it is 24 hours since i took the klonopin, should it be out of my system now??!!!

wil see how i feel in the morning!!

mark

 

could it be the memantine??????!!!

Posted by rovers95 on December 6, 2006, at 20:12:45

In reply to Why am i soooo depressed today???!!!!, posted by rovers95 on December 6, 2006, at 19:42:37

i just read in the archives SLS's experience of it making him feel, drunk spacey and stoned at 40mg.

Well this is just how i feel at 20mg.....perhaps its the combined effect with the l-theanine (also nmda antagonist) making me super sensitive to the med, or even tianeptines anti-cholinergenic properties sort of unbalancing me............anyway its not nice!!

mark

 

Re: could it be the memantine??????!!! ยป rovers95

Posted by Phillipa on December 6, 2006, at 22:00:21

In reply to could it be the memantine??????!!!, posted by rovers95 on December 6, 2006, at 20:12:45

I'm sorry hope you feel better in the morning. Love Phillipa

 

Re: Why am i soooo depressed today???!!!!

Posted by blueberry on December 7, 2006, at 4:49:13

In reply to Why am i soooo depressed today???!!!!, posted by rovers95 on December 6, 2006, at 19:42:37

It's hard to tell which med is doing it. My first guess would be klonopin, or some reaction of klonopin with the other stuff (for example, theanine...too much gaba stuff from the two together shutting everything down?) I don't know much about memantine. Lamictal can cause worsening, but I don't know how long you've been on it. Generally speaking, klonopin is famous for inducing or worsening depression. Not always, but often. Its long halflife means it will not be out of your system in 24 hours but may take 2 to 3 days. The most likely culprit is whatever med you've added recently. Remove them one at a time or remove all of them, then reintroduce one at a time. Experimenting is the only way to tell. But when you get that depressed, it is dangerous and scary to experiment, yeah? It is for me anyway. Anytime I add a med or stop a med I'm terrified of what might happen. It's all so hard. I wish you the best though and I wish you blessings and I hope you feel better real soon.

 

Re: Why am i soooo depressed today???!!!!

Posted by rovers95 on December 7, 2006, at 6:13:18

In reply to Re: Why am i soooo depressed today???!!!!, posted by blueberry on December 7, 2006, at 4:49:13

> It's hard to tell which med is doing it. My first guess would be klonopin, or some reaction of klonopin with the other stuff (for example, theanine...too much gaba stuff from the two together shutting everything down?) I don't know much about memantine. Lamictal can cause worsening, but I don't know how long you've been on it. Generally speaking, klonopin is famous for inducing or worsening depression. Not always, but often. Its long halflife means it will not be out of your system in 24 hours but may take 2 to 3 days. The most likely culprit is whatever med you've added recently. Remove them one at a time or remove all of them, then reintroduce one at a time. Experimenting is the only way to tell. But when you get that depressed, it is dangerous and scary to experiment, yeah? It is for me anyway. Anytime I add a med or stop a med I'm terrified of what might happen. It's all so hard. I wish you the best though and I wish you blessings and I hope you feel better real soon.


Yeah, thats what i thought.......maybe no glutamate and lots of GABA i bad!!

but sometimes in jus so desperate to feel better i try everything at once.....but now im worse.

Today i dont feel gr8 - but no memantine or klonopin so wel c how i progress!!! Havn't felt that bad since the day after i last had an alcoholic drink...scary!!

thanks anyway, to you and phillipa!!

mark


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