Coper
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When I first entered treatment for depression and SA, my doctors tried a ton of different meds on me. None really worked, but a few did have weird side effects. I was wondering if anyone else has had similar experiences. Anyway, the weirdest side effects I had:
nardil: lost the ability to pee for a couple of (very unpleasant) days. 8O
zyprexa: gained 40 pounds in, like, 3 weeks.
dexedrine: Unlike the other 2, this one was kind of fun . I got so speedy when I first started taking it that I didn't sleep for about 3 days. I was at a dinner party the first night I was on it, and I was just talking incessantly to everyone within earshot, which is about as uncharacteristic of me as blowing smoke rings out of my ears. I also remember passing the sleepless nights compulsively speed-reading the entire newspaper. Of course, I quickly built up a tolerance and the drug had no discernible effect after that.
I have to wonder what my psychiatrist was thinking, prescribing me zyprexa and dexedrine, especially in the dose he prescribed, which was evidently too high, but in any case neither drug really fit my symptoms. After a while I got tired of being a guinea pig and started refusing to try new drugs. I have stuck with effexor for years. I can't really tell if it helps at all, but at least it doesn't have any extreme side effects.
nardil: lost the ability to pee for a couple of (very unpleasant) days. 8O
zyprexa: gained 40 pounds in, like, 3 weeks.
dexedrine: Unlike the other 2, this one was kind of fun . I got so speedy when I first started taking it that I didn't sleep for about 3 days. I was at a dinner party the first night I was on it, and I was just talking incessantly to everyone within earshot, which is about as uncharacteristic of me as blowing smoke rings out of my ears. I also remember passing the sleepless nights compulsively speed-reading the entire newspaper. Of course, I quickly built up a tolerance and the drug had no discernible effect after that.
I have to wonder what my psychiatrist was thinking, prescribing me zyprexa and dexedrine, especially in the dose he prescribed, which was evidently too high, but in any case neither drug really fit my symptoms. After a while I got tired of being a guinea pig and started refusing to try new drugs. I have stuck with effexor for years. I can't really tell if it helps at all, but at least it doesn't have any extreme side effects.