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About 3 months ago, I realized I’d been having real problems…problems which were symptoms of depression, for some time. Considering all the “fun” I had getting off Effexor, I really didn’t want to go back onto it, but I simply couldn’t function any other way. So I talked to my doctor, and we decided to try it for a month.
Within a couple of days of going back on 75 mg. of it, those symptoms became much more controlled. So it seems that I have depression as a co-morbidity, so I’ll have to be on Effexor for the rest of my life. Yay.
I’ve been off Concerta and Ritalin (and Wellbutrin, which my old psych. had tried me on, but which didn’t work) for about 5 months, because all they did was make me feel very anxious (after an initial few days of calm). My doctor referred me for a new psych. 10 months ago. Perhaps his stipulation that the new psych. had to be familiar with adult ADHD is why I have yet to receive a new psych, and my doctor will not get involved with trying to find the right ADHD med for me, because it’s not his area of expertise.
As a result of this limbo, my eating is out-of-control, as are my weight and my blood sugar. As I am diabetic, and Effexor raises blood sugar anyway, this is a very dangerous situation. But I’m stuck until I can get a new psych. and we can get my ADHD properly controlled.
This sucks.
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