it sounds like you have a lot of experimenting to do. I hope you find the right med for you - or the right mix of meds maybe.
good luck!

After a hysterectomy don't docs put you on some kind of hormones? That in itself would make you depressed and sleepless.
Has doc said anything about that to you?

I can deal with the lack of a sex drive, being stable is more important.

I'm on Geodon which is supposed to let you lose weight. I also have PCOS which causes weight gain so I'm fighting a losing battle.

Hope you find what works for you

My gyno tried me on estrogen right after my surgery and it made my anxiety go through the roof. My neurologist is taking over my hormone replacement therapy. He has a secondary in hormones.

I was admitted to the hospital last week because I almost blacked out. I thought I was having a seizure. I got admitted because my heart rate was abnormal. I had to go through a ton of tests,stress test,echocardiogram,mri,cat scans,tilt table test,etc. I got referred by my Nuerologist to the Cleveland Clinic where they diagnosed me with P.O.T.S. Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. Basically my heart is fine but there are automatic nerves causing my heart rate to fluctuate randomly too high.

I had issues before my surgery. My t doc called it a health crisis since a bunch of stuff hit me at once. My t doc wants to see me once a week right now at least. Maybe that will be enough. I haven't worked in 5 months due to my health. I'm not sure I can handle the anxiety of my dizzy spells,the depression and anger without help from meds though.

Maybe it's hormones. Since the hysterectomy you hormones are probably out of whack. So I would bring this up to my GP.

Hey Red, I have POTS too, dx Oct 2013, it can be quite a struggle sometimes. I hope that you can be feeling better soon!

(you mean psych meds or?) With meds in general, for some reason every now and again in a blue moon my body decides to suddenly violently reject all narcotics and if I take anything I'll suffer migraines and searing stomach pain. This actually happened to me a week ago.

For psych meds I can't tolerate the mental "slowness" and struggling to stay awake (somnolence is the actual term for the side effect). Also Abilify in particular made it to where I felt "retarded", barely functional motor skills and inability to think at a normal speed. I couldn't tolerate that at all, I was trying to color easter eggs at my grandmother's house I remember, I kept dropping shit and couldn't answer the simplest questions.

Seroquel on the other hand made me binge eat, which caused weight gain and morning-after regret of all the disgusting stoner-esque concoctions I'd mixed up and ate the night before, but it wasn't intolerable.

As long as I still "feel like myself" and can breathe normally (some of the sedative APs can cause slight breathing issues) and don't have a headache or morning pill hangover, I can deal with the rest. Then again (tmi/gross mention coming up) because of having IBS, I don't recognize if I'm having an unusual amount of constipation/diarrhea because an f'd-up GI tract is the norm for me, lol. Although for someone not used to gross, weird poops, it might be a little hard to deal with. :x

Sadie,
The neurologist is trying to treat me with 5,000 mg of sodium per day,exercises,2 to 3 liters of water and compression stockings to start with. I also have to get 2 more tests. I wasn't going to post about it. I feel defeated right now.

My benzos knock me out so that I don't mind if I take them at night. I hate the other side effects.

I cannot tolerate meds that give me the inner restlessness...the ones that make me feel enormous anxiety like I want to crawl out of my skin. The kind that cause panic attacks. Geodon did that for me, and the Latuda started it when I went up a dosage.

I deal with the weight gain of seroquel but it's certainly not ideal.

Hi, sorry you're feeling so defeated on a few levels. I deal with bipolar and health issues at well. No fun.

After years of searching, I found Lamictal (can't spell the generic). I was dx'd BPII, but I have mixed states, too, which seem difficult to treat. This was especially difficult after childbirth....

Anyways, not at all being prescriptive or diagnostic here.

I tried topamax, too, but it wasn't 'strong' enough....

Sorry, I did answer your question....

Intolerable side effect: appitite enhancement (seroquel), agitation/anxiety (pristiq, snri's in general), fogginess, dizziness, water retention, increased insomnia.

Tolerable: loss of libido, some sleepiness.

The trade-off is different for everyone. Lamictal has had antidepressant qualities.... Don't let yourself get too depressed.

Intolerable: thrush (geodon), akathisia or extreme restlessness and rocking, leg shaking, hand flapping, inability to sit for more than 2 minutes, cannot read or watch tv, pacing (antipsychotic class meds), sleepiness where I sleep for 48 hours at a time (seroquel and other mood stabilizers)

Tolerable: some drowsiness (benzos), minor dry mouth (antidepressants), weight gain/loss, loss of appetite, high blood sugars, needing blood work.

I am intolerant to so many meds. It also seems I get some of the meds worst side effects and I experience them very quickly after starting a med and they get worse, it makes me feel helpless in treating all of my mental illness. I am currently on 2 meds that fall in the tolerable categories. (Lithium and Klonopin or clonazepam).

I'd also like to add that I have permanent side effects from meds that after the med was stopped I continue to have akathisia when anxious or panicky.

I hope this can help some in deciding what is tolerable when it comes to your treatment.

Seroquel caused me to sleep ALL the time and Llithium caused a fine tremor. Use fine motor skills at work so this didn't work for me. Lithium also proved to be too much medication for me as it zombied me out.