Confused about the effectiveness of my medication
Hi everyone,
I was diagnosed with MDE in 2007 and I just cannot seem to get onto a medication that helps me to function normally. My life has held numerous stop-start situations, where I function OK and then just kind of lose function in an extreme way. This makes me doubt the effectiveness of my medication. I recently had a really bad Major Depressive episode and was admitted to a clinic for two weeks where rapid changes were made to my medication. It was really difficult especially discontinuing the SSRI I was on cold-turkey and immediately starting on a high dose of new med. So the med I am on now is the anti-depressant -Trazodone( 200mg per day) as well as the mood stabilizer- Lamictal (100mg per day). It doesn't feel like it's been helping too much. I've been back at work now for 2 weeks and already feel burnt-out and like I have no inner resources left. I do suffer from anxiety, but my doc doesn't want to prescribe something like xanax or anything that's habit-forming.
From 2006- Jan 2007 I was on Citalopram,
Feb 2007-2011 Venlafaxine (which was an awful experience) and then Prothiaden 150mg and Esperide,
Sept 2011- Feb 2012 Escitalopram, Alprazolam and sleeping tablet.
From Feb 2012- July I was on Escitalopram and mirtazipine and started gradually on Lamictal (also was weaned off all anxiety and sleeping tablets)
And now I am on the Trazodone and Lamictal and still not feeling to great and struggling to cope at work. Just feeling hopeless and cannot face life.
Why does it have to be such a struggle to find a med that works for me?
Going to make an appointment with my doc just to follow up. Guess I also just have to be more patient...
