Quote: It sounds like a good regime you have. I used to be so disciplined, but not anymore. I think the med is making me too laid back---which is what I don't like about it. It gives me mental clarity, but it also slows me down physically and I've gained so much weight---which is depressing. I see a psychiatrist once a month, but every time I go, I get frustrated. I don't bring up the subject of my IBS anymore, because when I do, he tells me that's not his area of expertise. Last year, the gastro doc prescribed a low dose of an anti-depressant to help with my IBS symptoms, and it helped tremendously, but it put me in a maniac stage. So he sent me back to the psychiatrist who fussed at me for taking the antidepressant. So I bounce back and forth between the two doctors. I need a doc that can treat me for both!!!
I know that if I could take a low dose of an antidepressant that it would help my IBS (I've taken them in the past), but I know now that I can't---and that's frustrating. I envy those who could take one---and won't. They are fortunate to have a medicine available that could help them. The medicine I'm currently taking is Trileptal. Have you ever taken it?
I take Trileptal 300 mg 2x a day and 100 mg Zoloft so you can take the SRRI you just may have to have the stabilizer upped. Trileptal isn't supposed to cause weight gain but I beg to differ with the manufacturer. My one girlfriend says that her stabilizer (can't think of the name) takes all the fun out of life and the prozac puts it back in. Keep at it...
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