what happened?

[waterflow]

The celexa was helping so much for a while and then slowly it was stopping so I asked my Uro if I could take it twice a day and he said yes. It is not helping at all now. :confused: I'm slowly going downwards into "doomland". I don't feel like getting up but have to in order to take care of the cats. Not sure if it could be due to the fact that my uro has not been doing the heparin instills since a week before Christmas. It has been the nurses and my second mind doesn't like that. I've sort of been fighting myself since the original nurse left and the other took over. My second mind wants things back to the way they were and my uro has been skipping doing the instills quit a bit lately. My mind doesn't want me going back there and that is not good. I've been fighting myself not to say anything to him (the few times I see him now) but I'm not sure how I will be mind wise if I keep going on like this. I've ignored my second mind before and in the end I have a nervous breakdown and have to work myself all the way back up out of it. I start thinking maybe he is sick of me which I'm sure it's just that they have been so busy since thanksgiving with people coming there. What do I do??? :help:

[stef000]

Sorry you are having a bad time with all of this....it is hard to keep your mind in check when you have pain and other things going on....:bonk:
I found that when i bumped my dosage up with lexapro to the max i actually felt depressed...so it could be something like that.....for some people it sorta feels like its going backwards sorta thing.....
Like when i started it i felt great but then i kept needing to up the dosage....and then i just felt blah and so i switched to effexor and it is great for my depression....sure life stresses get to me but i am not depressed all the time....
like i was.....
So maybe you should ask your regular doc to switch it or something or add something.....sometimes that helps too...you can add some with others but you gotta watch out for if you have to antidepressants that hit the serotonin transmittor because you can easily get that serotonin syndrome(too much of it) and that is something you don't want to have happen....
And with the uro.....if you are in pain or you need something or whatever that is what he is there for so he shouldn't make you feel like your wasting his time or something.....
So if you still feel like that you should change docs......but he is there to help with the pain and do instillations if you need them and so you shouldn't feel anything like how your feeling.....
I hope this sorta helped....definitely look into either switching or adding something for depression and if you find the instills help then just bug the uro to do them....thats what hes there for.....
i hope you have a better day today...
take care
:hi:

[dyno]

I'm sorry you are having a tough time. I do think you need to sit and discuss all of this with your Dr. Let him know how you are feeling. It is hard for him to help you if he doesn't know what is going on and how you feel.

There will be better days and most likely you will find what works for you. Everyone is different in how they react to treatments and medications. Please call your Dr. on Monday and get in and talk to him as soon as possible.:grouphug:

[ICNDonna]

I agree with Jolene --- talk to your doctor.

Warm hugs,
Donna

[snowgirl]

The celexa was helping so much for a while and then slowly it was stopping so I asked my Uro if I could take it twice a day and he said yes. It is not helping at all now. :confused: I'm slowly going downwards into "doomland". I don't feel like getting up but have to in order to take care of the cats. Not sure if it could be due to the fact that my uro has not been doing the heparin instills since a week before Christmas. It has been the nurses and my second mind doesn't like that. I've sort of been fighting myself since the original nurse left and the other took over. My second mind wants things back to the way they were and my uro has been skipping doing the instills quit a bit lately. My mind doesn't want me going back there and that is not good. I've been fighting myself not to say anything to him (the few times I see him now) but I'm not sure how I will be mind wise if I keep going on like this. I've ignored my second mind before and in the end I have a nervous breakdown and have to work myself all the way back up out of it. I start thinking maybe he is sick of me which I'm sure it's just that they have been so busy since thanksgiving with people coming there. What do I do??? :help:

Celexa greatly increased my anxiety. I could only take one pill. Is Celexa increasing your anxiety level? Vicky

[snowgirl]

Lexapro was the one I could tolerate the longest 9 months. However , it also increased my anxiety level .10mg I was anxious. So I went to 5mg still after a good trial my anxiety level........... I had to quit lexapro.

Effexor my md gave me samples of. I took my first sample and I could not pee at all. I almost had to self- cath. This is very unfortuante as I am depressed very much so and in counseling. However; we the MD"s have not found a pill I can take for depression. I wish a good pscy MD would figure this out for me.......... still looking for that good pscy MD for medication counsel.
I will probably have to go to one of the tricyclics............ those have the side effects of weight gain and : hangover groggey feeling. I am taking 50mg of elavil.......... besides wt. gain......... it does not help me sleep like they prescribed the increased dosage.

Anyone else out there who can't tolerate anti- depressants? VN

[Babs RN]

Mary,
I agree, you really need to talk to your doc about this.

Hugs,
Barb:hi:

[waterflow]

I stopped taking it Sunday and the worse of the depression stopped. Been thinking too. My Uro stopped doing the instills himself and had the nurses do it for a reason. Didn't tell me why but the only thing I can think of is he doesn't want to be bothered doing it himself so I won't say anymore. Let the nurses do it and when I really really don't want to go anymore I can do it at home myself. Just feels like no one really wants to hear me "complain" anymore or wants me around. The anti pills I don't think are going to help me to deal with life now either so will have to do it on my own. Tried taking the zoloft again but it made me way to angry. Thanks for listening to me complain on and on.

[marymove]

Hey Mary,
Don't be upset that the nurses are doing the instills. My doctor only does mine, which is very rarely, if there is a slow patient day. Otherwise, I actually only see the nurses. I'm sure it was nothing personal, just part of what the nurses do in his practice. Hope you are feeling better.

[Tracie]

I was perscribed elavil for pain and the side effects were just too much for me. After a month I quit those. Then I was perscribed zoloft for depression, and that made everything worse. I was nervous all the time, and a lot more depressed than before, with uncontrollable crying! Some meds. work for others. It is amazing how we are all different, but some what the same. I wish everyone a pain and anxiety free day!
Tracie

[snowgirl]

zoloft and I was scoring it to 12.5mg caused me depression to get worse. I would cry all the time. I only took it for 3 days. I had vivid nightmares. Worst yet I had an outburst of rage, rage of anger. I wanted to go to the ER. But what could they do. I had some xanax I took one of them and never will I ever take a zoloft again. See some people take it and it works great for them. Finding the right anti- depressant is trial and error. I am done with them. Oh I am still suffering from major depression . I do have therapy evey 2 weeks. I need to go every week but my insurance won't pay for that many visitis a year. VICky