Pain and Depression
 

I am now about 15 months into a TBI that broke my neck in 2 places, had tremendous impact on my frontal lobe, and has caused horrific Chronic 24X7 pain.

Can someone PLEASE recommend what anti-depression medication you have had great results from. I am on 25 mg of Zoloft which was just upped to 50mg. I have felt horrible on this crap!! My other alternative was Remeron which will also help me sleep (I take Ambien now)

I cry like a 5 year old and life, very often, generally very hard to cope with us. Life basically sucks when you spend the days fighting agony.

I'd be SO GRATEFUL for your input.

Joe

Hi Joe. Sorry to hear you are suffering so much, and for so long.

I am having good results on 150mg (2 X 75mg) of Effexor. It is taking the edge of my anxiety and assisting me in coping with my PCS. I do not experience any side effects. I still feel emotions, don't get me wrong, because recovering from PCS is TOUGH. I've never done anything so difficult. I'm trying to stay positive, and do other things I might never have done.

Keep trying.

MargN


[QUOTE=Joe M;284158]Can someone PLEASE recommend what anti-depression medication you have had great results from. I am on 25 mg of Zoloft which was just upped to 50mg. I have felt horrible on this crap!! My other alternative was Remeron which will also help me sleep (I take Ambien now)

Aaack! How awful for you Joe. :(

Guess it won't make you feel any better to tell you that in your avatar pic you LOOK good. ;) We MSers hear that a lot. I guess if others could see your pain, you wouldn't look nearly as good. :o

Glad you found us, though. I'm sure you'll get lots of helpful responses. Hopefully you'll be able to find a better AD. I take Citalopram and it works for me.

Welcome to NeuroTalk! :hug:

Effexor
 

Hi I take this drug for depression as well - only for the past 2-3 months and am doing ok on it. I have just had the dose upped to 150 mg.

When I started I felt nauseous for the first week but soon as I ate I came right and my tears stopped within the week as well. I take them in the morning as when I took one at night it made my sleeping worse. I now have sleeping pills.

I have had my PCS for nearly 7 years now - depression apparently goes hand in hand with head injury. Good luck!



Lynlee

[QUOTE=Twinkletoes;284196]Aaack! How awful for you Joe. :(

Guess it won't make you feel any better to tell you that in your avatar pic you LOOK good. ;) We MSers hear that a lot. I guess if others could see your pain, you wouldn't look nearly as good. :o

HAHAH! Thank you so much. Yes, it did make me smile. That picture was taken when I was about 190 lbs and TRYING to compete as an amateur body builder. It's hard to see anything now but that really was a different life.

As far as the pain, I think I mentioned that I'm on Fentanyl 100mcg & Oxycodone 3x day. It "takes the burn out of my neck" but in NO WAY relieves the pain. On a 1 to 10 scale, the pain is a 5 or 6. :confused: It could be 1000x worse!!!