Rebecca symptoms and conditions

Hello To All,

I too am on this med, I have been on it for 1 year as of July 2008-

35 pounds, brain fog, headaches, eye sight for reading, chest pain and fluttering heart beat. My doctor who is my friend has told me that he will up my dose... "Dear God" any more and I will go nuts. Does anyone know of any study done in a medical journal that theu could forward to me so I can show my doctor.

Please email me at ****** I would be so very thankful.

Thanks to all and be healthy.

I'm so glad I found this website! I have all the same symptoms, nausea, fatigue so severe I can't get out of bed. Stomach pain severe in the mornings after taking it. I feel stupid now that I have taken this pill for 7 days now with the same side effects and knew if was from brazillian snake venom. Thank you all for your input.

I love Soma's because they work very well. However, the side affects are pretty scary. ie: loosing your balance and falling, often, slurring your words, can't walk, can't talk, can't remember a dang thing, mind won't work. Plus it is the most addictive med I've ever taken. Much, by far, than my time-released Morphine!! I kid you not!! If you can, I recommend you stay away from it, period. It's just not that great! I wish I could give it up! Help!!! Rebecca in Tucson, AZ

Geodon has been wonderful for me!! I have been on it for 2 years (I think). My dose was just increased due to some depression. I am on 40 mg in the AM and 40 mg in the PM. I take it at 7 am and 5:30-6 pm. I think it helps to have the even doses throughout the day. I am also on Lamictal (awesome drug!) and Wellbutrin. My medley works great for me. The only side effect I had when my dose was recently increased was a little sleepiness in the AM. Now, 5 days into it, no more tiredness. Actually energy because I am no longer depressed. Best of luck to y'all. I am bipolar, and it sucks to have to take medicine for the rest of my life, but I feel great and I certainly don't want to go back to the depression and mania I felt off the drugs.

I have been on Zoloft (150mg) as well as Wellbutrin (300mg) for the last year. I have been on Zoloft for nearly 6 years (for postpartum depression and then ongoing depression) and the wellbutrin was added in by my doctor 2 years ago when the depression symptoms seem to be returning. However, during the last year, I am tired ALL THE TIME - really tired. The kind of tired in which I feel like I can not function. I nap any chance I get (which is difficult because I have four children) and still have no problem falling asleep at night. I have been to the doctor and have had blood tests to see if my exhaustion can be attributed to anything but my test always come back normal. So I am now wondering if my tiredness is a possible Zoloft side-effect... And is it possible for it to be a side effect that surfaced several years into using this drug? I did not feel like this when I first began either of the medications. I also wake up nightly completely soaked with night sweats... another Zoloft side effect. If anyone has any similar experience or advice, I'd love to hear!

This is not so much a side effect but I had a question and I was wondering if you would be able to answere it for me.If you are not able to do this you can viod this email.
yesterday my brother went to the doctor because of a lot of discomfort he was having with his eye after a game of basketball he played the night before {resulting in a blow to his eye}. the doctor told him he had an abrasion on his cornea. They prescribed him an ointment that he has been using but because of all the pain he still feels, his friend had some proparacaine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution USP,0.5% and let my brother try it. It worked well at releiving the pain {even if for a short amount of time}, so he has been using it ever since. Is this something that can be used freely like that or is it for doctors use only. Any information you can provide on this would be very helpful. Thank you for your time. ~Rebecca ***