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Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Aug 21, 2021 | Replies (56)

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@paparaines- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I believe that you came to the right place. It sounds as if you are having a rotten time. I know most of these feelings like the back of my hands. I've been depressed most of my life and I also have a lot of anxiety. I have tried a number of antidepressants and have finally found a combo that seems to work for now.

I have found that anti-depressants do not work alone. I have to exercise (I know, I know) eat a well-balanced diet, and be around people. I also have to do something that takes me out of myself, which for me is Connect. When I was trying out new meds some of them had me feeling just like you describe, a zombie. Could it be that you are over-medicated?

Mentors on Connect are not physicians. We are just like you, patients who help other people with the same sort of problems. Could you tell me a bit more about how long you have been on your new pill regime? Also, could your new meds or supplements be interacting with others that you might be taking?

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Merry,
I was originally over medicated and had almost every side effect for every med. We cancelled all of them.

Now I’ve been on wellbutrion for about 9 months and added Rexulti about 2 months ago and Seroquel for about 2 weeks. I have been very fortunate not to have had withdrawal side effects as I’ve switched medications. These 3 together are not and my depression got worse so we added it back in.

I posted a comment about provigil and lyrica to get off of elavil. I’m new here and would like to retrieve it. How can I find it?