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Just for reference, here's the old depression test results showing ( mildly depressed ) Which would be good except...
At the point of my last post I was taking 150mg Effexor XR, 150mg Wellbutrin, and 5mg Abilify. My doc thought it most likely that the Abilify was causing the extreme sleeping I was experiencing and the positive effects of that drug were subtle at best so we decided I'd go off of that. I quit it somewhere around the 22nd of November. About a week later I saw the new shrink who suggested a higher dose of Wellbutrin. That night I had restless legs (Wikipedia link) worse than I've ever had them before. Bad enough that it kept me up most of the night. This is before starting the new dose of Wellbutrin. Next night, same thing. Couple of days later I started the new dose of Wellbutrin.
The restless legs have persisted every night since. I suspect it's a withdrawal symptom from going off the Abilify and the shrink wouldn't discount the possibility. He prescribed a sleeping pill that helped a couple of times, but not really since.
I've figured out a system for getting some sleep. If I walk for 10 minutes and do some yoga stretches then my legs calm down enough I can get to sleep for an hour or so. The weird thing is that the restlessness is time sensitive. It seems to let up sometime between 5 and 8am and then I can get to sleep until I have to get up. Kinda sucks for getting to work at a reasonable hour. Fortunately my boss has been understanding so far and my job isn't too time sensitive.
I've been seeing B's acupuncturist without any appreciable effect on the legs. We're still trying stuff. I need to get back to my regular doc and see if he has any suggestions.
As far as the depression goes, going off the Abilify really helped bring me back from the scary flatness that B was worried about, and the bumped Wellbutrin is working to bring up my general mood to an okay level. So I can't sleep but I feel pretty good about it. As opposed to my last entry when I couldn't stop sleeping and felt kinda crappy. I guess this is an improvement. ;-)
At the point of my last post I was taking 150mg Effexor XR, 150mg Wellbutrin, and 5mg Abilify. My doc thought it most likely that the Abilify was causing the extreme sleeping I was experiencing and the positive effects of that drug were subtle at best so we decided I'd go off of that. I quit it somewhere around the 22nd of November. About a week later I saw the new shrink who suggested a higher dose of Wellbutrin. That night I had restless legs (Wikipedia link) worse than I've ever had them before. Bad enough that it kept me up most of the night. This is before starting the new dose of Wellbutrin. Next night, same thing. Couple of days later I started the new dose of Wellbutrin.
The restless legs have persisted every night since. I suspect it's a withdrawal symptom from going off the Abilify and the shrink wouldn't discount the possibility. He prescribed a sleeping pill that helped a couple of times, but not really since.
I've figured out a system for getting some sleep. If I walk for 10 minutes and do some yoga stretches then my legs calm down enough I can get to sleep for an hour or so. The weird thing is that the restlessness is time sensitive. It seems to let up sometime between 5 and 8am and then I can get to sleep until I have to get up. Kinda sucks for getting to work at a reasonable hour. Fortunately my boss has been understanding so far and my job isn't too time sensitive.
I've been seeing B's acupuncturist without any appreciable effect on the legs. We're still trying stuff. I need to get back to my regular doc and see if he has any suggestions.
As far as the depression goes, going off the Abilify really helped bring me back from the scary flatness that B was worried about, and the bumped Wellbutrin is working to bring up my general mood to an okay level. So I can't sleep but I feel pretty good about it. As opposed to my last entry when I couldn't stop sleeping and felt kinda crappy. I guess this is an improvement. ;-)
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