On www.khou.com there is an accompanying article. Telling is the statement:

"The hormones begin raging. You just fascinate [sic] between highs and lows. Typical for most teenagers,” says Kayla’s father, Ray.


But when the highs became higher and the lows lower, a doctor placed Kayla on Lexapro."

Dammit. Dammit. Dammit. This didn't have to happen.

Posted by: Cairn at May 9, 2007 06:11 AM

I'm on 200 of Topamax. Anyone else on it?

Posted by: Gwen at May 9, 2007 11:32 AM

Gwen, What I remember most about Dopamax was that it diminished my cognitive ability quite a bit and suppressed my appetite.

Posted by: manxome at May 9, 2007 09:23 PM

I don't know...I understand your reluctance to support drugs for depression, but a lot of people who are very depressed report excellent results with a lot of these drugs, and they never got anywhere with anything else. Right now, I'm on 25mg Lexapro for OCD (20mg is supposedly top dose) and all I can say is it's awesome! There are some side effects, but they are not overwhelming, and there are quite a few side effects from the illness anyway.

Posted by: Robert Lindsay at May 9, 2007 09:52 PM

Hmmm, highs got higher and lows got lower. Manic depression, right? So why are docs still giving bipolars antidepressants? They don't even work for that condition.

Posted by: Robert Lindsay at May 9, 2007 09:54 PM

Hi Manxome,

Yeah, that's why my doctor prescribed Topomax -- to help suppress my appetite. I gained 20 pounds on clozeril, and it's not making me very happy. Not happy at all. In fact, it's making me quite angry and hateful. I used to be very pretty. I am tall and have a pretty face, and when I was at a lower weight, people would say "you look like a model!" Well, I don't look like a model anymore. Fuck everyone. It's not my fault America puts so much emphasis on god-damn looks. Fuck everyone. Fuck America. It's not my fault I'm not beautiful anymore. America shoudln't put that much emphasis on looks. If people don't like how I look anymore, too bad. All mny friends can go to hell if they think I'm too fat.

Posted by: Gwen at May 9, 2007 10:18 PM

i think i need to do a post explaining my views on treatment and what i am trying to do with this here blog. because i am not against using meds. i am against how meds are being used and how patients are being ground up in the process. and there's a difference.

Posted by: Philip Dawdy at May 9, 2007 11:37 PM

Just a followup. I'm reducing the 25mg Lexapro down to 15mg for a while because it's killed my sex drive like totally. Not that that matters too much these days, but I am concerned that it may not come back (Google PSSD to see what I mean). Damn that side effect is a real killer! But 25mg sure has some great positive effects! It brought back feelings and emotions that I had thought were long gone forever. Stuff was like a miracle drug. But so was Anafranil and I gained 25 lbs on that one.

Posted by: Robert Lindsay at May 12, 2007 12:48 AM