Hello,
This is my first post here. First I'll try to give you a brief summary of my symptoms/history. I'll try to keep it as short as I can!
I am a 19 year old male. For about 5 or 6 years, I've been dealing with a lot of fatigue that has progressively gotten worse as I have gotten older. I have also dealt with a lot of anxiety, some depression, and (as I came to find out after I saw a psychiatrist) severe OCD type thoughts. These thoughts mainly present themselves as sort of "paranoid" thoughts when I'm around people. They involve things like thinking people around me are laughing at me, making fun of me, talking about me, etc.
I have felt like I have lived in a fog for the last 3 or 4 years. It has almost been a dream-like feeling. I have been tired, not able to concentrate, and have had a very strange "unreal" feeling around people. Especially my family for some reason. Eventually, I convinced myself that I was going crazy. I thought I was on my way to Schizophrenia. My psychiatrist convinced me that was not the case. I still worry sometimes, however, but not as much.
ANYWAY, about 8 months ago I saw a counselor (psychotherapist) for the first time in my life. I should have done that 10 years ago do to things going on in my life but I didn't until now. Soon after that, I also started seeing a psychiatrist. Initially, she put me on 10mg of Prozac to take in the morning and Klonopin to take at night to help me sleep. The Prozac was quickly upped to 20mg, which is where I am at today. I didn't see any significant improvement in any areas. My psychiatrist eventually put me on Latuda to try. For me, it was AWFUL. I couldn't get off the couch and it increased my fatigue 10x. I also felt really weird on it. I quick taking that after 3 doses. Couldn't do it anymore.
So... about 3 weeks ago, she added Nuvigil for me to take in the morning. I think it helped. It wasn't a miracle or anything, but I didn't feel as tired on it. The problem has been nausea. I can't even think about food without gagging. I've been having to force food down, when usually I'm a big eater. I've lost about 4 pounds, and I CANNOT afford to lose any weight. So we're going to try to replace the Prozac with Remeron because one of its side affects is increased appetite.
What has your experience of Remeron been like? Also, do you guys think it could make me even more tired during the day and living in even more of a brain fog than I already am? I've heard it is fairly sedating. I'm just scared of that.
Thank you for listening to this, and I'm sorry for the long message! If anyone has any advice, I would greatly appreciate it.
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