Posted by Noa on December 9, 2000, at 11:31:54
In reply to Re: Success Stories » JackD, posted by kazoo on December 9, 2000, at 1:44:34
Well, Jack, my story is not one of perfect remission, but a good enough remission to function normally. It took a long time to find the right combo of medications, but the current combo is working fairly well with tolerable side effects:
Effexor XR 300 mg
Serzone 350 mg
Synthroid 50 mcg
Cytomel 12.5 mcg x2
Adderall 10 mg x2The key for me was figuring out that I was hypothyroid and that the hypothryoid was preventing me from benefitting sufficiently from the ADs.
How do I describe success? I went from sleeping al the time, feeling suicidal, crying all the time, aching, feeling fatigued, feeling cloudy headed, unable to make decisions, staying in my apartment the entire weekend, coming in late to work all the time and getting very little done while there, frequent absences, etc etc to functioning well at work, making new friends, getting out more, waking up in the morning cheerfully (that one I never would have predicted!), feeling hopeful (cautiously so, still, because I have had so many relapses in my life that it is hard to trust this one, even though I know it is different).
I still have a lot of work to do to clean up the mess (literal and figurative) created during the years of not functioning, but I feel optimistic about it, even though it goes so slowly.
I also know there are others here with success stories. Did you see Adam's recent posts? And Janice, I think, also represents a success story. And St. James, too.
Thing is, I think many people move on when they start to feel better, so you might not get as many responses as you would like.
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