Posted by JohnL on September 7, 2001, at 5:03:42
In reply to Any Success Stories?, posted by Hattree on September 6, 2001, at 15:39:22
I am one of the few success stories that still hangs around. There have been many success stories right here at psychobabble, but unfortunately they mostly seem to stop coming around once they are well.
There was a guy named WayneR, who after 20 years of everything under the sun, found a complete cure with Prozac+Naltrexone.
There was a girl who said something like, "What is this 6 week wait stuff? I feel great on my first day on Wellbutrin".
A guy named Adam had good success when he entered a clinical study for Deprenyl in a skin patch version of the drug.
A regular here named St James has had success with Effexor+Remeron.
My success, after ten years of trying everything, came from Prozexanil. There is no such thing as Prozexanil, however. It is my home made term for my cocktail of Prozac+Zyprexa+Adrafinil.
There have been plenty of other success stories. I do believe that 95% of psychiatric cases can reach almost 100% improvement when the correct meds are tried. Each person has uniques chemistry, unique flaws in that chemistry, unique genes and unique circumstances, so success stories usually involve different drugs from one person to the next.
Generally I feel that for success, the drug must target the real underlying chemical problem directly. Clues can be gathered from medication reactions to help identify what the underlying problem is. For example, if someone has tried three SSRIs and only got worse on them all, then it is a pretty fair guess that they do not have a low serotonin chemistry, and that the likelihood of another SSRI working is greatly diminished.
In casual observation, anecdotal evidence, and clinical evidence, what are some of the very best drugs out there with the highest potential for success? They are...
Prozac+Adrafinil
Prozac+Zyprexa
Other SSRI+Zyprexa
Tricyclic+Zyprexa
Prozexanil :-)
SSRI+RisperdalAlso noteworthy, though not quite as impressive as the above list, are...
SSRI+Wellbutrin
SSRI+Nortriptyline or Desipramine
SSRI+Remeron
SSRI+NaltrexoneWhat are some of the lowest odds for success?
Anti convulsants.Of course, clinical studies show just about anything to be 70% effective. So research does not jive with my own casual observations over the years. Research for example shows anticonvulsants to be good drugs for psychiatric symptoms, but in the real world here at psychobabble, it is very hard to find anyone who loves their anticonvulsant.
For the highest odds for success though, I have seen nothing as impressive as Zyprexa in combination with an antidepressant. If everyone could go straight to that first, I believe many people would no longer be struggling. And to make it even better, a touch of Adrafinil is icing on the cake.
John> I guess many of us wouldn't be here if we had smashing success with meds, but sometimes I fear these mood disorders are largely untreatable. Anyone have any long term positive effects to report?
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