Posted by colin wallace on February 8, 2003, at 5:28:10
In reply to Hello RON HILL, posted by johnj on February 7, 2003, at 20:07:19
> Hi Ron,
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> Sorry to hear about your depression. I am happy that your wife appears to be a great support for you. It must be the year for depressions to return. I have had a depressive episode that gave me little relief since before Christmas. But, about a month ago I went back to my TCA, lithium, and upped my benzo a bit. I may just have to try some NADH. I am also thinking of giving 5-HTP a try too. I am waiting for cymbalta to come out so I can give it a try. Lexapro trial caused so much anixety I had to give it up and I was just a zombie on it.
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> Only one good piece of news. About 3 weeks before the FE exam I started sleeping well. Had a anxious night before the exam, but I PASSED the damn thing. So happy to get that done. But, after the test my sleep went out of whack. Very odd??? I sometimes wonder how I get throught the day at work. I work for the government so it is easy to hide some when I feel like crud. Keep us posted on NADH, I may have to give it a go. I hope Colin is doing well. Take care
> johnjHey there John...and Ronald me old pal too!!
I haven't checked in for a few weeks, and missed Ron's cameo appearance.Not that your exile to Kazhakstan meant you haven't been missed Ron, but I'd hoped your depression was taken care of for good!May have to banish you to somewhere more exotic....
John, I can empathise there with your taking a tumble after your FE;this happened to me too the year before last when I(stupidly) took some punishing IT exams whilst still very ill.Afterwards my depression slammed in with a vengeance(I think adrenaline gets you through, and then afterwards...wham!)
I'd been doing fine on Lamictal when I was in control of my dosage, but now I'm forced to rely on my GP, things have slid-I reached 100mg and intended to keep climbing at 25mg weekly.She (and the psych. she gets her info. from) refused to play, and kept me at 125mg for a month, despite my resigned sigh that that would only result in my downfall.It did, and badly.
I lost all my gains, and even though I've recently hit 175mg, I'm struggling to get it back together.Winter here is killing me.
Every single time in the past three years I've been forced to rely on a doctor, and go against my own instincts, I've ended up very unwell at best.Really ***** me off!!
So, I'm once again going it alone, and will take myself up to perhaps 250mg/300 max. to claw back my gains.Feeling better already since I hit my (unauthorized) 175mg.This will cost me a fortune.
Anyway, enough griping,keep your peckers up guys, and seeya soon.Col. *_-
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