Posted by Ron Hill on April 25, 2003, at 9:42:20
In reply to Ron Hill, Natural Serotonin enhancers?, posted by McPac on April 25, 2003, at 0:57:58
Hi McPac,
Wow, thanks for the detailed response. You have a rather complicated case, huh? The topic at the top of this thread is "natural serotonin enhancers" and after reading your Rx history, my gut reaction is that the natural supplements might not have enough power to keep your OCD under control (just a guess). Have you ever tried 5-HTP? What about SAM-e? St. John’s Wort?
I find it very interesting and unusual that SSRI's induce irritability for you. The SSRI's do just the opposite for me. Initially, they make me happy-go-lucky, content, laid-back, and they take away my somewhat “anal” personality trait. However, over time they adversely affect my dopaminergic pathways and cause apathy, low motivation, and emotional blunting.
McPac, hypothetically speaking, if you were not taking any ADs, what symptoms would best characterize your depression? For example, the depressive phase of my bipolar disorder is best characterized as atypical depression since my symptoms include anergy, anhedonia, hypersomnia, and etc. What about you; how would you characterize your depressive symptoms?
I’m glad to see that you workout as hard as you do. That’s got to help manage your depression and OCD, right?
Other than the basics, I don’t know much about Remeron. Just a thought, but have you ever considered Serzone? I don’t know how good it is for OCD. Maybe you could talk to Ace about medications for your OCD. He has been trying several things lately and he might have some insight for you.
-- Ron
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