Posted by colin wallace on August 3, 2003, at 4:53:50
In reply to Re: We missed ya. Where the heck were you? » colin wallace, posted by Ron Hill on August 2, 2003, at 22:49:47
> Kernel Colin,
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> > As a bonus, I thought, it may also help my residual depressive symptoms and anerga,
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> Did ENADA NADH help with your anerga? Did it help your inattentiveness? What's your assessment of the OTC based on your trial a few months back? How long did you take it and at what dosage? Did you get irritable?
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> This is the specialist you are seeing now, right? Does the specialist give you a dx of BP II? Any comorbid ADHD?
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> Good to see ya back Colin. Where the heck did ya disappear to?
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> -- RonHowdy Gringo,
How was the vacation Ronald ol' chap?? Any mischief to report? I'd sloped off for a bit of a break to, with much happening in the way of...generally fiendish misbehaviour...*_-
Anyway, the NADH and I didn't really hit it off;
I developed a tolerance to it fairly quickly, and although it didn't make me irritable, I found that(although it helped initially) I'd wake up in the morning and actually feel a bit more depressed than usual.Strange.I cut back on the 5mg alternate days dosage to just twice a week, but still felt a bit off the next day.
So I bade it a sad farewell.
As for my BP specialist consultation, well, one of the ceaseless joys of the NHS is the prolongation of waiting lists and deferred appointments.Ain't happened yet.
I was about to stump up £160 for a private appointment with a very reputable psych. who treats BP disorders and other 'oddities' (!)
but my GP has been so impressed with my self-help and accuracy in appraising and targeting my own symptoms, that he'll basically accept and run with my ideas.(partly because he knows I'll just go ahead and do it alone anyhow!!)
I've tackled my stability issues(and to a large degree, the depression) with Lamictal, smoothed out my temper spells and zapped the remaining depression with Prozac, and now I've just started on Lofepramine in the hope of tackling the inattention issues I have to deal with.
And yes, you're absolutely right in your thinking;My GP and I both believe I'm BP11(without doubt) and very probably adult ADD aswell-it seems to account neatly for everything.
Third day now on 70mg Lofepramine-no side effects other that a very shaky and weak day on the bike yesterday.In fact, a guy of around 70 past me on the road, and asked if I was okay, as I looked and felt awful.I said,"yeah, don't worry I'm fine-I always look like this when I'm on drugs...."Keep us posted.
Col.
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