Posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 14, 2004, at 21:33:04
Hi all,
I'm sort of new to these boards. I have a question and I'm not sure if it will make sense or not. I guess I'll start at the begining...
A little background on me: I'm being treated for dysthymia and GAD and recovering from a major depressive episode. Right now, I take lexapro (50mg) and neurontin (300mg 4x/day) and ativan (as needed). We have been "tweaking" my meds for 2.5 yrs now and it is starting to wear on me. I have not had more than a month of feeling good during this whole time. To be fair, my life has been pretty awful in the past 2 yrs, so I can't expect the meds to work like magic (e.g., my fiance left me 6 mos before the wedding, my grandmother died, I have worked with very abusive graduate advisors that belittle me constantly...)
I guess I'm not as deeply depressed as I was before, but at the same time, I'm a shell of the person that I used to be. I'm having a hard time deciding if it makes sense to keep messing w/ my meds or just be happy w/ the progress that I have made. My pdoc's plan of action is to keep pushing my doses of lex and neurontin up, if that doesn't work, she wants to consider effexor or augmenting w/ a TCA.
So the bottom line is, how do you know when you are as happy as you are going to get? how do you know when it is time to stop messing w/ the meds? What are your experiences?
poster:Emily Elizabeth
thread:390848
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