Posted by jujube on December 15, 2004, at 15:01:17
In reply to Re: Should I just cut my losses or what?, posted by jasmineneroli on December 14, 2004, at 22:50:11
> Tamara:
> If you're a broken record, I must be the dumpster behind the record factory!!!-- LOL - You are too funny!
> I know exactly how you feel, so tired of trying things...hopeful each time, frustrated by side effects...waiting for a therapeutic effect, being patient, so patient, then realizing it's not working, or the S/E's are not abating, and "OK Doc, what next?". Research, research and bug everyone at Babble AGAIN! Aaagh!!!!
-- It's frustrating trying things, but doing the research before hand can be quite interesting, not to mention therapeutic. I'm glad I found this board. It sure helps to read antecdotal evidence about the meds instead of having to go in cold to the pdoc.
> Don't apologise...it seems to be the way of things with mental health issues.
-- So true. What works for one, will not necessarily work for another. But when you find something that works, it is so nice just to feel normal again (if there really is such a thing as normal!).
> I think you probably know yourself well enough to decide when you've given the Anafranil a long enough chance.-- I told myself that there would be no more 8 week trials. It just prolongs the agony staying on a med you already know is not going to work and at the same time having to deal with the side effects that further impede your quality of life.
> I don't have any experience with Provigil, but all the research on Nortryptiline I've done, makes that drug seem like a good bet. I've been considering it myself, but I found it uses a liver enzyme that doesn't work well for me.
-- Like you, I am going to try the natural route for a while (with a small dose of Celexa and Xanax when I really need it). I am going to try DMAE with NADH and either Rhodiola or Sam-e. If that does not work, then I will ask for nortryptiline.
> I did take DMAE, a few years ago, before my GAD exploded, and found it did give me mental clarity and focus. I don't take it now, simply because I'm always experimenting with drugs (or tryptophan right now), that it will just confuse the situation. Also, I'm afraid it may exascerbate my anxiety.-- In the few days that I have taken the DMAE, I have not found that it has exacerbated my anxiety (knock on wood and I'll keep my fingers crossed). The NADH seems to have had a bit of an effect already. The first day I took 2.5 mg, second day 5 mg, and I intend to try 7.5 mg next. I am thinking that 7.5 mg or 10 mg might be the optimum dose for me.
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> Good luck with your ongoing search for the Holy Grail!!!-- Right back atcha Jas!
Tamara
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