Posted by bleauberry on July 7, 2010, at 17:42:33
In reply to Hi peeps, tricky med question. Is solving it pos?, posted by weatherfreak on July 6, 2010, at 20:13:59
If any of the ssri's ever helped you before all the bizarreness came in to the story, you may still be able to use them. But in a very different way.
Any of them go well with ritalin synergistically, better than either alone. Ever heard of someone doing well on 1 drop of lexapro? (that's 1/10th of 1 milligram). 10 drops? 1mg? Well, in my doctor's office that happens. His patients are a different breed...mostly Lymies...but they share what you have...that is, extraordinary sensitivities to psych meds and profound paradoxical reactions.
That is the clue that extremely tiny doses will do the job...you are no longer in the general population and no longer fit the description of someone who will take the dose listed in the book. Something has changed and you are now in a totally different ballgame with a totally different set of rules.
This doctor is really smart and has been doing this for decades, so it's not just some weird quack or something. People come from hundreds of miles away to see him. You just learned one of his tricks.
Don't feel bad. Almost all psych meds make me profoundly more depressed. It didn't used to be that way. Something changed. Probably the friendliest things I've done in recent times were LDN, very low dose Zoloft (2.5mg) with very low dose Nortriptyline (5mg), ritalin sometimes. One of the doctor's favorite meds is brand name Gabapentin (not generic). We don't see much use of that med. But for the bizarre patients it seems to be a good one.
The absolute best I had was Vicidin for pain after outpatient surgery. Wow. Within a couple hours I was normal. Purely normal in remission. Wonderful. Not at all euphoric. Just normal. That tells me...it aint serotonin or whatever...it is something to do with the opioid system. In my case it makes sense. A handful of chronic infections...bacterial, viral, fungal...excrete toxins that bind to and clog opioid receptors, as well as contaminate serotonin. I have often wondered...is that why serotonin meds make us worse?...because we are increasing the amount of not serotonin, but rather contaminated serotonin? Just a thought.
Anyway, I think you and I are in a different ballgame than we used to be. Which requires thinking outside the normal box. That's when things like LDN, super tiny doses, various herbs, and antibiotics and/or antifungals come into the picture. That said, the most beneficial and reliable things I have discovered to address my psych issues are antibiotics and DMSA. If those good reactions tell a story, then it makes sense...infection(s) involved, and lead/mercury involved.
I'm not really saying anything in particular here except this. It is time to expand out of the four walls of psychiatry and begin looking all around you. The huge laundry list of previously tried psych meds pretty much says the same thing.
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