Posted by mtdewcmu on April 13, 2011, at 19:02:51
In reply to Re: Nortriptyline vs reboxetine » mtdewcmu, posted by SLS on April 12, 2011, at 5:30:26
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> That is so sad. What choice do we have but to keep looking?
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> For me, I am having partial success with:
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> Nardil 90mg
> nortriptyline 150mg
> Lamictal 200mg
> Abilify 10mg
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> For now, I am discontinuing lithium 300mg because I feel it was flattening me out. When I first started it, I felt a mood-lift. Thereafter, I felt that it was hurting more than it was helping. This is the type of thing that I find so demoralizing. Why should I have an atypical reaction to so many drugs? For now, I am going to remain on these four drugs and give it another 6 months to work better than it is now. I feel that establishing a homeostasis is important. The problem is, how do you know that you are using the right treatment to invest so much time in it?
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> For me, I simply combined those drugs that I had previously responded to briefly or partially. I am hoping that I got lucky. I am encouraged by what I had been experiencing prior to taking lithium. It took at least four months for the addition of Nardil to take effect. I have seen this before with Nardil in a few other people posting on PB. It is has been seven month, now, and I have been feeling the best I have in many years. I have a long way to reach full remission, though. I wouldn't be surprised if it took another year. My guess is that increased severity and increased chronicity indicate a longer period to attain remission. Why shouldn't we expect that it would take longer to recover? I imagine the brain of such a person has a lot of ground to cover in order to produce the type of neurogenesis and recovery of brain tissue that might be necessary under such circumstances.
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> Babble.
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> - Scott
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>Do you think there could be something else that is standing in the way of you recovering from depression? I think in my case, I have spent the past 7 or so years treating my depression and anxiety on the premise that all of my symptoms came from those disorders, and I am concluding that my attention problems may be primary not secondary. A lot of my depression and anxiety come from my inability to successfully get through life, and my inability to get through life comes from me losing interest or succumbing to the inability to pay attention to whatever I need to be doing. It's very circular, because after the fact, you can always look at some failure and say, well, your depression and anxiety caused your lack of interest and attention. But I have been treating my depression and anxiety for 7 years and my attention issues are constant. I am very hopeful that if the pharmacy ever decides to fill my prescription for Dexedrine, I may be able to get a virtuous cycle going of having success in work projects, which will start to solve my financial woes, which will make me less anxious and depressed, and will lead to more success. Why does the pharmacy think I'm an effing criminal???
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