Posted by hyperfocus on December 15, 2011, at 19:47:14
In reply to Re: Effexor 450 mg? » hyperfocus, posted by SLS on December 8, 2011, at 7:34:09
I was just thinking if you could try to recreate the conditions when you responded to the Nardil + desipramine. It seems for a lot of people what meds they have taken before are a big factor contributing to the response they get from their current meds. And there are a lot of people on PB who seem to have achieved a strong theraputic response when restarting meds that were effective years before. I think the majority of success stories I've read here are with people who restart meds that worked for them in the past, but under new conditions like a lower dose or after a drug vacation. It seems to me that posters who achieve a theraputic response with a new untried med or med combo are in the minority. I agree with ed_uk that a reset might be the best thing.
A reset won't be fun, assuredly. I live in abject dread of the dysphoria that med changes sometimes cause in me. You may have to go in-patient if you decide to do this. But it might be worth the investment. There's no guarantee that introducing a new med or a new combo over the next couple of months will help you. You could look for another treatment vector so to speak, as in not titrating dosages with new meds but trying to recapture what you had with the Nardil + desp. If your condition was relatively med free for about a year when this combo had you heading towards remission then you might want to try recreating this pre-condition.
What meds were you on immediately before the year-long drug vacation? The tapering off these particlar meds might have been a significant pre-condition also.
I wish you the best - somehow we will find a way.
C-PTSD: social phobia, major depression, dissociation.
Currently: 500mg amitriptyline single dose at night.
Also: Allegra, 1000mg Vitamin C.
Slowly improving.
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