Posted by uncouth on February 14, 2012, at 13:25:49
In reply to best med for endogenous depression, posted by courtfield1974 on February 13, 2012, at 0:24:51
court i still think you should pump up the cymbalta dose to 120mg and try the LDN for endorphin deficiency! if you never have tried a TCA nortryptiline would be a good choice, even if wellbutrin caused bad reaction nortryptiline could work. i can't remember if you ever said you've tried nardil or parnate...parnate plus stimulant is known to work in really resistant cases. also check out the posts here about ketamine, there are a bunch of people talking about it, and it looks like there are two doctors here who are doing it:
http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/eletters/67/8/793
you are definitely a candidate.i wish your doctor would be ok with you trying DHEA...i think its really underused as an adjunct and helps regrow brain cells just like ketamine does.
otherwise i remember one time a few years back my doctor said he had actually had some success COMBINING effexor and cymbalta. if i remember correctly effexor has some opioid-related action too.
i think you should ask dr. h. about low dose selegiline + DLPA...i think it was dr. h (it might have been the other integrative MD) who told me on the hush that that is what she used to treat her own depression one time. i don't know if its super powerful but selegiline plus DLPA is a sure route to increasing PEA...the stuff I was taking 18 months ago in higher doses directly that landed me in ST.
anyway...keep posting on psychobabble i've found it to be a great resource with really great people...one of the only places where you can talk frankly and are guaranteed to find people who understand.
talk to you soon.
-a
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