Posted by bleauberry on March 8, 2012, at 16:05:17
In reply to Anyone else managing fibromyalgia + depression?, posted by Beckett on March 5, 2012, at 18:05:03
For the depression:
Rhodiola Rosea or
Rhodiola rosea + Puerarin.In addition to that, I believe any kind of potential success in treating FM, CFS, or lyme....which all look very similar to each other....needs a multiangle approach. That includes:
antimicrobials
antiinflammatories
antitoxins
proimmune
treat symptomsMost people only do the last on that list. Doing them all I believe greatly improves the chances of success.
A sample cocktail might be something like,
chlorella, garlic to tolerance, berberine plants, japanese knotweed, cat's claw, HH capsule. A good choice of others as well. Many of these cover the entire list of strategies all in one.So anyway, I do not have strong faith in using only pharamceuticals or in treating only symptoms. Certainly try what you can to improve quality of life in the short run and if that means meds that's fine. It's just that they can work a lot better with the herbs and foster an improved longterm effect, in addition to removing or resisting the actual hidden disease states causing it all.
So ok, I have failed almost every med you can name, a ton of herbs and supplements, and failed ECT, multiple doctors, a couple decades, tens of thousands of dollars, and guess what, my best antidepressants ended up being things like antibiotics, antitoxins, and antiinflammatories.
We just don't know enough at this time in history. But even if we don't know exactly what we have, why it is, or how it happens, we know things that can work based on clinical experiences.
> If so, what medications are working as antidepressants and analgesics? I am trying to keep my medications minimal as possible. Fatigue is a major symptom. Right now I am on emsam and want to convince myself then my doc that an ssri might give me more flexibility for pain management. I have 100 mg of topiramate on board as mood stabilizer and pain relief.
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> Cymbalta, savella, and lyrica are out. I respond well to effexor, but worry it might be destabilizing. Plus my doc may say yikes! Ultram ER was good when I last took it about a year ago. I was thinking that and a light ssri like viibryd...?
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> How do you manage? My depressions can get pretty bad....
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