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Posted by banga on November 21, 2007, at 21:47:25
Hi,
I recognize a few names out there, I dont know if anyone remembers me, I used to post quite a bit in 2004/2005?
It is nice to see some "familiar faces" and nice to see there are so many I dont know --babble is certainly still going! I do miss it, it was of such support to me back then. I do have questions in terms of where some of the people I knew back then have gone, how they have been doing...but specifically given the help I received from him I really want to know...where is ed_uk?I in a nutshell recuperated quite well from a very treatment-resistant (atypical) depression/anxiety mix. Though I have had ups and downs certainly, I have been doing well in general and was able to slowly turn my life around, from having little hope and severe duldrums, to a life with career and two kids even. My mix of meds currently, with minor tweaks over the years, has been the following (the most likely benefit written in parentheses:
Desipramine 100mg ( for depression)
Lamictal 200mg (for dep and stability and seems to somehow boost the mix)
Abilify 5mg (for anxiety..perhaps depression too)
Adderall 30mg (for general apathy, perhaps a touch of ADHD?)On occasion I have added a benzo, just for short-term use when anxiety comes back and becomes crippling. Luvox was once a part of the mix and helped anxiety, on occasion I wonder about adding some back but it sometimes starts out with a paradoxical anxiety rush, plus interferes with the breakdown of so many things (including coffee, another staple in my "mdeication" regimen!) I decided to drop it.
I tried many meds and combinations prior to this mix, with either only short term benefit or no benefit at all.
I do sometimes wonder if I have been just slightly emotionally dulled with the meds, but it is a small price to pay for getting so much better.I will end, lest the post get way too long...but just a general message--there truly can be a way out from suffering, it can take lots of time and trial and error, but if you make it, it is so, so, so worth it. Hang in there.
Posted by Phillipa on November 21, 2007, at 23:41:29
In reply to Dont know if anyone remembers me...?, posted by banga on November 21, 2007, at 21:47:25
Banga of course I remember you. Last you wrote you had one child now two. Wow does time fly!!!! So glad your mix has worked and that you're happy. Children must be I'd guess infant and a little over lyear old. I also can answer your quesion on ED. Babble for specifics all good. Love Phillipa
Posted by banga on November 22, 2007, at 22:43:24
In reply to Re: Dont know if anyone remembers me...? » banga, posted by Phillipa on November 21, 2007, at 23:41:29
Hi Phillipa, so good to hear from you! I don't know why I havent dropped in onto the board earlier. I will hang out here a little bit, people and discussions are so great here and knowledge here surpasses any other source I have ever come across. (there are the "facts" and stats published by drug companies and reasearchers..but no one knows a drug more than the person who actually takes it!) I work in the psychology field if you remember and people are often wondering how I know so much about meds....well much of it I learned from this board (and of course my own trial and error finding ones that work for me).
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