Posted by shellie on August 23, 2000, at 11:43:13
In reply to Shellie--SAMe, posted by shar on August 22, 2000, at 22:26:05
> Have you tried SAMe? Any success?
I did try Sam-e, up to 1600 mg with no success. I was already depressed, and I ended up with an agitated depression. But I do know that lots of people have had tremendous success with it.> How is the Adrafinil doing now that you have some? have you decided to go ahead and start with it?
I started taking the adrafinil with topomax and nardil and my therapist freaked out, said I was being impulsive for not waiting for my pdoc to come back from vacation. I was sort of getting a little bit of bad amphetimine feeling on adrafinil anyway, but I wanted to keep trying. Then I saw the pdoc who was covering for my pdoc while on vacation and she felt like I was putting her in an awkward position since my pdoc didn't know I was trying all three together. So I stopped. I'm incredibly angry at my pdoc because one of the things we had talked about was a planned hospitalization to get off the nardil and then back on again (this worked for me five years ago); yet when I brought this up in the hospital (on the phone--she was not my doctor in the hospital), she told me I was complicating everything and we should stick to the topomax. So now I'm up to 150mg of topomax, I'm exhausted and still very depressed and she's been on vacation since I've been out of the hospital. I didn't even know she was going on vacation. For the first time in six years I am totally angry at her and don't feel like paying her $125 dollars to discuss my anger. I'm in a bind!
I think it's okay for me to go to consultations where I pay, but this is showing me why it is not okay to work with a pdoc who does not accept my insurance.
Anyway, if I were you, I'd try sam-e. It has the same rate of success as other antidepressants and much less side effects. Those who are successful with it, are thrilled. Good luck with which ever you choose next. Keep us informed. Shellie
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