Posted by adamie on August 15, 2001, at 15:01:46
In reply to Re: Stimulants take how long to work? » adamie, posted by paxvox on August 15, 2001, at 11:35:58
> Adamie,
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> I think, perhaps, you are misunderstanding the psychopharmacology here. Stimulants such as Ritalin and the amphetamines are RARELY if ever used as antidepressants. Only for certain diagnosed disorders such as ADHD and narcolepsy would such meds be appropriate. There are antidepressants (AD) such as Wellbutrin, which I take, that work in a SIMILAR method as stimulants, and are in a different class than the SSRI AD meds. I also would like to know what your Pdoc has diagnosed you as (look at his code on your medical forms) and how long you took SSRI meds before you decided that they would not work for you. With this info, some of the "gurus" on this site can educate you in a hurry.
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> PAXVOXhi. i am back fron the hospital now.
i dunno what she diagnosed me as. My problem is severe lack of emotions, severe inability to concentrate, mind torture which sometimes is mild but sometimes hard to bare, inability to enjoy old activities, little motivation. And this 'mood' goes up and down a bit. but i doubt it has something to do with bipolar. possibly some rare variation. the times when i felt the best during the depression i have not felt normal. as in my normal perfectly happy self. instead I just felt okay enough. able to enjoy some things. able to be very hopeful to get better. my depression is unique since it is caused by accutane.
the mind torture thing i think when my depression was better was not there, instead just the other symptoms remained to a lesser extent. perhaps this is something which is in most types of depression.
Regarding my concentration. It is extremely horrible. It's like being brain dead to an extent. concentration, ability to think, remember. My long term memory has been severely effected. I have known my fiance for 8 months yet I can hardly remember anything about her. Short term memory very bad also. So that is basically how I am. This has gone on for 2 months or longer. When I stopped paxil I was feeling much better 4 days after. so much in fact that I felt I would make a full recovery. I was feeling quite good but of course not normal. It's very frustrating. after 8 days of that it went down suddenly. then up a bit. still able to enjoy things a bit. then worse. worse to the point where I felt I had to take some med again. so i got effexor. this made MUCH worse. I couldn't stand it. I had no fear at all of ECT. I was so desperate. but since stopping effexor I am now a bit better. I hope I keep getting better over the next few days. My depression is very unpredictable and unstable.
so i dunno exactly what this condition i have is. it's deffinetly not like a common depression. My brain could be filled with Accutane and it's metabolites and that could be the problem. Accutane is basically vitamin A. And high amounts of vitamin A have been known to cause bipolar along with other mood disorders. Perhaps I have some type of bipolarity in my depression despite never being in an exciteable, creative, active mood. thanks for replying.
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