Posted by Pfinstegg on November 29, 2005, at 11:06:57
In reply to Re: Tianeptine » Pfinstegg, posted by SLS on November 29, 2005, at 10:34:50
Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. Just from remembering your posts over the past few years, I think you have tried a lot of other combinations as well. Would you be thinking of combining a low dosage of a mood stabilizer, or low dosage AP, and EMSAM when it comes out? Maybe EMSAM first, and then cautious add-ons if needed?
I think that when people have suffered with depression for a long time- whether it is unipolar, bipolar or atypical- and have taken a lot of medication, we need to treat our brains as gently as possible- for example, with as low amounts of medication as possible, good supplements and vitamins, exercise of whatever type and meditation. And therapy, of course, also. In addition to the original mood disorder, we may have added on additional medication-influenced neurotransmitter dysregulations.Dopamine deficiencies get mentioned, but there may be many other things going on at the same time which we don't know about. I see this subject coming up here, from time to time, but it's clear that there aren't full answers yet. It's something I am always keeping in mind,now, when I have a pdoc visit.
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