Posted by med_empowered on July 9, 2006, at 12:09:24
In reply to Re: Any comments regarding sibutramine (Meridia)? » med_empowered, posted by SLS on July 9, 2006, at 7:36:50
hey man..sorry you feel so bad. I've never been able to come across the actual reports from the FDA; the best you can do is news reports or occasionally FDA reports that say "there have been XXX reports of adverse events," and sometimes there's additional info, like if some of the reports involved people on multiple meds or some other factors.
I'm doing OK. I'm actually not on anything, which is interesting. I do take fish oil (10Grams daily) and exercise, etc. but aside from that...I'm not taking anything. I am meditating, though. I'd say I'm doing better than I was, but w/o meds life does have a new intensity that can be quite hard to take sometimes.
I forgot your med list but...could you just take a straight up stimulant? There are lots of options; some docs apparently RX the old non-amphetamine diet pills for ADD/ADHD, so I imagine that those pills would be available for depression, too, if your doc wanted to avoid actual amphetamines. (Although..having taken phentermine, I can see why they're considered less addictive than amphetamines: they can be thoroughly unpleasant).
Good luck
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