Posted by Crazy Horse on August 14, 2006, at 8:50:59
In reply to Re: To Crazy Horse, posted by Deniseuk190466 on August 13, 2006, at 14:35:33
> Monte,
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> I've just done a search on psycho babble to try and get an idea of your medical history as I don't want to keep asking you questions. The thing is anything with "Crazy Horse" only seems to be in 2006 so can't find out much.
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> I get the impression (and forgive me if I'm wrong) that maybe you suffer from some sort of Bipolar disorder, just by the general tone of your notes but then maybe I'm wrong and you're just feeling good because the medication is working.
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> How did you actually react to Nardil, you say you responded badly to it but did it make you feel stoned, tranced out etc without relieving the depression? This is how it affected me and I'm a firm believer that how you react to one type of med pretty much indicates how you're going to react to other meds in the same category, in my case anyway. The reason I say this is that years ago I pretty much responded well to any SSRI I took. This time round, I've had the same anxiety affects and unresponsiveness to any SSRI I've taken. I can't help but feel that as I responded so bad to Nardil I'd respond badly to Ensam and Parnate as well.
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> I am interested in Lyrica you make it sound like a wonderful drug for you anyway. How long did it take you to get up to 600mg?
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> I've actually ordered Klonopin off the internet because I know my stubborn psychiatrist would not prescribe it.
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> I'm not sure what approach I'm going to take next, I feel like my psychiatrist just wants me to take Zyprexa and shut up and then he can smugly close my file. Maybe I'm being unfair on him and my condition is affecting my judgement, he says he has my best interests at heart but sometimes I find him a bit sort of self satisfied and his reasoning doesn't always make sense to me.
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> So really I'd like to know a bit more about your history, did the ECT help meds that had previously been ineffective to become effective again and how did you react to Nardil.
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> Denise
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>I've only been coming here since January of 2006, and changed my "user name" about 3 mos. ago, so this is why you didn't find much on me.
I am not bipolar. My 26 year diagnosis is Major depression w/ some atypical features, GAD, OCD (without rituals), and some social anxiety.
I never got "high" on Nardil. It actually worked for my depression, but the side effects were horrible...so i sh*t canned it after a couple of months. Parnate worked even better; relieved depression, anxiety, social anxiety, and even OCD. But again, the side effects were too much (especially the terrible insomnia and severe daytime fatigue) i lasted on this for 4 mos. With EMSAM i am experiencing the benefits but not the side effects of MAOI's, due to ( i believe ) The transdermal delivery system.
For me ECT in 1997 wasn't a grand experience, but it did save my life. It wasn't a miraculous improvement, but i did come home after 24 treatments and was no longer suicidal. Did it help my meds "kick in?"..that would be purely an individuals opinion/theory. Maybe, maybe not.
And yes, i am doing better now due to my current medication regimine. Good Luck.
Monte
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