Posted by laima on January 19, 2007, at 13:13:56
In reply to Sick, sick, sick...and tired of depression..., posted by stargazer on January 19, 2007, at 9:52:01
You know, I'm finding myself dissapointed in the combo, too. I had put a lot of hope into it, but it still seems "lacking". I wonder if it's the difference between generic adderall or regular? The pharmacy assistant at my pharmacy told me that a lot of customers reported a significant difference, but then the pharmacist there working with her cut her off with "It's excatly the same!!!", and I took the generic. I wish now I went with my gut just so I could give it a try, but I didn't. Funny, they were out of the brand version, as were their other area branches whom they called. They would have had to order it, and it would have taken almost a week. I snooped around the internet later and did find a lot of testimonials which indeed claimed that the Barre brand generic (which I got) was rather lacking in a number of ways, including mood boost and inferior overall efficacy. At least one person even reported that the brand adderall is salty tasting, while Barre is very sweet. (? --Are they eating it?) I also wonder a lot about dexedrine now, which has such an anti-depressing reputation, and I wonder if Emsam just might not be working for me as well as it used to. But if selegeline only worked for me for about a year, that's not very long. On the other hand, there are reports of selegeline not really being the most potent antidepressent out there in the first place. Other MAOIs are said to be much stronger antidepressents for most people.
> I am so sick of being sick...no matter what drugs I try there is no end in sight to this madness.
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> Current drug is Emsam being supplemented by amphetamine which was supposed help my focus, motivation and attention.
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> It's not working and I'm getting very depressed about my chance of ever getting well again. I recently reviewed all my notes from 1989 and only found that Adderall helped when added to Wellbutrin and Celexa.
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> I'm reaching a very uncertain point in life and I'm very tired from trying to help my pdoc figure out what to try next. I thought the stimulants were the missing link to the Emasam but now I'm not so sure. It may be time for a new pdoc and I haven't had any luck finding someone myself although my pdoc said he had someone he can refer me to.
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> I am so scared that nothing will ever work...my life is going down fast...no job, no interests, no hope...
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