Posted by Enigma on April 23, 2010, at 18:30:32
In reply to Re: Nardil failing - bedridden, depressed, suicidal ed, posted by stargazer2 on April 23, 2010, at 9:05:29
> There are a few drugs you can take with Nardil but your doc would have to agree to doing this. What does your doc say about your situation? Has it gotten significantly worse in the last few weeks or is this your baseline?
My depression has ramped up (got worse) mostly in the last 2 years. Not only do I have the chemical depression (depression for no reason), I have some situational reasons, like a rocky marriage, (long story), my fault, that just got added to my life recently. We're also almost out of our savings, which means, no more dream house, until my wife can work. If I'm on 2 drugs that don't cause major side effects, I have the energy to work, but my doc and I have failed at finding a good mix of anything that is compatible with my body. I suffer most side-effects of most drugs while I know other people on the same drugs that take them like aspirin. Frustrating!
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> Let's see...on Nardil you can take a few things, such as Wellbutrin (not all docs will prescribe with Nardil), tricyclics (except clomipramine), Remeron, modafinil (Provigil), many of the anti psycotics..but overall you are limited with what can be added to Nardil, that is the dilemma I am currently facing.Tricyclics turn me into a violent monster. Literally. They are extremely dangerous for me to take. I have no control over my temper or violence I may inflict. We gave up after trying 2-3 of them. We tried just about all atyp. antipsychotics. Some worked on my mood but the weight gain or diskenesia were too much to deal with. Tried provigil too, don't remember it helping in any way.
Just tried Topamax again because the first time I took it, I lost all the extra weight that Seroquel put on (over time). But I took it now, and the generic, and it causes the worst bloating and gas you can even imagine. I don't understand why it causes this effect. It also causes hangover type effects. I was praying it would work so I could slowly lose all this extra weight. I think my GI system is severely broken anyway.
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> Are you currently working with your doc to try anything else?
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> It is extremely frustrating as depression is one of the hardest things to figure out, if ever...it is just trying new things and hoping something works.Tell me about it. I'm sick and tired of the whole cycle of trying this or that, just to suffer worst, and wash, rinse, repeat.
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> Wishing you well or some improvement. Usually depression rises and falls and sustained thoughts of suicide usually resolve themselves. I took Seroquel one time when my thoughts got very dark and I thought I might do something rash. It definately put an end to the thoughts. Sometimes that's all you can do.Thanks. To you as well. My life would have turned out so different it wasn't for this accursed disorder. I'm just lucky I'm still here. I came REAL close to ending it more than a few times, and during my manic road rage days, I'm amazed I came out alive.
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